Pittsburgh City Council takes step toward stricter scooter regulations
Pittsburgh City Council preliminarily passed an ordinance regulating Spin scooters on Wednesday. The ordinance requires scooter users to abide by certain traffic laws, such as a registered speed limit...
View ArticleSenate committee discusses budget, Outlier at year’s first meeting
Despite Pitt enrolling roughly 880 students more than it initially planned for, the University’s multibillion dollar budget for the 2021-22 school year isn’t seeing many changes.The University Senate’s...
View Article‘Makes me excited’: Students adjust from virtual to in-person classes
Now entering the second week of fully in-person classes, many Pitt students are still trying to adjust to running to meetings, racing to dining facilities and finding seats in big lecture halls.Fanny...
View ArticleBoard committee nominates two emeritus trustees
The governance and nominating committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees held a public meeting on Monday to nominate two emeritus trustees.Louis Cestello, the committee’s chair, announced a resolution...
View Article‘Feels like home’: Pitt hosts first in-person homecoming since 2019
Pitt has not held in-person events for Homecoming Week in nearly two years, but the festivities are back in full swing this week — well, almost full swing.The Pitt Alumni Association will host many...
View ArticleStudents meet Spirit of Pitt candidates, get shirts at Homecoming kickoff
A line of students snaked from the William Pitt Union plaza to Bigelow Boulevard on Monday — all anxiously waiting for a free Homecoming T-shirt.Pitt’s Blue and Gold Society held a Homecoming Kickoff...
View ArticlePitt African American Alumni Council hosts webinar on student, alumni activism
Information is more accessible than ever and student activists can reach more people than they ever imagined, according to Destiny Mann. The widespread use of social media makes activists and their...
View ArticlePitt to distribute $31.9 million in federal funds to more than 30,000 students
Pitt announced Monday that it will distribute $31.9 million in federal funding to more than 30,000 students, pulling from the $54.7 million it received from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue...
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Meet this year’s ‘Spirit of Pitt’ nominees
It’s time to vote for the Spirit of Pitt awards — Pitt’s alternative to Homecoming king and queen. Established during last year’s Homecoming and organized by the Pitt Alumni Association, the two...
View ArticleSGB votes to not sign onto statement supporting faculty unionization
Pitt Student Government Board members were at odds at their Tuesday evening meeting over whether to formally encourage Pitt’s faculty to vote in favor of unionization.During the first open floor of the...
View ArticlePitt adds 79 new COVID-19 cases since Sept. 15
Pitt officials said Thursday that 59 students and 20 employees tested positive for COVID-19 from Sept. 15-21. The report also said 94% of undergraduate students on the Oakland campus have uploaded...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sept. 16 – Sept. 23
Thursday, Sept. 16Pitt police assisted with a report of harassment by communication at the Litchfield Tower lobby on Sept. 15.Pitt police assisted City police with a burglary report on the 200 block of...
View ArticleCGS Student Government aims to re-establish itself this year
The College of General Studies Student Government will work this year to prove that student government can actually work for students, according to President Ryan Yeager.“I want us to be vocal this...
View ArticleGraduate, CGS student leaders release statement supporting faculty unionization
Pitt’s Graduate & Professional Student Government and College of General Studies Student Government released a statement Wednesday in support of Pitt faculty unionization.The statement argued that...
View ArticleOPDC discusses ‘Welsfest’ block party
“Welsfest” — a late August block party on Oakland’s Welsford Street — was not just the talk of the town for Pitt students. Oakland community members shared their takes at a community meeting on the...
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OPDC denounces Walnut Capital’s Central Oakland rezoning proposal
Oakland community leaders said Wednesday evening that private developer Walnut Capital’s current efforts to pass a proposal to reshape vast parts of Central Oakland are an “injustice to the community”...
View ArticleGallagher delivers annual report to Board of Trustees amid ongoing pandemic
Even as many are concerned about a possible flu and COVID-19 “twindemic,” Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Friday that one of safest places in western Pennsylvania might be a Pitt campus.“In all...
View ArticleAlumni Association president updates Board of Trustees on past year’s work
The Pitt Alumni Association is working hard to connect alumni with each other and current students, according to President Valerie Njie.“The Pitt Alumni Association remains committed to connecting...
View ArticleMeet this Year’s Spirit of Pitt Winners — De’Jovia Davis and Ian Montelius
At a packed stadium for Pitt’s Homecoming football game on Saturday, De’Jovia Davis and Ian Montelius won Spirit of Pitt awards. Davis, a senior urban studies major, said being selected for homecoming...
View ArticleStudents reflect on first in-person Homecoming since 2019
For many Pitt students, last year’s Homecoming was another loss in a year fraught with online classes and canceled events. With a new semester underway, students reflected on their Homecoming weekend,...
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