Shelter-in-place to end as planned on Thursday
Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office said Tuesday morning that Pitt’s current shelter-in-place procedures will lift Thursday as scheduled. Once the shelter-in-place is lifted on Thursday at 7 a.m.,...
View ArticleGallagher talks Omicron, spring semester in TPN interview
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said although COVID-19 cases have been elevated since the start of the spring semester due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, he is expecting “much better numbers...
View ArticleProfessors experiment with ungraded courses
After watching her students struggle throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kat Lieder felt it was time to implement some changes in her classroom. Lieder, a visiting professor of contemporary global...
View ArticleOakland residents, Mayor Gainey talk Oakland Crossings at public meeting
During Tuesday night’s Oakland Planning and Development Corp. community meeting, Mayor Ed Gainey met with Oakland residents who shared their thoughts on the Oakland Crossings proposal. OPDC held a...
View ArticleSGB slates, candidates announced at Tuesday meeting
With the start of campaigning for Student Government Board elections only a few weeks away, Marcus Edelstein, who chairs the board’s elections committee, announced the final list of candidates at the...
View Article‘No motivation’: Students voice opinions on Pitt’s shelter-in-place
Sophie Kempler thinks that while Pitt’s shelter-in-place protocols could be improved, they’re better than nothing. “I think they’re trying, and we love that,” Kempler, a sophomore psychology major,...
View ArticlePitt adds 438 new COVID-19 cases since Jan. 25
Pitt officials said Thursday that 327 students and 111 employees tested positive for COVID-19 from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25. According to an email sent by Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office, although...
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Students nervous, excited as Pitt starts in-person classes
For Noah Kenton, a junior information science major, the return of in-person classes could not have come soon enough — and in fact, it should have come sooner. “There’s definitely a huge difference in...
View ArticleLecture highlights racial disparities, prejudice within the medical field
When Serena Williams gave birth to her daughter in 2017, she informed her health care providers of her history of clotting disorders and that she was struggling to breathe post-delivery. Despite this,...
View ArticleSGB discusses white supremacy, racism on campus
White supremacist propaganda reached an all-time high in 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League. For Kayla Henderson, a member of Student Government Board’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee,...
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Photos: President Biden discusses infrastructure following Frick Park bridge...
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh on Friday to tout his administration’s investment in infrastructure as well as the City’s work in advanced manufacturing and robotics. His visit comes in the wake...
View Article‘Make it in America’: Biden discusses infrastructure after Frick Park bridge...
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh on Friday to tout his administration’s investment in infrastructure as well as the City’s work in advanced manufacturing and robotics. His visit came in the wake...
View Article‘Want you to succeed’: Pitt’s SBDC helps women-owned businesses
Following a difficult season for her sustainable landscaping business, Judy Foster thought the doors to her business would close for good. But after one final attempt, and with the help of Pitt’s Small...
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‘Union town’: Coffee Tree employees rally the day before unionization vote...
As he hurried out the door in late December to head to work at the Coffee Tree Roasters location in Squirrel Hill, Liam Tinker, a first-year English literature major, received a “shocking” text. He was...
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‘Concerning’: Anderson Bridge in Oakland plagued by ‘poor’ ratings for nearly...
Soaring high above Junction Hollow, the Charles Anderson Bridge ferries more than 20,000 vehicles between Oakland and Schenley Park every day. The historic bridge, which spans nearly 800 feet along the...
View ArticleNew CGS major focuses on importance of ethics in criminal justice
Wes Hiers spent summer 2019 researching and analyzing hundreds of law, criminal justice and society programs across the country, in hopes of developing a new major at Pitt. After looking through 670...
View ArticleUniversity Counseling Center, Pitt police collaborate to ‘de-escalate’ crisis...
The University Counseling Center and Pitt police have partnered to create a new program to provide a response from both mental health professionals and police to students in distress. This program,...
View ArticlePitt students petition for hybrid classes
A petition asking Pitt to allow a hybrid learning option this spring has amassed nearly 2,000 signatures since an unnamed student created it three weeks ago. The petition, directed to Dean of Students...
View Article‘Everyone wants to live’: Zubair Rezwan reflects on journalism career in...
After resettling in the United States, Zubair Rezwan said living in this new country compared to Afghanistan was like time traveling. “When you come here, there are lots of new things you face, and...
View ArticleElections code changes aim to prevent repeat of chaotic 2021 election
The Vision slate’s disqualification less than three hours before last year’s Student Government Board election left many students confused and outraged. Stephen Jacobus, who chairs the board’s judicial...
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