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‘Proud to be Ukrainian’: Hundreds gather Downtown in support of Ukraine
Hundreds of people rallied Sunday evening in downtown Pittsburgh in support of Ukraine in the face of Russia’s recent invasion, waving flags, praying and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. Mayor Ed...
View ArticlePanelists discuss importance of digital communication in preserving culture
For Bianca Laureano, the perception of Afro-Latinx people is very limited in the United States, as many only know of the community through famous Afro-Latinx celebrities like Casilda de Luna, a...
View ArticleFloyd demotion, Temmallo resignation shake SGB as elections near
The Friday demotion of Student Government Board member Danielle Floyd from her position as vice president for initiatives, and board member Daniel Temmallo’s Saturday night resignation, shook the...
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Danielle Floyd wins SGB presidency for 2022-23 academic year
Danielle Floyd will serve as the president of Student Government Board for the 2022-23 school year. She beat opponent Arjun Manjunath of the For You Panthers slate in Tuesday’s election with 59.09% of...
View ArticlePitt faculty union elects bargaining committee, begins negotiating with...
Four months after Pitt faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionization, the union’s newly formed bargaining committee sat down alongside United Steelworkers representatives last Friday to...
View ArticleOBID meeting brings community leaders together to address equitable...
For John Tague, a 72-year-old power wheelchair user, equitable accessibility means something different to each member of the disabled community. “I try to view equity as across disability not just...
View ArticleUkrainian Pitt professor raises more than $800k for humanitarian efforts
Tymofiy Mylovanov, an associate economics professor at Pitt and president of the Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine, has raised more than $800,000 in just under 24 hours to aid humanitarian efforts in...
View ArticleCity police respond to male barricaded inside Oakland Court home
City police responded Wednesday afternoon to an incident involving a male barricaded inside a home on the 100 block of Oakland Court. The large police presence in the area prompted a Pitt emergency...
View ArticlePitt’s co-op program gets re-engineered
For students in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, learning takes place far beyond Benedum Hall. Whether they gain experience doing fieldwork for a company located on the other side of the country...
View Article‘History is happening’: Black Built Pitt organizers reflect on project
When Luana Reis, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, discovered the Black Built Pitt project, she was intrigued. “It was about creating this space at the...
View Article‘Helping students gain confidence’: Career Center preps students for workforce
Undergraduate students anxious about the job hunt have found support and guidance in Pitt’s Career Center. Gal Yovel, a first-year neuroscience major, said the Career Center has shown him the “wide...
View ArticlePitt adds 73 new COVID-19 cases since Feb. 23, plans to reevaluate masking...
Pitt officials said Thursday that 56 students and 17 employees tested positive for COVID-19 from Feb. 23 to March 1. An email sent by Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office said COVID-19 case counts...
View Article‘It’s not really a residential neighborhood anymore’: Halket street landlords...
Al Pasquarelli, a landlord and lifelong resident of Oakland, is willing to sell and move out of the neighborhood he’s lived in his whole life because he believes he’s leaving it in good hands with the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Feb. 23 – March 3
Wednesday, Feb. 23 Pitt police made a warrant arrest at Detre Hall. A student reported he left his laundry unattended at Litchfield Tower B and, upon returning, his clothes were missing. Pitt police...
View ArticleStarbucks workers at Amos Hall petition to unionize
Workers at Starbucks at Amos Hall are formally petitioning to unionize, according to a letter released Friday. This is the second Starbucks in Pittsburgh to petition to unionize since two Starbucks...
View ArticleGainey, Walnut Capital reach deal on Oakland Crossings project
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Walnut Capital reached a deal last week on proposed zoning for the developer’s Oakland Crossings project, which will receive a vote later this month from the City...
View ArticleOakland Plan released for public comment
Pittsburgh released a draft of the 10-year Oakland Plan and associated zoning proposals last Wednesday for public comment. The plan is available for review through April 6, after which it will be...
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Students appreciate, enjoy spring break despite lingering COVID-19 worries
Spring break marked two years since Pitt’s in-person classes ended with an unceremonious email telling students not to come back to campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, during the first spring...
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‘Really came together’: Pitt community reflects on 2012 bomb threats
A constant stream of alert notifications, blaring alarms and security guards pounding on doors constantly woke Maria Wolfe during spring 2012. Security guards frequently evacuated thousands of students...
View ArticleSGB approves new vice president, discusses transportation issues
Brennan Conway will serve as Student Government Board’s vice president of initiatives for the remainder of the 2021-22 academic year, filling the remainder of president-elect Danielle Floyd’s term in...
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