Educational Outreach Center expands to reach more students
Pitt is looking to positively influence and engage the next generation of college students through its new program, the Educational Outreach Center. The center, which opened in January, aims to...
View ArticlePitt releases long-awaited climate plan
Pitt released its climate plan on Thursday, detailing the University’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2037, the 250th anniversary of the University’s founding. The University intends to...
View ArticlePitt to relax mask requirements, adds 69 new COVID-19 cases since March 2
Pitt officials said Thursday that the University would soon relax its mask requirements, with a precise date released next week, “contingent on conditions continuing to improve on campus and in our...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: March 3 – March 16
Thursday, March 3 Pitt police issued a report of criminal mischief. Friday, March 4 A campus security authority reported a liquor law violation at Ruskin Hall. One student was issued a conduct...
View ArticlePitt’s Slavic Department explains history behind Russia-Ukraine war
When Russian missiles began ravaging multiple cities throughout Ukraine, Tetyana Shlikhar’s friends back home desperately sought out safety. Some were able to flee the country, but others remain living...
View ArticleFaculty Assembly discusses mask mandate, budget policy and more
Robin Kear said Wednesday that Faculty Assembly officers anticipate the removal of the University-wide mask mandate soon. However, she said they are unsure about potential changes to other pandemic...
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‘Being Ukrainian and being a student’: Ukrainian Pitt students reflect on war
A fire alarm went off during spring break in Oleksii Kucherenko’s family apartment in Miami. Kucherenko, a first-year microbiology student originally from Ukraine, said this was not out of the...
View Article‘Anything is a step forward’: Student organization investigates cold cases
The body of Jessica Freeman, a 15-year-old victim of sex trafficking, was found on the side of a road in nearby Bethel Park in 1992. The Freeman case, along with countless others, remains unsolved to...
View ArticlePitt to go mask optional next Monday
Pitt announced Monday that masks will become optional indoors starting next Monday, March 28. The policy shift came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent changes to mask...
View ArticleStudents vote Latin American Revolutions as Pitt best course
Anna Kovarick’s family fled Cuba when a 1950s uprising led to the formation of the country’s Communist party. She said this played a key role in her interpretation of her history course, Latin American...
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Dave & Andy’s voted best ice cream in 2022 ‘Best Of’ survey
Dave & Andy’s Homemade Ice Cream is located on Atwood Street, just a few feet off of Forbes Avenue, placing it right in the center of Pitt’s campus. But according to Dave & Andy’s crew member...
View ArticleTeaching through memes, kindness: Uwe Stender wins ‘Best Gen-Ed Professor’
Students voted Uwe Stender, a lecturer in the German department, as the “Best Gen-Ed Professor” in The Pitt News’ annual “Best Of” survey. It’s his first time winning the title since he began working...
View ArticleSGB opens committee chair positions, discusses upcoming inauguration
Danielle Floyd, current Student Government Board member and president-elect, encouraged “any and all” students to apply for committee chair positions for the 2022-23 academic year. She said it’s a way...
View ArticlePittsburgh Planning Commission supports revised Oakland Crossing plan
After months of deliberation, the City Planning Commission voted Tuesday to make a positive recommendation to City Council on the newly revised Oakland Crossings plan. At its Tuesday meeting, the...
View ArticlePitt adds 32 new COVID-19 cases since March 16
Pitt officials said Thursday that 23 students and 9 employees tested positive for COVID-19 from March 16 to 22. An email sent by Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office said it’s important for Pitt...
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Pitt organization works to destigmatize menstruation
Claire Kelly, the co-president of Pitt’s Days for Girls club, said normalizing discussions of menstruation is essential to addressing period poverty. “Period poverty is something that many...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: March 17 – March 23
Thursday, March 17 Pitt police reported nothing in the crime log. Friday, March 18 A campus security authority reported a liquor law violation at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was issued a...
View ArticleStudents fight environmental injustice in Pittsburgh through advocacy project
Fighting environmental issues is feasible when proper funding is provided, but low-income communities often go without assistance, resulting in health disparities and a poor quality of life, according...
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Senate Council discusses new masking guidelines, government funding for...
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said while Pitt’s new masking guidelines are based on transmission and active COVID-19 rates, the decision to wear or not wear a mask is up to individuals beginning Monday....
View ArticlePitt faculty union, administration clash over lifting mask mandate
The United Steelworkers union filed an unfair practices charge against Pitt on Friday, alleging that University administrators failed to consult faculty before announcing that campus buildings would go...
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