SGB discusses single use plastics, new committees at weekly meeting
At Tuesday’s weekly SGB meeting, board members voted to charter the new single use plastic task force and the new students of color ad hoc committee. The new single use plastic task force was approved...
View ArticleCheck for hitchhikers, and stomp if you’d like: Experts urge mindful...
Spotted lanternflies have taken over Oakland, clinging to trees and littering sidewalks with their bodies, dead or alive. They may be a neighborhood nuisance, but in terms of statewide environmental...
View ArticlePanic buttons installed in hundreds of classrooms across campus
The installation of panic buttons in some classrooms is a “step in the right direction” to improving safety measures on campus, according to Sydney Greenway. “I just hope that that’s not the end of all...
View ArticlePittsburgh Regional Transit to begin University Line project this fall,...
A new bus line is set to be built on campus. Coined as “The University Line,” the bus route will consist of four electrically powered buses that travel directly from Oakland to Downtown Pittsburgh....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: September 7 – September 13
Thursday, September 7 Pitt police reported a theft of a Pitt ID card at Litchfield Tower A. Investigation pending. Pitt police assisted the Pittsburgh Regional Transit police with a possible theft....
View ArticleFood locker to be added in Towers, intended to combat food insecurity on campus
In the coming months, a new set of lockers will arrive at the Litchfield Towers lobby as part of Pitt’s plan to combat food insecurity and make food distribution more streamlined. Food lockers will be...
View ArticlePanther Wellness Fair offers health and wellness resources to student body
The life adjustments that come with the transition to college can manifest into disordered eating, according to Katie Armstrong. “Manipulating your food or changing your diet is sometimes a way to...
View ArticleSenate Council holds first meeting of academic year, discusses summer updates
Chancellor Joan Gabel announced that the search for a new provost is “getting ready to launch” at the first Senate Council meeting of the academic year. “It’s a full national search — on-campus,...
View ArticleEngineers Without Borders works to aid impoverished communities
When Claire Gendron traveled to Bolivia for the first time, some of the local members asked her if she liked it. Despite sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag and watching a tarantula crawl past her...
View Article‘It comes down to the individual’: Students share experiences with Rate My...
For sophomore Gabrielle Colasinski, using Rate My Professors before scheduling classes is necessary to her academic success. “I use Rate My Professor any time I am looking for a class,” Colasinski, a...
View ArticleRoundup of Latinx and Hispanic Heritage month events
Latinx and Hispanic Heritage month began Sept. 15. The Pitt News has compiled a list of events taking place on campus and in the city that focus on amplifying and celebrating Latinx and Hispanic...
View ArticleQ&A: Meet the 2023-2024 Student Government Board
A new school year means a new Student Government Board. The Pitt News sat down with the new members to ask them questions as they begin their tenure. Interviews have been edited for length and...
View ArticleThe battle for in-state tuition, explained
Before Pennsylvania lawmakers adjourned for their summer break this year, they failed to pass a bill that would provide select universities, including Pitt, with hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticlePitt police lieutenant updates community on safety measures
In the wake of incidents on campus last semester, including a shooting hoax at Hillman Library, the University has put in place multiple new safety measures for students and staff to use when...
View ArticleSGB discusses allocations improvements, renovations on Forbes Avenue
At Tuesday’s weekly Student Government Board meeting, the board discussed simplifying the allocations process, allocation funding and renovations for the space in front of Barco Law School and near...
View ArticleStudents, staff share advice on managing money in college
Between tuition, fees, and all other kinds of expenses, affording college can be a difficult task. Joel Philistin, director of financial wellness at Pitt’s Center for Financial Education and Wellness,...
View Article‘Our futures are on the line’: Elected officials, students call for Pitt...
During a press conference in Schenley Plaza Thursday morning, elected officials and students urged House Republicans to support a bill that would provide funding for state-related universities in...
View Article‘It’s a history’: Local Indigenous community reflects on significance of...
Wearing colorful, traditional regalia, members of the Indigenous community and Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center (COTRAIC) gathered in Schenley Plaza on Wednesday for the second annual...
View ArticlePolice blotter: September 14 – September 20
Thursday, September 14 Pitt police assisted City police with a report of a harassment on the 4000 block of Fifth Avenue. Friday, September 15 Pitt police issued a warrant for an arrest at Maggie &...
View ArticleIbrahima Seck gives lecture on Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
Ibrahima Seck said studying the history of slavery works to deconstruct racism in America and around the globe. “We have to deconstruct racism if we want to solve the problem of this country, but also...
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