Students to leave their paw print
A group of this year’s graduating seniors is leaving a gift that will help generations of Pitt students. The group, called Project Paw Print, aims to help rising sophomores, juniors and seniors cover...
View ArticleState could restore Pitt funding, Wolf signature pending
If Gov. Tom Wolf signs a Pennsylvania Senate bill today, Pitt will receive more than $143 million in state funding. Following the state’s 2015 budget impasse, which has now lasted eight months, the...
View ArticleOakwatch pushes city to monitor ‘disruptive’ properties
When students throw loud parties in Oakland, they rob their neighbors of precious sleep, according to North Oakland resident Hanson Kappelman. “When there’s a disturbance at 1 or 2 a.m., it wakes...
View ArticleSGB goes green with zero waste events
The one-year anniversary celebration for University of Thriftsburgh, Pitt’s on-campus thrift shop, produced no waste, thanks to the Student Government Board’s environmental committee. Wednesday,...
View ArticlePitt helps to redefine sepsis
Seeking earlier recognition and treatment of hospital patients, Pitt researchers joined an international task force in January 2014 to redefine sepsis, a disease where the immune system damages its own...
View ArticlePitt’s budget woes continue
Pitt has gone eight months without state funding. Now state lawmaker’s latest proposal, and a bill that would fund Pitt, are in jeopardy. Pennsylvania legislators have passed a budget and four bills...
View ArticleMatchmaker, matchmaker find me a grant
If Joyce Raught got to keep all of the money she earned, she would be a multimillionaire. But since Raught is one of Pitt’s grant writers, the more than $100 million she helps wrangle for Pitt every...
View ArticleInteractive Crime Map March 10-March 16
Here is the Pitt police activity for March 10 to March 16. Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:14 p.m. 7-Eleven. Police arrested one Pittsburgh man for retail theft. 3:51 p.m. 4000 Forbes Avenue. Pitt police...
View ArticleFestival brings taste of Latin America to Pitt
Spanish words and the scent of empanadas drifted through Posvar Hall this weekend, as the Latin American and Caribbean Festival replaced lectures with Puerto Rican musicians and tango dancers. Pitt’s...
View ArticlePitt alums teach students signs of abusive dating
When lecturers Jason Horowitz and Carley Kramer Trivette asked an audience of Pitt students if they’d ever been abused in a relationship, 63 percent replied yes. This percentage, the lecturers said, is...
View ArticleIFC looks to stop toxic masculinity
When T. Leon Williams lectured at Pitt, he asked the audience members to stand if they had never talked about masculinity in their households. Nearly everyone in the audience rose. “We don’t have...
View ArticleCooking up equality
As Deborah Harris watched female chefs teetering in heels on a cooking show challenge where contestants thought they were going to a nightclub, she realized sexism is a main ingredient of the culinary...
View ArticlePitt students in Brussels unharmed following terrorist attacks
Two Pitt students studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium, are unharmed after a series of terrorist attacks on Tuesday, the University Study Abroad Office confirmed. Between 3 and 4 a.m. Eastern time and...
View ArticleDarwin Deez to perform on campus
In its spirit of bringing fresh music to campus, progress, Pitt’s campus radio station WPTS announced Tuesday it will host progressive band Darwin Deez at its annual spring show in April. Darwin Deez,...
View ArticleGallagher and students petition Wolf to sign budget, bill that would fund Pitt
HARRISBURG, PA — Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s message is clear: With Pitt, Pennsylvania wins. That was his mantra Tuesday as he and about 200 faculty, staff and students met with lawmakers during the...
View ArticleStudy finds exercise can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A little sweat and exercise can preserve brain tissue and help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new Pitt study. UPMC and the University of California, Los Angeles, co-published research last...
View ArticleAnother falcon fallen: Goodbye, E2
A little more than three months after his first partner fell from the sky — and three days after his current partner laid her first egg — the paternal half of Pitt’s peregrine falcon couple has passed...
View ArticleWolf relents on budget, Pitt to receive $143 million
If Gov. Tom Wolf keeps his promise to do nothing, Pitt is set to receive the $143 million in state funding legislators promised in just four days. After a press conference Wednesday, Wolf issued a...
View ArticlePA primaries: A student’s guide
Pennsylvania’s finally joining in on the 2016 presidential election — 281 delegates will be up for grabs in the primaries April 26. Pennsylvania voters will be able to cast their ballots for president,...
View ArticleKesha to headline Pittsburgh Pride in the Streets
This year’s Pittsburgh Pride in the Street will have even more glitter than usual. Kesha will headline this year’s event, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, according to a Delta Foundation...
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