Interactive Crime Map Oct. 7 – 14
Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 10:21 p.m. Forbes Hall Pavilion. Police responded to a report of the smell of marijuana and referred one student for judicial action. 11:42 p.m. Pier Street, Pittsburgh, PA....
View ArticlePitt searches for new dean for Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Few Pitt students attended the open forum for the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ new dean, but those who did said they wanted someone with a focus on inclusion, communication and collaboration....
View ArticleTwo homes robbed in Oakland
After two burglaries last weekend, Pitt and the city police responded to calls that two more residences in southern Central Oakland had been robbed. No one was injured in either incident, but residents...
View ArticleStudents angered by lack of psychiatrists at Pitt Counseling Center
With 130 shares, more than 530 signatures and more than 100 comments, an online petition criticizing Pitt’s support of mental health services made its way around social media this weekend. Anna Shaw, a...
View ArticleNovelist Amy Bloom talks at Pitt about connecting to readers
Novelist Amy Bloom said she knows why people write. “At the heart of reading and writing are the questions, ‘Who are we to be? How are we to be?’” Bloom said. “That’s what we want to answer.” Bloom, a...
View ArticleSGB pens letter in response to petition
Joining more than 500 other students who signed and circulated an online petition over the weekend, Pitt’s Student Government Board weighed in on the vacant psychiatrist positions at the University...
View ArticleClinton, Kaine to visit Pittsburgh
Despite her lead in Pennsylvania polls, Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine will be visiting Pittsburgh again on Saturday, a move showing just how badly the Democratic nominee wants to win...
View ArticlePitt students decorate t-shirts for It’s On Us campaign
Pitt first-year Chloe Yoder used black and red Sharpie to color the word “no” onto her white T-shirt. Filling in the large, block-lettered word, Yoder penned the lyrics to the song “Face Your Demons”...
View ArticleStudents march to raise sexual assault awareness
Kara Kloss vividly recalls the most recent incident of sexual assault she’s faced on Pitt’s campus. She was waiting alone for a bus outside of Towers on Fifth Avenue last spring semester when it...
View ArticleSenate Council announced partnerships to improve application process
Pitt’s Senate Council announced two partnerships Wednesday night that its administrative members say will make it easier for high school students from any socio-economic background to apply to the...
View ArticlePitt News wins journalism awards
In a national journalism competition, seven employees of The Pitt News won a total of nine awards for work from the 2015-2016 academic year. The competition, Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s...
View ArticleDisability advocates speak at Pitt about inclusion
The whole room went silent after Sister Anita Maroun asked a crowd of Pitt students and community members how many people with disabilities are needed to change a lightbulb. “One person to change it...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense to fund Pitt’s trauma research
Pitt received up to $90 million in federal funding Wednesday to improve trauma care for military members and civilians. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Pitt’s Schools of Health Sciences the...
View ArticleMore body cams to come for Pittsburgh police
Adding to the 170 wired body cameras Pittsburgh police are already wearing, the Bureau said at a public safety meeting Wednesday that it ordered another 500 wireless body cameras to use in the coming...
View ArticleUniversity reinstates fraternity Pi Lambda Phi
After a two-year absence, Pi Lambda Phi is back on campus as an officially recognized fraternity. The fraternity has spent much of the past 20 years under University suspension — Pitt suspended the...
View ArticleEducators learn how to create inclusive classrooms
On the set of the 1993 film “Poetic Justice,” when the cameras weren’t rolling, Maya Angelou saw two young men cursing at each other and grabbing for each other’s throats. She pulled one of the young...
View ArticleFifth home in Oakland burglarized
For the fifth time this month, an unknown person robbed a central Oakland home, the latest in a string of robberies that police say are not connected. This time, an unknown person broke into a home on...
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Friends, family, strangers gather to remember Susan Hicks
The white bicycle, adorned with vibrant flowers, has been tied to a utility pole on the sidewalk across from Carnegie Hall for exactly a year, honoring Susan Hicks’ life. Friday marked the one-year...
View ArticleInteractive Crime Map Oct. 14 – 21
Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 6:31 p.m. Cathedral of Learning. Police responded to a security guard’s report of finding graffiti. An investigation is pending. 8:43 p.m. Bouquet Gardens. Police conducted a...
View ArticlePitt Make a Difference Day inspires sense of community
While Pitt’s annual Make a Difference Day usually sends Pitt students out of Oakland and into the community, but, this year, the service day attracted more than just Pitt students this year. For the...
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