Tours and secrets: Quo Vadis digs into Nationality Rooms
Each day, hundreds of students take classes in Pitt’s Nationality Rooms — but they probably don’t know that the furniture in the Armenian Room weighs about as much as seven Asian elephants. Or, more...
View ArticlePitt, UPMC to open wellness center for faculty and staff
At the end of the month, UPMC will open a free health clinic explicitly for Pitt faculty and staff. A UPMC nurse practitioner, nurse, medical assistant and practicing physician will staff the center,...
View ArticleInternet pioneer to be commencement speaker
Pitt announced on Monday that one of the “fathers of the Internet,” Vint Cerf, will give this year’s commencement address. Pitt will host Cerf as the featured speaker as well as present him with an...
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Bonner settles into permanent position, begins Ph.D.
Behind his desk in his corner office, Kenyon Bonner keeps what he calls “paychecks” tucked in a wooden hutch. Not his literal paychecks, but rather, thank-you notes from students, like one he received...
View ArticleQuick Zone to stay open 24/7
This fall, Quick Zone’s hours will accommodate late-night study sessions, early risers and everything in between. At Student Government Board’s last public meeting this semester, Food Committee...
View ArticleBill Clinton to visit Pitt-Johnstown
Former president Bill Clinton will visit Pitt-Johnstown’s campus Wednesday afternoon. According to Brandon Hanson, an organizer for Hillary for America, Clinton will speak at the Campus Conference...
View ArticleKasich comes to Pittsburgh
Presidential hopeful John Kasich stopped in Pittsburgh Wednesday to visit the city closest to his hometown. Kasich, who grew up in McKees Rocks and began his political career in Robinson Township,...
View ArticleClinton rallies for Hillary in South Side
Stumping for his wife, former president Bill Clinton made a dual stop in western Pennsylvania, six days ahead of the state’s primary. On Wednesday at 6:15 p.m., former president Bill Clinton spoke to...
View ArticlePitt vice chancellor named president of AACR
With a new president of the American Association of Cancer Research hailing from Pitt, the University is proving instrumental in the fight to cure cancer. The AACR appointed Nancy E. Davidson, director...
View ArticleHer Campus educates students on contraceptives
When Caroline Eddy talks about her southern family’s sex education, it sounds something like Coach Carr from “Mean Girls:” “Don’t have sex … because you will get pregnant and die.” “That isn’t...
View ArticlePitt collects drugs for disposal
Pitt pharmacy students reversed their traditional roles Thursday and collected drugs rather than distributing them. Aiming to reduce drug misuse, members of Generation Rx — a student group within the...
View ArticlePort Authority to vote on flat fare
Based on approval from a Port Authority committee Thursday, the Port Authority Board of Directors will vote next week on system-wide changes to the bus system. The full board is scheduled to vote April...
View ArticleHillary Clinton to revisit Pittsburgh
Looking to influence Pennsylvania voters before the upcoming primary, Hillary Clinton will make a return visit to Pittsburgh this Friday. Clinton’s campaign has not announced any further details about...
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Pitt Tonight performs season finale
Most Pitt students remember Mr. McFeely from “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” as the delivery man, but few expected to see him sink his first shot in “Pitt Tonight Pong” Thursday night. David Newell, the...
View ArticleMan charged for October death of Pitt employee
Six months after the wreck, Pittsburgh police are filing charges against a man for the death of the late Susan Hicks. On Friday, police said in a release they were finalizing paperwork for the arrest...
View ArticleInteractive Crime Map April 15 – April 22
Here is the Pitt police activity from April 15 to 22. Friday, April 15, 2016 12:11 p.m. Posvar Hall and Forbes Quad. Pitt police responded to a report of an Apple iPad theft from a female student....
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‘Diversity includes disability’
Students and faculty with disabilities look for representation on campus. At her high school in the foothills of Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Monica Silny was in every AP class, a member of the...
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Raising kids and GPAs: The stories of parents at Pitt
When Agnes Haggerty was a Pitt student in 2003, she worked 50 hours a week, carried a full course load and looked after her toddler. “The majority of my studying was done in the middle of the night,”...
View ArticleUniting in Pittsburgh: Pitt’s faculty and student unions past and present
Twenty-five years ago, Pitt’s faculty tried — and failed — to form a union after hitting problems with the administration and a lack of agreement among faculty. Now, the faculty are trying again,...
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Bernie Sanders visits Pitt
Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Field House on Monday, just one day before the state’s primary. Midday on Monday, Sanders spoke to a crowd of mostly college...
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