Athletics Department announces new mental health program
Pitt’s Athletics Department announced a new partnership with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC to add two full-time mental health counselors to the department’s staff to interact with...
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Community responds after high school student fatally shot by police
After East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfield fatally shot Woodland Hills High School student Atwon Rose on Tuesday night, the community responded quickly, first organizing a protest outside...
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Unarmed 17-year-old fatally shot by East Pittsburgh police
This post was updated on Friday at 4:50 p.m. Police from the East Pittsburgh Police Department shot and killed Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old Woodland Hills High School student, on Tuesday night. Rose was...
View ArticleChancellor recommends renaming Parran Hall
The campaign to rename Parran Hall, the primary home of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), reached a turning point today when Chancellor Patrick Gallagher issued a recommendation to...
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GALLERY: The Week in Antwon Rose Jr Protests
June 21, 2018 Early Afternoon—Protesters gathered outside the Allegheny County Courthouse in the second major protest against police brutality after Antwon Rose Jr’s death on June 19, 2018. Rose Jr...
View ArticleMichael Rosfeld charged with homicide in Antwon Rose killing
Michael Rosfeld, the 30-year-old East Pittsburgh police officer from Penn Hills who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose on June 19, has been charged with one count of criminal homicide, according to...
View ArticlePitt unveils statue of Dr. Thomas Starzl, transplant pioneer
Friends, family, university staff and members of the media gathered outside the Cathedral of Learning in full business attire Saturday to honor the memory of the late Dr. Thomas Starzl with a new...
View ArticleCommunity groups call for city to release Amazon bid
Members of nine community groups gathered at City Hall Thursday morning in front of a sky-blue banner declaring “The City of Pittsburgh Welcomes You.” The crowd demanded that the City release the...
View ArticleBoard of Trustees unanimously votes to rename Parran Hall
After a long campaign of ballots, petitions, special committees and a recommendation from the chancellor, the main building for Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health will no longer be named after...
View ArticleBoard appoints new Provost, inducts five new trustees
The Pitt Board of Trustees appointed former Boston University Dean of the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ann E. Cudd, as Pitt’s new provost Friday, June 29. The board also...
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Pitt professors pursue new projects with Pitt Seed grants
Pitt is investing in change this summer, beginning with projects from professors at the University. The first-ever Pitt Seed Project awarded a total of more than $1 million to 23 programs designed to...
View ArticlePitt Board approves budgets for 2018-19 school year
The Pitt Board of Trustees approved the 2019 operating and capital budgets Monday morning, according to an email Chancellor Patrick Gallagher sent to the University community. The new budget — which...
View ArticleTwo men file suit against Pitt, G-Door and Michael Rosfeld
Timothy Riley and Jacob Schilling are suing the University of Pittsburgh, Oakland bar Garage Door Saloon and Michael Rosfeld — the former Pitt police officer on trial for homicide after shooting and...
View ArticleCommunity speaks out against Mercy Hospital expansion
Nurses, activists and local seniors packed themselves into Pittsburgh’s City Council chambers Tuesday afternoon to speak out against a controversial proposed expansion of UPMC Mercy in downtown...
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Aminata Kamara: Nursing a desire to lead
Before Aminata Kamara graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High School — which specialized in STEM — she already knew she wanted to enroll in a four-year nursing program. In fact, she had her whole life...
View ArticleGreek life raises money through song and dance
Several Greek Life organizations went on trips Friday night — three went to Havana, Cuba, while another three traveled to Emerald City. Two wound up trapped in a video game. All of this happened on...
View ArticleMan found dead on Ward Street
A man was found dead Monday afternoon on Ward Street in South Oakland, according to city police. The body appears to have been driven to the location after the victim was shot in McKeesport, Pitt...
View ArticleBreaking: Male victim found dead on Ward Street
A man was shot Monday afternoon in McKeesport, and then driven and removed from the suspects’ vehicle on Ward Street in South Oakland, according to Pitt police. Pittsburgh police spokesperson Alicia...
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Deleted police tweet causes confusion after body found on Ward
A man was found shot to death on Ward Street Monday afternoon, but it’s unclear where the shooting occurred after University of Pittsburgh police deleted a tweet regarding the incident. City police...
View ArticleStudents share global empowerment stories
As the doors of the William Pitt Union lower lounge opened at 8 p.m., about 150 students poured in to learn about the experiences of women in other countries. The event, Who Run the World?, was part of...
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