House passes Pitt funding bill by 167-34 vote
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed Pitt’s annual funding bill by a vote of 167 to 34 late Tuesday evening. The University will receive a funding increase of 2%, or $3,471,000, compared to...
View ArticleContext: June Board of Trustees meeting
Pitt’s Board of Trustees will hold its second meeting of 2019 Friday, providing an update on University affairs to the community. The Board is responsible for all key decisions at the University,...
View ArticleU.S. Steel fires spark community backlash
Air quality groups in Pittsburgh are fired up over a string of fires — including a recent incident on June 13 — at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, located about 30 minutes south of Oakland.Since...
View ArticleCommunity airs pollution concerns at Strassburger’s listening session
Pittsburgh has a long way to go on air quality, but more and more of the area’s elected officials say they want to work actively to solve the problem. Pittsburgh activist and filmmaker Mark Dixon said...
View ArticlePittsburgh Pride, 50 years after Stonewall
On June 18, 1973, an article appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with the headline, “Gays Hold First Pittsburgh March.” The march was smaller than Pittsburgh’s modern Pride parades, which draw...
View ArticleBoard committee approves major construction projects
At a public meeting in Posvar Hall Thursday morning, the property and facilities committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved several major leases and construction projects, a major step...
View ArticleCudd’s freshman year: affordability, unionization and plans for the future
After one year of leading Pitt’s academic programs, Provost Ann Cudd has her sights set on Pitt’s future.Like many newcomers to Pitt, Cudd’s first year was somewhat of a whirlwind, filled with meetings...
View ArticleBoard approves chairperson-elect, new trustees
At the summer board of trustees meeting Friday morning, the board approved nominations for a chairperson-elect as well as five new trustees. The governance and nominating committee had voted in favor...
View ArticleGallagher provides updates on University initiatives
After its last meeting in February, where new student financial aid programs were announced, Pitt’s Board of Trustees tackled several important issues facing the University at its Friday meeting in the...
View ArticleGallagher: Endowment report to be released soon
In an interview after Friday’s board of trustees meeting, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said he received a report from Pitt’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee and will release it before...
View ArticleTranscript: TPN’s interview with Provost Cudd
On June 11, The Pitt News sat down with Provost Ann Cudd for about 40 minutes to discuss her first year at Pitt, as well as her goals for the next year and beyond. This interview has been lightly...
View ArticlePolice respond to attempted burglary on Oakland Avenue
Pitt police alerted students Sunday to an attempted off-campus burglary that occurred in the early hours of the morning.According to a crime alert sent early Sunday afternoon, Pitt police assisted the...
View ArticleNew orientation programs begin where PittStart stopped
PittStart — Pitt’s signature two-day orientation program — has come to a stop this summer after 19 years of introducing first-years to life in Oakland.The program, where first-years were able to get a...
View ArticleBuses, trains and trams: Pittsburgh public transit guide
With Oakland parking scarce and few alternatives to get around the City, many Pitt students utilize the public transportation system in Pittsburgh, run by the Port Authority of Allegheny County, to...
View ArticleOakland news roundup
As an urban campus bustling with nearly 30,000 students and more than 5,000 faculty, there’s always news breaking at Pitt. Here’s a quick glance at some of the largest stories from the past semester...
View ArticleAcross the board: Meet this year’s student government
As a first-year student arriving at Pitt, it can be tricky figuring out exactly what SGB does, or even what it stands for. The answer to the latter is pretty easy: SGB is Pitt’s Student Government...
View ArticlePitt student said he sent racist and threatening messages
A Pitt student whose name appeared in a series of Snapchat messages posted to Twitter on Wednesday morning said he sent messages containing violent and racist threats to a Pittsburgh native.The...
View ArticlePitt professors offer advice to first-year students
As incoming first-years prepare to descend on Oakland, there is not much to worry about before the first day of classes arrives besides settling into dorms, making new friends and learning the bus...
View ArticleSkyvue residents return after month-long displacement
Following an electrical fire at Oakland’s Skyvue Apartments on June 2, some tenants are claiming they were unable to move back into the building until June 28. They also said they have not received an...
View ArticleGillibrand to visit Pittsburgh on July 11
Kirsten Gillibrand, a senator from New York and a Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential race, will visit Pittsburgh on the morning of July 11, according to a press release from Gillibrand’s...
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