Criminal complaint charges Pitt student with ethnic intimidation, making...
A white Pitt student who sent Snapchat messages to a black Pittsburgh resident is now facing three criminal counts, two of which are related to that specific incident.Ethan Kozak, a rising junior...
View ArticlePolice respond to armed robbery on O’Hara Street
Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a woman at gunpoint early Tuesday morning at the intersection of University Place and O’Hara Street.Pitt police notified students of the incident in a...
View ArticlePolice officer faces trial after allegedly assaulting, harassing Pitt students
A 47-year-old white police officer will be on trial Thursday facing six criminal charges, including two counts each of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct resulting from a previously...
View ArticleFormer Pitt researcher convicted of poisoning his wife seeks new trial
A 70-year-old former Pitt neurology researcher who is serving life in prison for poisoning his wife in 2013 has filed a petition requesting a new trial.Robert Ferrante claims his lawyers provided an...
View ArticleMan arrested, charged after two attempted rapes
A 23-year-old man was charged with the attempted rape of two women in Oakland within the last three weeks. Eric Hernandez, a South Oakland resident, was arrested Tuesday and faces 12 charges between...
View ArticleChick-fil-A moving to upper campus, other dining changes start this fall
What did the chicken say when it crossed Fifth Avenue, and looked up DeSoto Street?“Now I see why they call it Cardiac Hill.”Pitt Dining’s Chick-fil-A location has left the Cathedral Cafe, located in...
View ArticlePitt outsources dorm WiFi, will charge for faster speeds
Pitt has outsourced WiFi services for all residence halls and University-owned housing units beginning this fall, and will charge students for faster speeds, according to an email sent Tuesday to...
View ArticleBruegger’s reopens after health department re-inspection
Bruegger’s Bagel Bakery in Oakland reopened for business on Tuesday, after being ordered to close on Saturday by the Allegheny County Health Department.During a health inspector’s visit on Saturday,...
View ArticleWhat you missed this summer: tuition hikes, union developments, Ethan Kozak
Students are flooding back to campus from all corners of the world to find that their tuition has been raised, Bigelow Boulevard is slated for construction and the campaign for Pitt faculty to unionize...
View ArticleThanksgiving break to last full week
Pitt students will have more time to ready themselves for their mashed potatoes and turkey this year, thanks to a new schedule change.Thanksgiving break will last a full week beginning this academic...
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Class of 2023 breaks demographic records
Pitt’s class of 2023 has yet to enter their first lecture hall, but they’re already changing Pitt’s landscape.According to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, the students of the class of 2023 will be one of...
View ArticlePitt seeks community input on three policy drafts
Pitt’s Office of Policy Development and Management opened up three policy drafts for comment and review by the University community on Monday. Documents open for review include the university’s...
View ArticlePreparations for Year of Creativity underway
During Pitt’s “Year of Global” in 2018-19, students, staff and faculty were encouraged to consider the world beyond their campus. Now heading into its sixth year, the “Year of” initiative wants the...
View ArticleChanges coming to Honors College with new dean
After serving for six years as the associate dean at Pitt’s College of Business Administration, Audrey Murrell is moving on — to the University Honors College.Murrell recently relocated from Sennott...
View ArticleTranscript: TPN’s interview with UHC Dean Murrell
On Aug. 1, The Pitt News spoke with Audrey Murrell, who was named the acting dean of Pitt’s Honors College in June following Brian Primack’s departure. She had previously served for six years as the...
View ArticlePitt students build sustainable new homes for bees
Returning Oakland residents might notice some new tall structures around their neighborhood, shaped like birdhouses and filled with thin, rolled up cardboard.These aren’t birdhouses ― they’re bee...
View ArticleMeet the editors: News
Did Market Central pass its latest health inspection? (Yes.) Which 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are planning a stop near campus? (None currently.) And what’s that protest in Schenley Plaza...
View ArticleSecond Oakland social club building for sale
Faced with dwindling membership, The Twentieth Century Club has placed its four-story building up for sale, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Located at 4201 Bigelow Blvd., diagonally across...
View Article2023 first years get the big picture during Welcome Week
Samantha Solenday and about 4,000 of her classmates stood on the lawn of the Petersen Events Center Wednesday afternoon, carefully arranged so their blue and gold Welcome Week T-shirts formed an image...
View Article99 years proud: Annual tradition glows at Lantern Night
As Linda Wharton Boyd looked out over a sea of first-year female Pitt students on Sunday night, she asked each attendee to look to the person to their left and the person to their right and repeat a...
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