24-hour bus service coming to Oakland
Say goodbye to 3 a.m. Uber rides from distant neighborhoods back to your on-campus residence — Port Authority is looking to provide 24-hour bus service to Oakland.Under the current schedule, most buses...
View ArticlePitt suspends Confucius Institute Chinese language program
For nearly 12 years, the Confucius Institute at Pitt has served tens of thousands of K-12 and college students in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York by hosting Chinese scholars to teach classes on Chinese...
View ArticleSORC to block clubs from re-registering next year over updated guidelines
Independent student organizations — which make up 87% of all clubs on campus — will not be allowed to re-register with the Student Organization Resource Center next fall if they do not comply with...
View ArticleSGB to form task force for preserving names of independent student organizations
Following a Friday meeting between members of Student Government Board and Pitt’s Division of Student Affairs, SGB will form a student task force to look into ways for independent student organizations...
View ArticleEverything we know about the Starship food delivery robots
They made first contact on George Mason University’s campus in Northern Virginia.Humming along at about 4 mph, Starship Technologies’ alien-looking food delivery robots became instantly popular with...
View ArticleRemembering Pitt English professor Chuck Kinder, 1942-2019
Instead of the standard suits and ties, most of the guests at Chuck Kinder’s memorial walked into the auditorium of the Frick Fine Arts Building wearing cargo shorts and flower-patterned Hawaiian...
View ArticlePitt ranked in top 20 public universities
U.S. News and World Report released its 2020 list of Best Colleges Sunday, listing Pitt as the 18th best public school in the country. This ranking boosts Pitt up eight spots from last year, when it...
View ArticlePa. to allow voters to apply for absentee ballots online
Pennsylvania voters who are unable to make it to the polls Nov. 5 can now apply for an absentee ballot online, rather than by mail or in person.On Monday, Governor Tom Wolf announced in a statement...
View ArticleFriday lawn exhibit will ‘Send Silence Packing’
More than 1,000 backpacks will line the Cathedral of Learning’s lawn this Friday to represent real college students who have lost their lives to suicide.The traveling exhibit, called “Send Silence...
View Article200 student athletes move into Bridge on Forbes
The newly opened Bridge on Forbes could easily be mistaken for a hotel, with tall glass windows, bright yellow lights and a lounge furnished with couches and large wooden tables.But the building...
View ArticlePitt to offer 5-year master’s engineering program next fall
Pitt engineering students will soon be able to earn a bachelor’s and master’s degrees of science in five years, rather than six, through a new program launching next fall.The Engineering Accelerated...
View ArticlePassing the memory of 9/11 to a new generation
With most students entering college at the age of 18, Pitt’s class of 2023 is likely the last class to have a sizable number of students born before Sept. 11, 2001.On that date, a total of 2,997 people...
View ArticleSGB provides update on student org task force
At its second public meeting of the year Tuesday night, Student Government Board provided an update on a recently announced student task force, as well as several new upcoming initiatives.SGB President...
View ArticleHow some Swanson students skip class and fly the co-op
When Robin Thomas, a chemical engineering major and senior at Pitt, visited the co-op office, she wasn’t quite sure what she was getting herself into.“Even when you go into engineering, you aren’t...
View ArticleUp all night: Working at Starbucks at 3 a.m.
A total of three people — two sitting together and one studying by themselves — are in the Fifth Avenue Starbucks. It’s an odd scene, given the usual hustle and bustle of a store that sometimes has...
View ArticleHillman pilots late-night campus escorts
Feeling unsafe on your late-night walk home from Hillman Library? The Walking Escort Pilot Program — probably — has you covered.Amid student concerns about safety, the new program provides Allied...
View ArticleMan charged after attempting to film men in Pitt bathrooms
A 23-year-old man was charged on two counts last week after he was accused of filming multiple men in bathroom stalls on Pitt’s campus. The incident took place in Lawrence Hall, Posvar Hall and the...
View ArticleBoard committee approves revised bylaws, mission statements
At a public meeting in Posvar Hall Thursday morning, the governance and nominating committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees approved several measures — including the reappointment of a trustee and...
View ArticleState Rep. Dan Frankel hosts gun policy hearing in WPU
As president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Deborah Moss has placed children at the forefront of her professional life. So when she treated a child for a grazing...
View ArticleHispanic Heritage Month kicks off with celebration of Latinx culture
On the William Pitt Union lawn, two girls with bottles of red, green, yellow, white and black face paint carefully brushed a Mexican flag onto a male Pitt student’s cheek as they tried to keep from...
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