Pitt exploring plans for hotel and conference center next to University Club
Up ahead in the distance on Fifth Avenue, Pitt students may soon look up and see a shimmering light — a University-owed hotel and conference center may soon come to sit across from Litchfield...
View Article“Send Silence Packing” exhibit seeks to raise suicide awareness
More than 1,000 backpacks sat on the Cathedral of Learning’s lawn on Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some were new, some were used, some were plain and some had ribbons tied onto them. Many had once...
View ArticleBates Street vape shop vandalized, Pitt student charged
A Pitt student has been charged with burglary and aggravated assault after he allegedly threw a skateboard through the window of a vape shop on Bates Street early Sunday morning.Pitt police arrested...
View ArticleMeet the teen activists leading Pittsburgh’s Youth Climate Strike
Don’t try to walk up the center section of stairs at the Pittsburgh City County building from noon to 4 p.m. on a Friday — you’ll have to step over a group of teens.In the center will be 18-year-old...
View ArticlePitt will hold first September ‘Bike to Campus Day’ Wednesday
Pitt, along with the rest of the country, has celebrated Bike to Work Day in May for years. This year, Pitt’s celebrating in the fall, too, with the first September “Bike to Campus Day” on...
View ArticleState awards $100,000 grant for Schenley Park restoration
Schenley Park’s Flagstaff Hill will soon be getting some TLC, thanks to a state grant.Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Funding Authority awarded the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy a $100,000 grant on Tuesday...
View ArticleStudents, faculty paint future of learning with Canvas
After years of using Blackboard as Pitt’s learning management system, the University is gearing up to give students and faculty a clean slate — a canvas, in fact.The learning platform also known as...
View ArticleGeorgetown law professor talks Constitution at annual lecture
Each year since the passage of a 2004 federal amendment, Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17, commemorating the day 230 years ago when delegates from the original 13 states ratified the...
View ArticleSGB provides initiative updates at allocations-heavy meeting
Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown said at Tuesday’s SGB meeting that the board’s student task force on independent student organization names has yet to meet following its formation...
View ArticlePLRB rules Pitt committed unfair labor practices, orders new grad union election
A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board official has determined that the University committed unfair labor practices which affected the outcome of April’s graduate student union election. The official has...
View ArticleSenate Council talks international outreach, financial aid programs
The University Senate Council kicked off its first meeting of the year Wednesday afternoon in Posvar Hall. University officials and student representatives discussed the charged political climate...
View ArticleBike to Campus Day puts wheels in motion
Samantha Juedemann loves biking to class in the morning — even after the time she got hit by a car while cycling.The car accident led her to work at the Pitt Bike Cave, the student-run co-op bicycle...
View ArticlePresidential candidate Amy Klobuchar packs Stack’d
Sen. Amy Klobuchar entered Stack’d Burgers and Beer with a strong smile and wave, to chants of “Amy! Amy! Amy!” from the bar area and the sidewalk next to the restaurant.On a warm fall Wednesday night,...
View ArticlePitt gets $10 million from NSF to address equity in STEM
It’s not news that minority groups are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. White men make up about one third of the United States population, but account for...
View ArticleNew BRT plan picks up Soldiers and Sailors stop
Pittsburgh’s newest proposal for its planned Bus Rapid Transit system gets rid of certain planned improvements for the Uptown corridor between Downtown and Oakland. But it does feature one significant...
View ArticleLabor official: Pitt website, department chair email involved in unfair...
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board declared on the morning of May 3 that Pitt’s graduate students had voted 712 to 675 against unionization. But even before the board made its final determination,...
View ArticleFor Chaz Kellem, it all comes back to service
While community service might just be a resume booster for some students, Chaz Kellem, director of PittServes, believes service should be more substantial.“College is designed to be a place where you...
View ArticlePitt report: Quality of life for black residents worse in Pittsburgh than in...
Pittsburgh has often been called one of the country’s “most livable cities.” But its relative “livability” might depend on whether or not you’re white.Mayor Bill Peduto’s Gender Equity Commission...
View ArticleHundreds of Pittsburghers join massive global climate strike
No one knows exactly how many people participated in Friday’s worldwide climate strike, but it’s clear the number is in the millions. In Pittsburgh, the youth-led protest brought hundreds Downtown to...
View ArticleStudents park their creativity outside Hillman Library
The cars were cleared out of Hillman Library’s parking spaces last Friday. in their place were students painting neurotransmitters on Christmas cards, presenting research opportunities in chalk...
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