J.J. Abbott: From the WPU to the state Capitol building
When J.J. Abbott stepped foot on Pitt’s Oakland campus for the first time as an incoming student, it was a sunny and “warm, but not too hot,” July day — meaning he was unprepared for the unpredictable...
View ArticleJulie Shepard: SGB’s first female president is still leading
Nearly every student on campus knew the name Julie Shepard in November 1989.Shepard was a senior when she became the first female president of Pitt’s Student Government Board. But by the time of her...
View Article2 additional Greek life orgs face hazing probes
Two additional Greek life organizations at Pitt face hazing probes as of Wednesday evening.The University placed Pitt’s chapters of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and Chi Omega sorority on “Interim...
View ArticleTrump’s Pittsburgh speech draws protesters Downtown
President Donald Trump’s speech at the Shale Insight Conference on Wednesday turned the intersection of Penn Avenue and 10th Street into the marching ground for a few hundred protesting...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Oct. 18-23
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis. Read more here.Friday, Oct. 1812:13 a.m. Pitt police issued a citation for public drunkenness to a non-Pitt...
View ArticleStudent CEO presses forward with tooth-cleaning gum
Emily Siegel has always had an entrepreneurial streak when it came to sweet things. In elementary school, she sold candy at a local theater. In middle school, she was the top Girl Scout in cookie...
View ArticlePublic health students lobby in Harrisburg for menstrual products
Pitt students may have noticed new menstrual health product dispensers in women’s bathrooms across Pitt’s campus in September. The dispensers are there because of the efforts of public health graduate...
View ArticlePolice withdraw charges after making arrest in Jimmy John’s robbery
City police are once again investigating last Friday’s robbery of the Jimmy John’s on Forbes Avenue after withdrawing charges against a man they arrested Wednesday.Pitt police assisted City police with...
View ArticleMental Health Awareness Month closes with vigil
There was only a small audience at the mental health vigil in the William Pitt Union Ballroom Thursday night. But according to Student Government Board member Eric Macadangdang, one of the event...
View ArticleFood robot testing has resumed
Starship Technologies resumed testing of its food delivery robots Friday at noon, after halting testing temporarily due to concerns over accessibility.Emily Ackerman, a fifth-year engineering doctoral...
View ArticleBlack alumni, students dedicate time capsule to be opened in 2069
If all goes according to plan, black Pitt students will open a time capsule in 2069 containing physical reminders of black activism on campus. Alumni, including the founders of the Africana program and...
View ArticleThe Tree of Life massacre: What happened
The Oct. 27, 2018, massacre of 11 Jewish congregants at the Tree of Life building — in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood and just under two miles from the Pitt campus — not only had...
View ArticlePittsburghers honor Tree of Life massacre with day of service
When Gary Dubin biked into the Shadyside EMS station on Sunday morning, he wasn’t looking for help — he was delivering freshly baked cookies. Dubin, the director of development at the Medical and...
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One year later, community continues to heal after Tree of Life attack
Rose Mallinger loved to dance. Joyce Fienberg helped everyone she could. David and Cecil Rosenthal were called “the boys,” and were inseparable. In a video played at a large memorial Sunday, family...
View ArticlePosvar Hall evacuated after small construction fire
Posvar Hall was evacuated Monday afternoon due to a small fire caused by construction workers.Pitt spokesperson Kevin Zwick said the fire was under control at about 4:45 p.m.Kannop Mitsantisuk, a staff...
View ArticleFederal food stamp changes could impact Pittsburgh, Pitt students
Millions of Americans could be losing access to their source of food if the United States Department of Agriculture goes through with a rule change that tightens the eligibility requirements for food...
View ArticlePitt publishes open-access August Wilson Journal
When Pitt published the first volume of the first scholarly journal on famed Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson in June, the creators felt it was important that the journal be free for anyone to...
View ArticleFood robot pilot testing begins on lower campus
Starship Technologies announced Tuesday that its food robots, which have already been seen around Oakland in their pilot phase, have begun completing deliveries to students on lower campus.Students can...
View ArticleFourth Greek life organization faces hazing probe
An additional Greek life organization at Pitt faces a hazing probe, bringing the total number of groups facing similar investigations to four.The University placed Pitt’s chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta...
View ArticleSGB pens open letter urging passage of gun reform legislation
Student Government Board’s meeting Tuesday night began with a moment of silence offered by President Zechariah Brown to honor the one-year commemoration of the Tree of Life massacre.The massacre, the...
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