The Pitt News

A Pitt student rides a bike down Fifth Avenue on a cloudy summer day on campus.

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer

After a long and strenuous academic year, many students are excited to take a break. During the three and a half months of summer vacation, students plan to travel abroad, spend time with family and friends, do research and work summer jobs.

Top Stories

First Place | The summer apartment

By Rowen Slepian

See two girls: one 19, the other 20. They’re both engineering students far from home, and they both need to take summer classes to graduate on time....

Second Place | Moist and buttery gluten-free coffee cake

April 30, 2025

Third Place | Dinner rush

April 30, 2025

News

Pitt speech and debate team heads to nationals

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer

Pitt’s speech team was formed last year, and it currently has only three members, all of whom are competing in the National Forensic Association’s...

De-stress events across campus offer students a break from studying

April 22, 2025

Finals season is upon us, and it can be difficult to find time to prioritize physical and mental health while studying. Departments across campus are holding...

Pitt students share their summer plans

April 22, 2025

After a long and strenuous academic year, many students are excited to take a break. During the three and a half months of summer vacation, students plan...

Opinions

Column | Collaboration and connection make us better — yes, even in journalism

By Ryleigh Lord, Editor-in-Chief

Today is the last day I will ever do this, and despite the amount of times I’ve said “I can’t wait to be done,” I don’t know if I will ever quite be ready to say goodbye.

Column | Things done and left undone

April 22, 2025

Column | The last copy mistakes I’ll let slip by

April 22, 2025

Sports

Column: The first cut is the deepest

By Camille de Jesus, Senior Staff Writer

Some people fall in love with sports by playing them. Others fall in love by watching them. I fell in love with sports because someone showed me how to...

Column | The art of the buzzer-beater

April 22, 2025

The best thing in sports is the buzzer-beater. As the final horn sounds with the ball suspended in air, the fate of the game on the line, all eyes are...

Point-Counterpoint | What the Pirates should do with Henry Davis if he gets hot

April 22, 2025

With Pirates catcher Endy Rodríguez on the IL for the next few weeks with a lacerated index finger, former No. 1 overall pick Henry Davis has earned his...

Culture

Review | ‘Everything Is Tuberculosis’ is an engaging and accessible exploration of tuberculosis, people and the world as we know it

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer

Most novelists don’t stop their award-winning young adult novel writing to take a deep dive into tuberculosis and write a brief history/explorative case...

Heinz Memorial Chapel’s ‘Poetry in Vision & Voice’ exhibition honors life, legacy of janet jai

April 21, 2025

Throughout the month of April, the visual and written works of late artist, writer, activist and community member janet jai have adorned the main hall...

Review | Delayed checkouts at ‘The White Lotus’: An unoriginal third season

April 18, 2025

(Contains Spoilers) There is no meditation class, no reiki session, no nutritionally balanced, organic food that will ease the anxiety that comes with...