The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The Pitt CoVax Center is ready to administer COVID-19 booster shots to eligible individuals once the CDC releases guidance about boosters and vaccination for children ages 5-11.

Pitt adds 44 new cases since Oct. 27

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • November 4, 2021
Pitt officials said Thursday that 24 students and 20 employees tested positive for COVID-19 from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2.
There is a water main break in Chevron Hall, and the building will be temporarily closed.

Chevron Hall temporarily closed because of water main break

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • November 4, 2021
There is a water main break in Chevron Hall, and the building will be temporarily closed for around four to five hours starting at noon, Pitt announced Thursday.
Students slowly made their way in and out of polling stations to vote in Pittsburgh’s historic municipal election on Tuesday.

Pitt students react to Nov. 2 municipal election

By Katie Cassidy, Quentin Tan, and Millicent Watt • November 3, 2021
Students slowly made their way in and out of polling stations to vote in Pittsburgh’s historic municipal election on Tuesday, in which voters selected Ed Gainey to become the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh’s history.
The City-County building in Downtown.

Incumbents, Democrats win big in general election

By Katie Cassidy and Quentin Tan • November 3, 2021
The Pitt News compiled results from Tuesday’s municipal election — which included mayor, City Council and County Council seats and judicial positions — as of 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. To learn more about the candidates, read TPN’s election guide.
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday evening.

SGB discusses Lauren’s Promise, election day absences

By Kiera Ledermann, Staff Writer • November 3, 2021
Student Government Board President Harshitha Ramanan opened the board’s Tuesday evening meeting with a reminder about Pitt’s vaccine mandate, and encouraged students with questions or concerns to email her at [email protected].
State Rep. Ed Gainey announces his win in the Pittsburgh mayoral race on Tuesday night at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts.

Ed Gainey elected Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor in landslide election

By Natalie Frank, News Editor • November 3, 2021
Ed Gainey, a progressive Democrat, will become the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh’s history after winning the general election in a landslide on Tuesday.
A Walnut Capital advertisement.

OBID announces support for controversial Walnut Capital plan

By Martha Layne and Millicent Watt • November 2, 2021
The Oakland Business Improvement District announced its support Monday for private Shadyside developer Walnut Capital’s controversial Oakland Crossings plan to rezone about 17 acres of Central Oakland.
The University of Pittsburgh Office of Facilities Management on Forbes Avenue.

Pitt’s Office of Facilities Management offers new apprenticeship program for engineers

By Alaina Goldberg, For The Pitt News • October 31, 2021
A new apprenticeship program with Pitt’s Office of Facilities Management began this fall for individuals from the Hill District interested in becoming licensed engineers.
Irvis Hall on Pitt’s upper campus.

Pitt police issues crime alert after oven explosion in Irvis Hall

By Quentin Tan, For The Pitt News • October 31, 2021
Pitt police issued a crime alert Saturday morning detailing an oven explosion in Irvis Hall.
Community members embrace at a Wednesday ceremony in Schenley Park to commemorate three years after the Tree of Life massacre.

‘Steel ourselves’: Community commemorates 2018 Tree of Life massacre

By Brandon Raglow, Staff Writer • October 28, 2021
Several hundred community members attended a Wednesday evening commemoration ceremony in Schenley Park for the 2018 Tree of Life massacre, which took the lives of 11 Jewish worshippers in the deadliest attack ever on American Jews.
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