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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
Kenzo (pictured) is being trained by senior psychology and history double major Lily Swanson to become a service dog.

Service puppy raisers navigate training dogs during pandemic

By Elizabeth Primrose, Staff Writer • January 27, 2021
Lily Swanson got a new best friend at the start of the pandemic — a half-lab, half-golden retriever puppy named Kenzo. Swanson has raised Kenzo since March through STEP@Pitt, a student organization dedicated to raising service dogs.
Carolyn Kerr works as an adjunct professor in Pitt’s College of Business Administration in addition to working as a communications consultant in the practice she started at age 29.

Adjunct professors juggle full-time jobs, teaching

By Benjamin Branch-Trevathan, For The Pitt News • January 27, 2021
Many Pitt professors across multiple fields, from communications to English to statistics, all chose to pursue teaching while maintaining other careers.
Pitt adds 22 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

Pitt adds 22 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • January 26, 2021
Pitt added 22 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 17 students and five employees, between last Friday and Monday, with 34 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Tuesday and Thursday, included 26 cases.
Students in the Pitt Nursing and Pharmacy schools received emails informing them of their eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the UPMC hospitals.

‘A huge event in history’: Students recount COVID-19 vaccination experiences

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • January 25, 2021
Ragini Rangan, a first-year pharmacy major, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center. While she described the needle as the size of a regular flu shot, its purpose was much bigger.
Pitt adds 26 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

Pitt adds 26 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • January 22, 2021
Pitt added 26 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 24 students and two employees, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 32 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Friday to Monday, included nine cases.
President Joe Biden takes the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as his wife, first lady Jill Biden, stands next to him during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Biden, Harris have their work cut out for them, Pitt students say

By Priya Ray, Staff Writer • January 22, 2021
As Pitt students began a new semester of classes, a new presidential administration was being sworn in in Washington. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as the 46th president and 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday.
Holocaust survivor and educator Shulamit Bastacky passed away Jan. 1, at the age of 79, after battling cancer.

Pitt remembers Holocaust survivor, alumna Shulamit Bastacky

By Millicent Watt, Staff Writer • January 22, 2021
Teddy bears are a common gift for any age or event, but for the Pitt community, teddy bears represent Holocaust survivor and educator Shulamit Bastacky, and her overwhelming kindness and passion to help others. Bastacky passed away Jan. 1 at 79.
Dr. John Williams, the head of the COVID-19 Medical Response Office, clarified details about Pitt’s vaccination effort, which could provide shots to up to 800 people, at Thursday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting.

Students in ‘clinical-facing positions’ to receive vaccines late next week

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • January 22, 2021
Students in “clinical-facing positions” will be able to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for next Thursday or Friday at the Petersen Events Center, according to COVID-19 Medical Response Office officials.
Police Blotter: Jan. 14-Jan. 20

Police Blotter: Jan. 14-Jan. 20

By News Editors • January 22, 2021
Harassment by communication, theft and more in this week’s police blotter.
Pitt faculty, staff to have access to mail-in COVID-19 tests beginning Monday

Pitt faculty, staff to have access to mail-in COVID-19 tests beginning Monday

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • January 21, 2021
Pitt faculty and staff received an email from the University’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office on Thursday afternoon outlining a new COVID-19 testing program through Quest Diagnostics as well as a vaccine and daily health check app update.
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