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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
BeamData created a civic action app called Be the Change, which connects people to their state legislators to share community causes.

Pitt alumna creates civic engagement app

By India Krug, For The Pitt News • September 6, 2020
Bhavini Patel, an alumna of both Pitt and the University of Oxford, is a leading advocate for social justice through data technology in the Pittsburgh area. BeamData, the startup she co-founded, released its first civic action app called Be the Change, which connects people to their state legislators to share community causes.
The officers of the Computer Science Club meet on Zoom.

Computer Science Club ‘programs’ new ways to connect amid ongoing pandemic

By Lucy Li, Staff Writer • September 6, 2020
The pandemic did not halt the development of the club. Instead, club officers faced the challenge head-on and made more progress than they expected with the creation of six new programs to offer help and resources to club members.
Pitt’s Title IX office has implemented a number of new controversial changes announced by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, meeting the federal government’s Aug. 14 deadline and drawing concerns from some students and Title IX officials in the process.

‘Terrifying’: Title IX office, students react to new federal regulations

By Natalie Frank, Staff Writer • September 4, 2020
Pitt’s Title IX office has implemented controversial new federal Title IX regulations — meeting the federal government’s Aug. 14 deadline — despite strong opposition from some University officials. Carrie Benson said she has many concerns about the new rules, but her office will comply with them.
Pitt Pathfinder and junior psychology and urban studies major De’Jovia Davis.

Pitt Pathfinders use virtual tours to connect students to Pitt in new ways

By Thea Barrett, For The Pitt News • September 4, 2020
Students won’t have to worry about getting run over by backward-walking, striped-shirt-clad Pitt Pathfinders around campus this semester. But that doesn’t mean Pathfinders aren’t showing off the campus to potential Pitt students.  
Police Blotter Aug. 27- Sept. 2

Police Blotter Aug. 27- Sept. 2

By News Editors • September 3, 2020
Drug possession, theft, burglary and more in this week’s police blotter.
Pitt’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences announced in July that it too would become test-optional, joining the University’s branch campuses.

Pitt goes test-optional for 2021

By Benjamin Branch-Trevathan, For The Pitt News • September 2, 2020
Pitt’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences announced in July that it too would become test-optional, joining the University’s branch campuses. The College of Business Administration, Swanson School of Engineering and School of Computing and Information have followed suit.
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

Bonner addresses COVID cases, xenophobia at second SGB meeting

By Nathan Fitchett, Staff Writer • September 2, 2020
Kenyon Bonner, the vice provost and dean of students, addressed Pitt students and faculty at Tuesday night’s SGB meeting, asking community members to come together and take care of each other during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Pitt’s centers for Governance and Markets and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, as well as the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and Congregation Beth Shalom, all collaborated to host a virtual event Tuesday to raise awareness about the geneocide of Uyghur Muslims in China.

‘They kill us here’: Survivor of Uyghur concentration camps recounts torture

By Anushay Chaudhry, Staff Writer • September 2, 2020
Tursun shared her story during a virtual event hosted by Pitt’s centers for Governance and Markets and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, as well as the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and Congregation Beth Shalom. The organizations held the event to raise awareness about the ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China.
Students living on and off campus were required to complete a daily health check during their 14-day shelter in place.

Pitt says 85% of students have completed mandatory health and safety training

By Rashi Ranjan, For The Pitt News • September 2, 2020
About 85% of Pitt students have completed the mandatory health and safety training as of Aug. 26, according to University spokesperson Kevin Zwick. He said the remaining 15% risk losing access to University IT services and campus buildings.
Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon and spoke in the City's Hazelwood neighborhood.

Joe Biden visits Pittsburgh in first campaign stop since DNC

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • August 31, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon in his first major campaign stop since the Democratic National Convention last month.
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