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
Leandra Mira (left) and Sarah Hart protest for action against climate change at the Pittsburgh City-County Building every Friday.

Pittsburgh climate change activists plan for the future

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • January 15, 2020
Leandra Mira organized the local branch of September's Global Climate Strike, which an estimated 1,000 people attended, making it the largest climate rally ever held in Pittsburgh. Now, another large-scale protest is being planned for Earth Day.
The University Senate’s Plant Utilization and Planning Committee met Monday afternoon in Forbes Tower to discuss the changes to Pitt’s campus brought up in the recently released Institutional Master Plan.

Senate committee talks energy efficiency

By Natalie Frank, Staff Writer • January 14, 2020
Expanded chilled water capacity, new utility lines under Bigelow Boulevard and networks of sensors — these are among the ways that Pitt’s facilities management team is using to try and create a more sustainable and energy efficient campus.
More than three months after two incidents of slurs targeted a black first-year student, Pitt has not been able to identify the perpetrator or group of perpetrators who committed the acts.

Racial slurs case remains unsolved three months later

By Jon Moss, News Editor • January 14, 2020
More than three months after two rounds of slurs targeted a black first-year student, Pitt has not been able to identify the perpetrator or group of perpetrators who committed the acts.
Starship Technologies and Pitt Dining announced in an email Monday that Starship delivery robots are now fully operational.

Starship food robots now fully operational

By Mary Rose O'Donnell, Assistant News Editor • January 13, 2020
Starship food robots will now deliver food from Common Grounds, Forbes Street Market, Sub Connection and other campus dining options.
Pitt’s Office of University Counsel paid Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr, a “union avoidance” law firm, $1,071,573 in fees between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, to provide legal support during the separate graduate student and faculty campaigns for unionization.

Pitt’s bill for ‘union avoidance’ law firm passes $1 million

By Jon Moss, News Editor • January 12, 2020
A “union avoidance” law firm continues to receive a large windfall of legal fees from Pitt, recently passing $1 million, according to University financial disclosure reports.
The Plant2Plate garden, which has been used for more than a decade, will be paved over and relocated as soon as the end of this semester due to campus changes outlined in the Institutional Master Plan.

Pitt student group could lose community garden by April

By Sarah Berg, Staff Writer • January 12, 2020
Members had known the University Institutional Master Plan, which includes a student housing development on the site of the garden as well as adjacent properties, would displace them and have been working with the University since October to find a new location.
Police blotter: Dec. 6-Jan. 7

Police blotter: Dec. 6-Jan. 7

By News Editors • January 10, 2020
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis.
Pitt administrators to launch new art initiative

Pitt administrators to launch new art initiative

By Jon Moss, News Editor • January 10, 2020
The University will announce a major initiative regarding art on campus later this month, according to the University Times.
Daniel Hinkson, the program director of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health in the Department of Infectious Diseases, filed a civil complaint against the University for allegedly discriminating against him on the basis of disability.

Pitt employee sues University for alleged disability discrimination

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor • January 9, 2020
An employee of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health filed a civil complaint against the University for allegedly discriminating against him on the basis of disability.
Phi Gamma Delta was placed back in good standing after a hazing probe in October.

Pitt releases latest hazing report

By Jon Moss, News Editor • January 8, 2020
Pitt released its biannual hazing report earlier this month, detailing seven incidents of possible hazing on campus beginning in April 2019 and extending through the year.
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