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
Emily Siegel, a current chemical engineering and biology student at Pitt, is the CEO of her own company, Trek Gum, which is in the market to develop a teeth-cleaning chewing gum.

Student CEO presses forward with tooth-cleaning gum

By Madison Brewer, Staff Writer • October 25, 2019
Emily Siegel is working on an on-the-go solution for people who don't always have time to brush.
U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said there was no evidence to suggest Rosfeld's resignation was coerced under duress.

Police blotter: Oct. 18-23

By News Editors • October 25, 2019
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis.
Demonstrators gathered outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to protest President Donald Trump, who visited Pittsburgh to speak at the annual Shale Insight Conference.

Trump’s Pittsburgh speech draws protesters Downtown

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Staff Writer • October 24, 2019
President Donald Trump’s speech at the Shale Insight Conference on Wednesday turned the intersection of Penn Avenue and 10th Street into the marching ground for a few hundred protesting Pittsburghers.
U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said there was no evidence to suggest Rosfeld's resignation was coerced under duress.

2 additional Greek life orgs face hazing probes

By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor • October 24, 2019
Two additional Greek life organizations at Pitt face hazing probes as of Wednesday evening.
Julie Shepard was a senior when she became the first female president of Pitt’s Student Government Board.

Julie Shepard: SGB’s first female president is still leading

By Rachel Romac, For The Pitt News • October 24, 2019
Julie Shepard was elected SGB president in 1989. Now she works at the higher education non-profit, the Pittsburgh Promise.
J.J. Abbott (center) currently works as press secretary for Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pa., managing all ingoing and outgoing media requests.

J.J. Abbott: From the WPU to the state Capitol building

By Emily Drzymalski, Staff Writer • October 24, 2019
When J.J. Abbott stepped foot on Pitt’s Oakland campus for the first time as an incoming student, it was a sunny and “warm, but not too hot,” July day.
Nicole Walker Parks, African American Alumni Council President, welcomes guests at “Say It Loud” in January.

Black alumni celebrate 50-year anniversary of historic sit-in

By Ashton Crawley, Staff Writer • October 24, 2019
Pitt alumna Linda Wharton is celebrating a special anniversary this year — 50 years since the Black Action Society sit-in that helped expand the black student body and found her a place at Pitt.
Pitt’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity was suspended on an interim basis Wednesday due to possible involvement in hazing.

Phi Kappa Theta temporarily suspended after possible new member hazing

By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor • October 24, 2019
The University suspended Pitt’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity on an interim basis Wednesday, ceasing all organizational operations.
Starship’s food delivery robots have been criticized for creating difficulties at crosswalks for wheelchair-using students.

Starship issues new statement after reviewing footage of viral incident on Forbes crosswalk

By Emily Wolfe, News Editor • October 22, 2019
A Starship spokesman said the video showed Emily Ackerman traveling “past the robot without stopping" in her wheelchair.
Pittsburgh native and Oakland resident Jacob Nixon announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat as an independent in September.

Oakland resident seeks to unseat City Council president

By Natalie Frank, For The Pitt News • October 22, 2019
Jacob Nixon announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat last month as an independent against Bruce Kraus.
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