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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The Barco Law Building.

Pitt’s School of Law will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report ranking

By Punya Bhasin, News Editor • February 12, 2023
Pitt will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings. This decision is consistent with many other universities, including Penn State, which have withdrawn amid criticism of the ranking’s methodology.
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued a precautionary boil water advisory Sunday morning for 12 neighborhoods, including South Oakland.

Boil water advisory issued in South Oakland

By Alexandra Ross, Assistant News Editor • February 12, 2023
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued a precautionary boil water advisory Sunday morning for 12 neighborhoods, including South Oakland.
The entrance to The Eatery in Litchfield Towers.

Pitt Eats announces major renovations of The Eatery

By Alexandra Ross, Assistant News Editor • February 10, 2023
Just a few years after Market Central officially became The Eatery, Pitt’s largest dining hall will undergo another significant rebrand — this time, of the actual dining space.
The Cathedral of Learning.

Abuse of corpse case against Pitt student to proceed to Court of Common Pleas

By Alexandra Ross, Assistant News Editor • February 10, 2023
The abuse of corpse case against Pitt student Sonel Jimenez will proceed to the Court of Common Pleas, Magisterial District Judge Kim Berkeley Clark ruled Thursday afternoon.
Police Blotter: Feb. 2 - Feb. 8

Police Blotter: Feb. 2 – Feb. 8

By News Editors • February 10, 2023
Pitt police reported defiant trespassing, aggravated assault and more in this week’s crime log.
Kyaien Conner, the new director of the Center on Race and Social Problems.

Kyaien Conner to bring community focus as director of CRSP

By Khushi Rai, Staff Writer • February 8, 2023
Kyaien Conner started her masters in social work at Pitt in 2002 — the same year that the Center for Race and Social Problems first opened. Twenty years later, she will return to Pitt as the new director of CRSP.
A sign advertising the Swanson School of Engineering blood drive at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall auditorium in September 2021.

FDA proposes new guidelines to ease restrictions on blood donations for ‘men who have sex with men’

By Elizabeth Primrose, Senior Staff Writer • February 8, 2023
A new FDA proposed regulatory change recommends screening all potential blood donors with a questionnaire to assess their individual risk of HIV, opposed to the current guidance that requires men who have sex with men to abstain from sex with men for three months prior to giving blood.
A close-up of a book.

Teaching assistants discuss necessity, effectiveness of University policies on student relationships

By Madison Dean, Staff Writer • February 8, 2023
The University established a policy in 2017 regarding consensual romantic and sexual relationships “in an effort to ensure that the University’s educational and work environment is based on professional relationships in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.”
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting in Nordy’s Place.

SGB appoints Ryan Young as interim vice president

By James Paul, Staff Writer • February 8, 2023
Student Government Board appointed board member Ryan Young as interim vice president of governance, replacing Derek Dressler, who resigned last week. Young will serve for the remainder of the spring term.
A student speaks on a video call.

‘Don’t be scared of it’: students reflect on long distance relationships

By Elle Kenney, Staff Writer • February 7, 2023

For Sydney Lang, long distance relationships aren’t necessarily easy, but they aren’t as bad as many people fear.  Lang, a sophomore media and professional communications major, started dating...

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