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
Speaker series discusses racial justice, African American voting rights

Speaker series discusses racial justice, African American voting rights

By Bella Markovitz, Staff Writer • June 8, 2022
Despite being in the midst of a murder trial, keynote speaker Bakari Sellers put his defense attorney duties on pause for an hour to speak at the “Our Voice Our Vote” webinar.
Pittsburgh reacts to uncertainty of Roe v. Wade, leaked Supreme Court draft

Pittsburgh reacts to uncertainty of Roe v. Wade, leaked Supreme Court draft

By Kendall Swift, Staff Writer • June 7, 2022
As news of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion spreads across the country, the Pittsburgh community is one of many reacting to the possibility of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
Ewan McGregor plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in Lucasfilm's “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

Review | ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ shows love for the prequels while filling in the gaps before ‘A New Hope’

By Brandon Raglow, Staff Writer • June 1, 2022
When the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy was released, it was widely criticized by critics and fans alike. And to be fair, that’s not necessarily unwarranted. The prequels fail on many levels with clunky dialogue, awkward CGI and some poor acting and directing choices. 
Review | 'Men' has a lot to say—but is it worth listening?

Review | ‘Men’ has a lot to say—but is it worth listening?

By Jacob Mraz, For The Pitt News • June 1, 2022
In his shocking new horror, “Men,” writer-director Alex Garland asks questions about men in society — but expects the audience to fill in the blanks.
From left, Stephanie Hsu plays Joy Wang, Michelle Yeoh plays Evelyn Quan Wang and Ke Huy Quan plays Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Review | ‘Everything, Everywhere All At Once’ is another A24 classic

By Serena Garcia, For The Pitt News • June 1, 2022
Everything, Everywhere All At Once is the perfect combination of thriller, comedy, a lot of magic and a little bit of romance.
The Cathedral of Learning and William Pitt Union on campus.

Pitt professors provide aid to struggling Ukranians

By Samantha Salz, Staff Writer • June 1, 2022
As the war in Ukraine rages on, millions of civilians are being left to grapple with trauma and severe distress without access to proper mental health care, according to Carmen Andreescu.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Pitt to compete for $10 billion in military health contracts

By Allison Radziwon, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2022
The University will compete against 55 other organizations for as much as $10 billion in contracts from the Department of Defense in order to develop healthcare innovations to benefit both wounded warriors and civilians over the next five years.
Gene Anderson, new dean of Pitt’s business school.

Eugene Anderson named new dean of business school

By Allison Radziwon, Assistant News Editor • May 31, 2022
The University named Eugene Anderson as the new Henry E. Haller Jr. Dean to lead the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration on Thursday.

Pitt’s COVID-19 community risk shifts to high, requires masks indoors on multiple campuses

By Allison Radziwon, Assistant News Editor • May 27, 2022
Pitt officials said Friday that the CDC has moved COVID-19 Community Levels to high in Allegheny, Westmoreland and Crawford Counties.
The Cathedral of Learning and William Pitt Union on campus.

Over 120 organizations send letters in support of Pitt in-state tuition discounts

By Allison Radziwon, Assistant News Editor • May 25, 2022
Over 120 organizations have sent letters to Pennsylvania lawmakers in support of in-state tuition discounts for Pennsylvania students.
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