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Interactive Crime Map Sept. 2 – Sept. 9

By The Pitt News Staff September 11, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9. Friday, Sept. 2, 2016  12:15 p.m. Stephen Foster Lot. Police responded to a report of the theft of a bicycle. An investigation is pending. 6:46...

Car and bus collide on Bigelow Boulevard

By Alexa Bakalarski / Senior Staff Writer September 7, 2016

A car and a Port Authority bus collided on Bigelow Boulevard shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. According to Chris Ballina, a PAT Road Operations Supervisor who was on the scene, the woman...

Interactive crime map for Aug. 29 to Sept. 1

By The Pitt News Staff September 5, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity from August 29 to September 1. Monday, August 29, 2016 1:28 a.m. Litchfield Tower A. Police responded to a report of the theft of several posters. An investigation...

Internet outage temporarily shut down campus bookstore

An internet outage Tuesday afternoon lasted less than an hour but managed to throw Pitt’s bookstore into momentary disarray. Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Pitt's Computing Services and Systems Development...

Police: Man Robbed North Oakland Subway

An unknown man wielding a butcher knife robbed a Subway restaurant in North Oakland on Tuesday morning, leaving with cash from the store’s register. According to a release from the Pittsburgh Police,...

Heavy rain hits Pittsburgh, flooding streets and felling trees

By The Pitt News Staff August 29, 2016

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Pitt expands health care coverage for transgender faculty and staff

Beginning this year, Pitt will — for the first time — provide coverage for faculty and staff members’ transgender-related healthcare services. Pitt announced the change in a three-page long letter...

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher prepares to take a selfie with the incoming class of 2020. Stephen Caruso / Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt welcomes 229th class of first years

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor August 24, 2016

At the New Student Convocation Wednesday afternoon, faculty, staff and returning students welcomed the class of 2020 to Pitt’s community with advice, anecdotes and a selfie. The convocation, held...

Two suspicious packages were detonated Wednesday on Pitt's campus. | Will Miller / Staff Photographer

Two suspicious packages detonated in Oakland

In two separate instances, Pittsburgh Bomb Squad detonated suspicious packages in Oakland today. Pittsburgh Bomb Squad detonated the first suspicious package about 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of...

Stallings finalizes staff with hiring of assistant Kevin Sutton

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor April 13, 2016

New Pitt basketball head coach Kevin Stallings finalized his coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon, as the school announced the hiring of Kevin Sutton as its third and final assistant coach. Sutton most...

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