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
Chancellor Gallagher spoke with the State Senate Appropriations Committee in Harrisburg on Tuesday.

Context: June Board of Trustees meeting

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 25, 2020
Pitt’s board of trustees will livestream its second 2020 meeting on Friday at 10:15 a.m., providing an update on University affairs to the community.
Litchfield Towers A, B and C are located on lower campus between Fifth and Forbes avenues and house approximately 1,800 students.

Pitt to lease $22 million in hotel rooms for first-year student housing

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 25, 2020
Pitt will lease around $22 million in rooms across multiple hotels to house a "significant portion" of first-year students, officials announced Thursday.
Black Action Society, 17 Black student orgs make demands of University administration

Black Action Society, 17 Black student orgs make demands of University administration

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 22, 2020
The Black Action Society and 17 other Black Pitt student organizations joined together Monday to demand change from the University administration.
Dana Thompson Dorsey and Sherdina Harper moderated the Juneteenth panel featuring Pitt students, staff and alumni.

‘The time is now’: Faculty and students discuss race, community at Juneteenth panel

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • June 21, 2020
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Equipoise hosted Friday afternoon’s "Juneteenth: A Prelude to True Social Justice and Equity at Pitt" panel.
Pitt students Casey Tompkins-Rhoades (left), Wheyntie Alexandre (center) and Alexander Schuyler (right) have made nearly 20 demands of the School of Medicine.

Med school dean agrees to wide-ranging demands from Black students

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 19, 2020
The dean of Pitt’s School of Medicine agreed on Thursday to comply with numerous wide-ranging demands from Black students, after multiple meetings and more than 400 petition signatures.
Julia Spears, the associate vice provost for academic innovation, moderated Thursday's virtual town hall.

Administrators provide updates on classes, dining, housing

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • June 18, 2020
Through Flex@Pitt, students will be able to attend classes at least once a week in person, remotely through livestreams or watching recordings after the fact.
The University Senate’s Educational Policies Committee met on Monday via Zoom.

Education Policies Committee talks fall planning, alumna petition

By Ashton Crawley, Senior Staff Writer • June 16, 2020
Joe McCarthy, the vice provost of undergraduate studies, said the University is considering a rotating cohort model, where large lectures are split into small groups of students who attend in-person instruction on different days of the week.
Pitt announced Monday that faculty and staff have been offered voluntary retirement programs.

Voluntary retirement program offered to faculty, staff

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 16, 2020
Pitt announced Monday that faculty and staff have been offered voluntary retirement programs in an effort to reduce costs for the University during budget uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fossil Free Pitt Coalition held a sit-in in the Cathedral Learning in February to demand the board of trustees divest from fossil fuels.

Pitt quietly releases socially responsible investment criteria

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 16, 2020
Pitt quietly released a socially responsible investment policy statement in March, delivering another win to student activists pushing for fossil fuel divestment and endowment transparency.
The investment committee of the board of trustees met Tuesday via Zoom.

Board committee approves flat endowment distribution rate

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 16, 2020
Pitt will not increase the payout from its endowment for fiscal year 2021, a board committee unanimously voted Tuesday.
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