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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

Canard Grigsby doesn’t have a favorite project, he says, “At the end of the project, I get to go back, touch it, feel it, experience it. When you see it, when you actually walk up to it and touch it, it’s that sense of accomplishment.” (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Pitt architect plans campus future

By Anna Bongardino | Contributing Editor October 13, 2017

Any Pitt student who has lived in Nordenberg or Panther Hall — or who has had class in Benedum or Salk Hall — can thank Canard Grigsby for planning and overseeing the execution of the buildings’...

Gov. Tom Wolf leaves the Cathedral of Learning after meeting with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher amid state funding concerns. (Photo by John Hamilton | Managing Editor)

Gallagher meets with Gov. Wolf amid Pitt funding uncertainties

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf met with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Thursday morning amid a state budget impasse that's making Pitt's state funding uncertain. Wolf met with Gallagher to "reassure him of...

Chancellor Gallagher said that state-related universities in Pennsylvania may end up without state funding if action is not taken. (Photo by John Hamilton | Managing Editor)

Chancellor: mid-year tuition increases possible

By Rachel Glasser / News Editor October 12, 2017

A mid-year tuition increase for students is not out of the question if Pennsylvania fails to fund its state-related universities, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Tuesday. [Latest: Gallagher meets...

(Photo by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Pitt invites input for master plan

By Madeline Gavatorta / Staff Writer September 28, 2017

Jim Wehner started his first architectural internship focused on improving Pitt’s campus 25 years ago. Wehner, an architect specializing in institutional facilities and campus design at J-Way Architectural...

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher speaks at a Senate Council meeting last year. (TPN File Photo)

Gallagher discusses research and in-state students at trustees meeting

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor September 27, 2017

Pitt’s board of trustees meeting Wednesday began with an interruption. As Chairperson Eva Tansky Blum began her opening remarks, a protester stood in the William Pitt Union assembly room, shouting,...

Grad student organizers project their campaign's logo on the Cathedral.(Photo courtesy of Brennan Chambre)

Student organizers react to admin’s union oppositon

Rachel Coombs was conducting research in a biology lab in late July when she found herself enraged by an email from Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson. Coombs, a Ph.D. student studying biological sciences,...

Susan Rogers is no longer employed as Pitt's  Vice Chancellor for Communications. (Photo via the University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt’s vice chancellor for communications leaves University

Susan Rogers — who was appointed Pitt’s vice chancellor for communications just 18 months ago — is no longer employed by the University of Pittsburgh, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.  After...

Dean Carter will be stepping down next year after six years of leading Pitt's law school. (Photo via the University of Pittsburgh)

Q&A: Departing law and engineering deans

By John Hamilton | Editor-in-Chief August 21, 2017

Two Pitt deans announced their resignations during the summer months, giving the University two positions to fill by the start of the 2018 academic year. Gerald Holder — dean of the Swanson School...

The Pitt administration is against the formation of a grad student union, an effort United Steelworkers is involved in. (Photo via Flickr Commons)

Pitt administration comes out against grad student union

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief July 28, 2017

Speaking on behalf of the University, Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson came out against a graduate student union Thursday, claiming that a union would not be in the best interests of students. Beeson’s...

Pitt News File Photo

Pitt increases tuition, budget

Pitt trustees voted Monday to increase in-state tuition by 2.5 percent and out-of-state tuition by three percent, along with an increase to the University’s operating budget. In-state students enrolled...

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