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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

Valerie Kinloch will replace Alan Lesgold as the dean of Pitts School of Education | Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh

School of Education announces new dean

After the former dean stepped down in the summer, Pitt has named a new School of Education dean — one who has had a focus on diversity and inclusion in her past roles. Valerie Kinloch, who will begin...

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher might potentially have to face a budget cut for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Kate Koenig | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt planning for budget cuts for 2017-18 fiscal year

By Amanda Reed / Assistant News Editor January 6, 2017

Even with a $3.6 billion endowment, possible budget changes from Harrisburg could mean Pitt will have to find other funding sources in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The University uses funds from the state...

Pitt’s Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the two-story building where Chipotle is currently located. Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

Board of Trustees invest in campus buildings

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / News Editor January 6, 2017

Pitt’s Board of Trustees plans to close the deal on a $7 million two-story building in Oakland in the coming weeks but isn’t yet sure what the space will be used for. The property and facilities...

Edward Stricker, the dean of the University Honors College, will step down before the fall semester of 2017. TPN File Photo

University Honors College announces internal search for next dean

By Ashwini Sivaganesh | News Editor December 27, 2016

The University Honors College officially created a search committee last week, five months after Dean Edward Stricker announced that he would be stepping down before the fall of 2017. Senior Director...

On Nov. 16, Pitt students delivered a letter to Chancellor Gallagher asking he make Pitt a santuary campus | Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Pitt faculty petitions for sanctuary campus

With a new petition, Pitt professors are asking the administration to proactively protect undocumented students. Assistant English professor Peter Campbell and English professor Sarah Leavens spearheaded...

Pitt hires psychiatrist

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor December 7, 2016

Even as students complained that Pitt hadn’t hired replacement psychiatrists to staff its Counseling Center, it appears administrators had actually — and quietly — filled one of the open positions....

Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition set up a cardboard “pipeline” in the Cathedral Monday. Stephen Caruso | Senior Staff Photographer

At Cathedral, Fossil Free Pitt Coalition calls for divestment

By Janine Faust / Staff Writer December 6, 2016

A thin, cardboard oil pipeline roughly 200 feet long stretched along the slate floor of the Cathedral Commons for about 20 minutes on Monday morning. Students had constructed the “pipeline” out...

Jordan Mondell / Assistant Visual Editor

Despite concerns, Title IX Coordinator says sexual assault services will continue under Trump

By Nikita Karulkar / Staff Writer December 5, 2016

When Vice President Joe Biden visited Pitt in April, encouraging students to fight rape culture on campus, he was speaking during a year that seemed promising for the future of sexual assault services...

Jake Sternberg, who first visited the Counseling Center in fall 2015, said he was told his needs would best be met by an outside mental health professional. Katie Krater | Staff Photographer

No time to talk: what’s going on with Pitt’s Counseling Center?

By Rachel Glasser and Tristan Dietrick November 28, 2016

Kelchis Radziewicz had struggled with underlying anxiety before, but after losing a close friend to suicide just before her first year at Pitt, she realized she couldn’t cope with the grief on her...

Pitt students gathered Monday afternoon to hear speeches and protest a violent incident between Pitt Police and students Thursday night. Kyleen Considine | Staff Photographer

Students react to violence at Thursday protest

By Amina Doghri / Staff Writer November 22, 2016

After a week of tension — both in person and online — between protesters and the University, students once again gathered on Towers patio to express their frustration with police and Pitt. This...

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