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Wolf relents on budget, Pitt to receive $143 million

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 23, 2016

If Gov. Tom Wolf keeps his promise to do nothing, Pitt is set to receive the $143 million in state funding legislators promised in just four days. After a press conference Wednesday, Wolf issued a statement...

Gallagher and students petition Wolf to sign budget, bill that would fund Pitt

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer • March 23, 2016

HARRISBURG, PA — Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s message is clear: With Pitt, Pennsylvania wins. That was his mantra Tuesday as he and about 200 faculty, staff and students met with lawmakers during...

IFC looks to stop toxic masculinity

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer • March 21, 2016

When T. Leon Williams lectured at Pitt, he asked the audience members to stand if they had never talked about masculinity in their households. Nearly everyone in the audience rose. “We don’t have...

Matchmaker, matchmaker find me a grant

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer • March 18, 2016

If Joyce Raught got to keep all of the money she earned, she would be a multimillionaire. But since Raught is one of Pitt’s grant writers, the more than $100 million she helps wrangle for Pitt every...

Pitt’s budget woes continue

By Dale Shoemaker and Saskia Berrios-Thomas / The Pitt News Staff • March 18, 2016

Pitt has gone eight months without state funding. Now state lawmaker's latest proposal, and a bill that would fund Pitt, are in jeopardy. Pennsylvania legislators have passed a budget and four bills...

State could restore Pitt funding, Wolf signature pending

By Dale Shoemaker / News Desk • March 17, 2016

If Gov. Tom Wolf signs a Pennsylvania Senate bill today, Pitt will receive more than $143 million in state funding. Following the state’s 2015 budget impasse, which has now lasted eight months, the...

Rethinking manhood: Marine captain speaks to students

By Andrew O'Brien / Staff Writer • March 15, 2016

Judging by their recruitment advertisements, Marine troops are the epitome of masculinity — musclebound and emotionless. But the Marines in those commercials do not reflect reality. According to Marine...

Pitt to open engineering labs off-campus

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 15, 2016

Making new metallic alloys for jumbo jet and turbine engines and turning Oakland into a self-sufficient power grid could both become realities within the next five years, according to researchers who will...

Students speak at ‘safe space’

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 4, 2016

Just because Abby Meinen and Marcus Robinson are different people with different experiences, that doesn’t mean they can’t talk about sensitive and controversial topics together. But when they do,...

Gallagher calls on state legislators to pass budget

By Zoë Hannah / Assistant News Editor • March 3, 2016

After eight months of impasse, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher has united with the presidents of three state-related universities in Harrisburg to urge state legislators to pass a budget. A statement Gallagher...