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
Two hours before the doors open, more than 200 people wait in line to see Donald Trump speak at Soldiers and Sailors Museum on April 13, 2016. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt administrators and Pittsburgh Police issue alerts ahead of Trump events

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • April 13, 2016

Pitt administrators and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police have sent out alerts to students on campus and citizens who plan to attend the events or travel through Oakland and Downtown. Ahead of Donald...

Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

German language tool wins mobile app challenge

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer • April 7, 2016

After seeing countless first-year students waste their dining hall swipes — and others who wished they had some — two former Resident Assistants hit their laptops. Asim Viqar and Shil Patel designed...

Doctors, professors consider the humanities in healthcare

By Albert Giovanazzi / Staff Writer • April 7, 2016

Therapists aren’t the only medical professionals who should know how to talk about feelings. According to Amy Kennedy, an internal medicine resident in Pittsburgh, compassion is a skill all doctors...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Students critique Biden event

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • April 6, 2016

Though about 1,000 students cheered for the vice president on Tuesday, hundreds were turned away and others complained about the event's tone.  After waiting in line for more than an hour to hear Vice...

Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Pitt

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Andrew O'Brien / The Pitt News Staff • April 5, 2016

With his right hand raised, Vice President Joe Biden put sexual assault prevention “on us,” leading several hundred Pitt students in a pledge Tuesday to eliminate campus sexual assault. “I pledge...

Students honored with Goldwater scholarship

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • April 4, 2016

For the fourth year in a row, the foundation behind the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship recognized all of Pitt’s student nominees. Three Pitt juniors — Patrick Asinger, Natalie Dall and Charles Hansen...

Positive racial identities can help children learn

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • April 4, 2016

When parents and teachers start having conversations about race and racial identity with children — even when they’re as young as 3-years-old — those children go on to do better in school. That...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Morehouse College during a three-college tour to mobilize students to take action to prevent sexual assault on campuses on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Atlanta. (TNS)

Joe Biden to visit Pitt

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer • March 30, 2016

On a nationwide tour of three universities, Vice President Joe Biden will visit Pitt next week as part of the It’s On Us campaign, a White House official announced Tuesday. According to a release, Biden...

Henry Reichman, the vice president of the American Association of University Professors, spoke to Plenary Committee of Pitt's Senate Council on Wednesday. Reichman's talk focused on the importance of tenure for professors. John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Pitt senate discusses tenure

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer • March 30, 2016

Faculty and staff from all of Pitt’s campuses came together Wednesday to take part in a discussion on academic freedom and how it promotes diversity and inclusion. Pitt’s University Senate hosted...

Pitt’s Board of Trustees approves money for renovations

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 30, 2016

At a public meeting Tuesday, the Property and Facilities Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved $34.7 million for seven renovation projects at three of its campuses, and said it would...

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