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University renews PittPerks benefit program

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer • March 3, 2016

Pitt’s Senate Committee on Benefits and Welfare decided Tuesday to continue and improve PittPerks, the program implemented to give employees discounts at local businesses, for another year. The free...

Pitt sets salary for new vice chancellor of business

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 2, 2016

Pitt set the salary Tuesday for its new senior vice chancellor for business and operations. Gregory Scott, a U.S. Navy veteran and former Penn State University administrator, will make $325,000 per year,...

Hayes receives honorary doctorate at Honors Convocation

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer • February 29, 2016

In the eyes of Terrance Hayes, language is a feisty animal, and he is just a student who wrestles with it. In honor of Hayes’ success in taming that beast, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher awarded the poet...

Pitt names Kenyon Bonner new Dean

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • February 26, 2016

After months serving in the position, Kenyon Bonner is now settling into his vice provost and dean of students office. More than a year after the job opened, Pitt appointed Kenyon Bonner, the former interim...

Pitt buys parking lot from UPMC

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • February 24, 2016

Though it has no formal construction plans yet, the Property and Facilities Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees bought a 2.1-acre portion of land in Oakland Wednesday. The acquisition is the parking...

Paper pledges: Pitt unveils It’s On Us project

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer • February 23, 2016

Colorful slips of paper were draped over walls, coat racks, chairs and a podium Monday afternoon, symbolizing the pervasive nature of sexual assault on campus — but also the united fight to stop it. Kristine...

University Senate talks tech with CSSD

By Emily Migdal / Staff Writer • February 21, 2016

The University Senate Computer Usage Committee met Friday to begin planning for technology improvements in Pitt’s five-year strategic plan. Eight committee members and two members of the Office of Computing...

Obama awards four Pitt professors

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • February 21, 2016

President Obama has recognized four Pitt professors for their groundbreaking research — and their careers are just starting out. According to a release from the University, Obama awarded 105 researchers...

University Senate considers graduate programing

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer • February 19, 2016

Without a home base for resources outside the classroom, the University Senate said graduate students often feel disconnected from Pitt. On Thursday, Feb. 18, the University Senate Student Admissions,...

Keeping the peace: How Pitt police use community policing to bridge the gap between students and Oakland residents

February 18, 2016

As Pitt Police Officer Charles Welsch approached the South Oakland porch, the students who saw him started to run.He walked past those who stayed frozen still and knocked loudly on the front door of the Bates Street home. When a student answered, he and his partner entered the house to find the leaseholder.It was 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 30, a frigid Saturday night. Welsch had stopped by the house on Bates Street after hearing blaring music from a block away while he patrolled the neighborhood to avo

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University renews PittPerks benefit program

Pitt sets salary for new vice chancellor of business

Hayes receives honorary doctorate at Honors Convocation

Pitt names Kenyon Bonner new Dean

Pitt buys parking lot from UPMC

Paper pledges: Pitt unveils It’s On Us project

University Senate talks tech with CSSD

Obama awards four Pitt professors

University Senate considers graduate programing

Keeping the peace: How Pitt police use community policing to bridge the gap between students and Oakland residents

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