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

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,...

Annabelle Goll | Staff Illustrator

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
Frank Wilson, University Senate Council President, discussed the state budget impasse and diversity and inclusion at Wednesday afternoons council meeting.   Nikki Moriello | Senior Staff Photographer

University Senate talks diversity, assaults and budget impasse

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer February 18, 2016

Pitt’s graduate and undergraduate student governments, along with other members of a working group, have called on the University Senate Council to commit to focusing on diversity and inclusion in the...

Pitt Sodexo employees start negotiating new contract

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 18, 2016

Sodexo employees who work at Pitt began negotiating a new labor contract with the company Wednesday. 32BJ, the local branch of the Service Employees International Union, represents the 230 Sodexo employees...

Pitt releases fossil fuel investments, students call for divestment

Nine months after they promised to do so, Pitt administrators have revealed that the school invests $26 million in the fossil fuel industry, information requested by a student group that wants Pitt to...

Co-chair, Pamela Toto, speaking during the University Senate: Community Relations Meeting which was held on Tuesday in Hillman Library. The committee approved a proposal to focus on diversity and inclusion next academic year.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Pitt considers year of ‘diversity and inclusion’

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer February 17, 2016

The University is considering making the 2016-17 school year the “year of diversity and inclusion,” according to a vote from the University Senate Community Relations Committee. At the committee’s...

Cynthia Golden speaks at the University Senate meeting.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Senate talks classroom technology

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer February 16, 2016

The Educational Policies Committee of Pitt’s University Senate is exploring different avenues to incorporate new technology, such as virtual reality and smartphones, into Pitt’s classrooms. At the...

Terrence Hayes book How to Be Drawn has been nominated for a National Book Award.  Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Pitt to grant Hayes honorary degree

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 16, 2016

At its 40th annual Honors Convocation at the end of February, Pitt will award poet Terrance Hayes an honorary doctorate in fine arts. Chancellor Patrick Gallagher will award Hayes the degree at the ceremony...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Pitt tour highlights black history

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer February 15, 2016

On Martin Luther King Jr.’s first birthday after his assassination, the students who would later form Pitt’s Black Action Society locked themselves in a computer lab. On Jan. 15, 1969, the group...

Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Trans students outsourcing for healthcare

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

Rather than get trans health care on campus, Pitt students travel to Edgewood Every morning and night, Summer Wright takes two pills. The first is her daily dose of estrogen. The second blocks the testosterone...

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