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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

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...

Pitt partners with Beijing university

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 11, 2016

Pitt’s Innovation Institute announced a new partnership with Tsinghua University in Beijing Tuesday that will kick-start collaborative projects in technology, commercialization and research. According...

Cara Appel-Silbaugh

Pitt interviews fourth dean of students candidate

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 8, 2016

Editor's Note: This story has been updated When a student came to her office with mental health concerns and asked to withdraw from her classes, Cara Appel-Silbaugh used her position to ease the transition....

The Dean search: A student’s guide

By Dale Shoemaker / News Desk February 7, 2016

A group of eight faculty, staff and students — all a part of a search committee — will make its recommendation to Pitt’s Provost Patricia Beeson and Chancellor Patrick Gallagher sometime today for...

William Stackman interviewed for the dean position on Thursday. | Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Notre Dame admin interviews for Pitt’s dean job

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 5, 2016

When William Stackman heard of a sexual assault at Notre Dame University in 2010, he surveyed every student on campus. The university-wide survey yielded 750 pages of data with student comments on sexual...

Joanne Vogel, who currently serves as interim vice president for student affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, attended an open meeting 11 a.m. Wednesday in the University Club.

Texas dean interviews for Pitt job

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 4, 2016

Last year, when the Ebola virus terrified the United States, two students from Southern Methodist University worried they might be infected. The students had flown back to their campus in Dallas with...

Kenyon Bonner looks out the window during his public interview Tuesday afternoon. Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

Bonner interviews for Dean of Students

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 3, 2016

Ever since he was a college student in the ‘90s, Kenyon Bonner said he’s chased one goal: be a dean of students. A little more than a year ago, he reached that goal. When Chancellor Patrick Gallagher...

Gary Haberle passed away on Jan. 30, 2016. | Photo Courtesy of Patricia Kroboth, dean of the School of Pharmacy.

Faculty, staff honor School of Pharmacy dean

Gary Haberle spent his career managing money for the School of Pharmacy — but he spent his life sharing his own wealth with those around him. Haberle, assistant dean for business and finance for Pitt’s...

Pitt names four Dean candidates

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 1, 2016

Pitt will begin introducing and interviewing candidates today for the open vice provost and dean of students position. Pitt initially considered eight candidates for the job, but only invited four of...

Joan Hawthorne, the Director of Assessment and Regional Accreditation at the University of North Dakota, spoke about making assessment useful.   Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Provost hosts conference for assessment

By Zoe Hannah / Assistant News Editor January 29, 2016

At a conference devoted to improving student engagement outside of the classroom, Pitt faculty acted as students for a morning. After an 8:30 a.m. breakfast, around 100 Pitt faculty members met in the...

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