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

Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Pittsburgh airport last summer. President Trump implemented a federal employment freeze to cut government waste and corruption. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Trump’s employment freeze affects Pitt graduates

By Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor February 3, 2017

Adviser Jane Wallace guides Pitt economics students looking to advance their careers in one direction: the Federal Reserve. The U.S. government’s central bank offers recent graduates research assistant...

People gather at Pittsburgh International Airport to protest President Trumps executive order restricting immigrants from seven majority muslim nations from coming to the United States for 90 days. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Lawyers defend immigrants in Pittsburgh after Trump’s executive order

By Nolan Roosa / For The Pitt News February 3, 2017

After making successful voyages into the United States, thousands struggled to make their way past security gates at airport arrival terminals across the country on Jan. 27 But without warning, hesitation...

Pitt News File Photo

Top 5 employment resources you didn’t know Pitt offered

By Amanda Reed / Assistant News Editor February 3, 2017

Between balancing classes and a social life, finding a job is almost as hard as an organic chemistry test. Thankfully, The Pitt News used our investigative journalism skills to dig up five resources Pitt...

Edward Snowden pauses during his video address to students which included a speech and a Q&A. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Edward Snowden weighs in on objectivity

By Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor February 2, 2017

As his face appeared on the projector’s huge screen, overlooking a cheering room of Pitt students, Edward Snowden smiled sheepishly. “It’s good to be home,” he said, to a big laugh from the...

A man was arrested in the VA Hospital parking garage Monday night for possibly peering into student dormitories on upper campus. (TPN File Photo)

Pitt student in stable condition after fall at Sutherland

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / News Editor February 1, 2017

A Pitt student is currently receiving treatment at UPMC Presbyterian after they fell or jumped out out of a seventh floor window at Sutherland Hall on Saturday at 1:05 a.m. Sonya Toler, a spokesperson...

TPN File photo.

Students tackle gun-toting assailants on Friday

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / News Editor January 31, 2017

Joseph, a Pitt sophomore, was staring straight into the barrel of a black revolver handgun on McKee Street Friday night. A Pitt police crime alert detailing Joseph’s experience noted that the gunman...

Interactive crime map Jan. 20 – 24

By The Pitt News Staff January 30, 2017

Jan. 20 8:18 p.m. Bouquet Gardens Building B. 300 S. Bouquet St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Pitt police responded to a report of harassment. An investigation is pending. 9:22 p.m. Phi Kappa...

Holland Hall will be an option for all incoming students for the fall 2017 semester. Meghan Sunners | Assistant Visual Editor

Holland Hall to be co-ed by fall 2017

By Amanda Reed / Assisstant News Editor January 27, 2017

By this time next year, there will no longer be a single-gender dormitory for first-year students at Pitt. Holland Hall, Pitt’s only all-female dorm, will be co-ed starting in fall 2017. Amos Hall...

Thanks to a partnership with the Sprout Fund, Conflict Kitchen will launch a new Guest Chef Program in March. Now the restraunt will close at the end of May. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Conflict Kitchen to spotlight refugee chefs in March

Conflict Kitchen has been spotlighting global conflicts for more than six years, but this year it’s turning the spotlight back toward its own home. Through a partnership with the Sprout Fund — an...

Donny Falk | Staff Photographer

Nancy Kirkwood brings eco-art to Center for Creativity

By Zoe Pawliczek / For The Pitt News January 25, 2017

Nancy Kirkwood walked down to the basement of the University Bookstore on Fifth with overflowing bags of art supplies and began stocking a wall full of shelves. She does this every day as part of her job...

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