Construction at Pitt health care facility to resume
By Jon Moss, News Editor
April 8, 2020
Construction will resume at a new Pitt health care facility on Centre Avenue, the University said Wednesday.
Pitt cancels all fall study abroad programming as pandemic continues
By Jon Moss, News Editor
April 8, 2020
Pitt is cancelling all fall and full-year study abroad and study away programs in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Wednesday email from a top University official.
Pitt to host spring commencement online
By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor
April 8, 2020
Pitt announced Wednesday that spring commencement will move online this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Pittsburgh buildings light up in support of front-line pandemic workers
By Jon Moss, News Editor
April 7, 2020
Buildings across the City lit up Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. as part of the Illumination Ovation event, a show of support for front-line workers in the fight against the pandemic.
Student emergency fund to begin notifying applicants
By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor
April 3, 2020
The Student Emergency Assistance Fund allows undergraduate, graduate and professional students in need of emergency financial assistance to apply for a grant from the fund to cover such expenses.
‘Kind of unnerving’: Student health care workers brave virus threat on the job
By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer
April 2, 2020
But other students, like Flenders, remained in Pittsburgh and are still working in positions with a whole new set of risks and regulations, while also balancing a full course load.
Pitt researchers unveil potential COVID-19 vaccine
By Janine Faust, Editor-in-chief
April 2, 2020
Pitt School of Medicine scientists announced Thursday that they had developed a potential vaccine against COVID-19.
Pitt engineers donate, create supplies for health care workers
By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer
March 29, 2020
Within the Swanson School of Engineering, numerous labs and individuals, including Veser, have donated their supplies, time and ideas to help reduce the shortage of personal protective equipment in Pittsburgh hospitals.
Peer educator helps students stay healthy
By Katie Sottile, Staff Writer
March 25, 2020
Imagine standing in front of a group of fellow college students and encouraging them to put a condom on a dildo as efficiently as they can. Kristen Steffes doesn’t have to.
University responds to pandemic’s effect on mental health
By Katie Sottile, Staff Writer
March 25, 2020
The changes to the semester and the unprecedented nature of the pandemic can evoke feelings of anxiety within students, said Dr. Jay Darr, director of the Counseling Center. According to Darr, the Counseling Center has modified its arrangement of services to assist students virtually, in lieu of in-person appointments.