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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Fourth-year medical student Chukwudi Onyeukwu volunteers with 412Med to provide medical services to the Pittsburgh community.

Med students help underserved communities during pandemic

By Priya Ray, Staff Writer • June 23, 2020
412Med is a student-led organization helping underserved communities in the Pittsburgh area, providing medical services to the community after the halting of clinical rotations in March, which have since resumed.
Julia Spears, the associate vice provost for academic innovation, moderated Thursdays virtual town hall.

Administrators provide updates on classes, dining, housing

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • June 18, 2020
Through Flex@Pitt, students will be able to attend classes at least once a week in person, remotely through livestreams or watching recordings after the fact.
Scott Bernotas, the associate vice chancellor for facilities management, led Monday afternoon’s Senate Plant Utilization and Planning Committee meeting.

‘New norms of behavior’: Facilities personnel planning for fall campus life

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • June 16, 2020
Every classroom will be outfitted with guidance on how many students can occupy the room at once with signs on each chair designating whether or not a student can sit in it.
The University Senate’s Educational Policies Committee met on Monday via Zoom.

Education Policies Committee talks fall planning, alumna petition

By Ashton Crawley, Senior Staff Writer • June 16, 2020
Joe McCarthy, the vice provost of undergraduate studies, said the University is considering a rotating cohort model, where large lectures are split into small groups of students who attend in-person instruction on different days of the week.
David Harris led a presentation on the system of aggression created by “warrior policing.

Law professor examines relationship between police training, brutality

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • June 10, 2020
The University’s Center on Race and Social Problems presented “Race, Police, and Unarmed Civilian Deaths: What Can Be Done?” on Wednesday afternoon.
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held its first meeting since February on Tuesday evening.

OPDC discusses new community resources at Tuesday meeting

By Mary Rose O'Donnell, Contributing Editor • May 27, 2020
OPDC discussed its efforts to serve the Oakland community during its Oakland-wide community Zoom meeting on Tuesday evening.
The COVID-19 pandemic causes uncertainty about returning for the fall semester for many of Pitt’s more than 3,100 international students.

‘This feeling of helplessness’: International students concerned about fall semester amid pandemic

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • May 19, 2020
Travel restrictions and delays in processing visas has left many of Pitt’s 3,100 international students questioning whether they will be able to start the fall semester on campus.
An illustration demonstrates the fluid repellent quality of treated textiles.

Pitt researchers developing virus-repellent textiles

By Priya Ray, Staff Writer • May 19, 2020
Swanson researchers are collaborating to create virus-repellent textiles for medical professional use.
A lack of events due to COVID-19 has caused business to slow down at Gidas Flowers and many other businesses around Oakland.

Oakland businesses work to chart path forward in yellow phase

By Martha Layne, Senior Staff Writer • May 19, 2020
The County’s May 15 move to the yellow phase of reopening has allowed businesses to start making decisions about what reopening will look like and how to overcome the economic damage done over the past few weeks.
David DeJong, the acting senior vice chancellor for business operations and vice chancellor for human resources, leads Pitt’s employee and operations task force.

Pitt task force planning fall on-campus operations amid pandemic

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • May 19, 2020
The employee and operations task force aims to determine how campus facilities can operate during the fall semester.
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