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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
The Student Emergency Assistance Fund was created in a joint effort between the Office of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement and the Division of Student Affairs and allows students in need of emergency financial assistance to apply for a grant from the fund to cover expenses.

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.
East End EMTs are given one N95 mask per day and asked to reuse it.

‘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.
PittCoVacc, the potential vaccine against COVID-19. Photo via UPMC

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.
Dan Yates, the Makerspace’s innovation project coordinator, is the only person currently allowed in the Makerspace, but he relies on a team of about 50 students in the Makerspace club to help design face masks and face shields.

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.
Kristen Steffes, a junior biology major, works with organizations like Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, Feminist Empower Movement and PantherWELL to keep her peers informed.

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.
Even though in-person programs such as drop-in hours and Let’s Talk have been suspended, Pitt’s Counseling Center provides students with access to Therapy Assistance Online, a resource with interactive therapy programs.

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.
Emerson Ailidh Boggs, a second-year Ph.D. student in the infectious disease microbiology program, is the head moderator of the r/Coronavirus Reddit page.

Socially distant science: Pitt student strives for truth during pandemic

By Ashton Crawley, Staff Writer • March 25, 2020
Ailidh Boggs, a second-year Ph.D. student in the infectious disease microbiology program, is the head moderator of the r/Coronavirus Reddit page.
Pitt will continue to pay student workers and work study employees according to their established work schedules.

Student workers out of work relieved at Pitt support

By Jade Chang, Staff Writer • March 24, 2020
Getting paid without going to work might sound like a dream, but for many Pitt student workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a lifesaver.
Pitt to host spring commencement ceremony online.

Seniors react to commencement cancellation

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor • March 23, 2020
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced the postponement of Pitt’s spring commencement ceremony in a March 17 email. According to the announcement, the University has yet to find a new date for an in-person commencement ceremony and has not yet announced alternatives to the event.
Dr. Paul Duprex, director of Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research, speaks about COVID-2019 at a February Senate Council meeting.

CEPI invests $4.9 million in Pitt, other institutions developing COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor • March 19, 2020
Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research is part of a consortium receiving a $4.9 million grant from the Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
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