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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

Deanne Hall — an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy and Therapeutics — works at the Oct. 10 flu shot clinic in Benedum Hall.

Don’t miss your shot to avoid the flu

By Nina Kneuer, For the Pitt News November 2, 2018
It’s not too late to get your flu shot. Pitt makes it easy — and free — to protect yourself from contracting the disease. Whether or not to get a flu shot — it’s a point of contention. But Dr. Simon Barrett-Boyes discusses the many benefits of getting the vaccination.
Olives are cleansed with water as they move through the assembly line at DeLallo’s olive processing facility.

From branch to bottle: all of DeLallo’s olives

By Elizabeth Martinson, For The Pitt News October 25, 2018

Jeff Latimer likes to give his olives the Jacuzzi treatment. The director of operations at DeLallo’s olive production facility doesn’t exactly run his plant like a spa, but the olives begin processing...

The planned UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital as depicted in the University of Pittsburgh Campus Master Plan. (Image via University of Pittsburgh)

Oakland community speaks out against UPMC building

By Dylan Giacobbe, For The Pitt News October 17, 2018
Innovative health treatments could be coming to Oakland as soon as 2023 — but some Oakland residents disapprove of the buildings coming with it.
The University stocks several fruits and vegetables in the pop-up grocery store that opened in the old New Balance storefront on Monday.

Not a mirage: Oakland no longer food desert

By Hannah Schneider, Assistant News Editor September 25, 2018
The Grocery Pop-Up opened yesterday in the old New Balance storefront on Forbes Avenue, marking the end of a drought on campus since the closing of the IGA.
The Allegheny County Health Department issued a consumer alert for Uncle Sam’s Sub’s on Tuesday due to several health violations, including the presence of rodent droppings and cockroaches. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Uncle Sam’s Subs cited for multiple health-code violations

By Sarah Shearer, Assistant News Editor September 7, 2018
Uncle Sam's Subs in Oakland received multiple health code violations in an inspection report Sept. 4.
Dianne Peterson holds a sign criticizing county executive Rich Fitzgerald’s positions on environmental matters at a Fridays with Fitzgerald protest held at the Allegheny County Courthouse.

PennEnvironment hosts rally for clean air

By Sarah Shearer, Assistant News Editor September 4, 2018
Citizens assemble at the Allegheny County Courthouse, waving signs condemning dirty air, as they meet for another Friday with Fitzgerald.
Chance licks his owner after passing the therapy dog certification test Aug. 11. (Photo by Anne Amundson | Staff Photographer)

Therapy dogs bring contentment and comfort to campus

By Kieran Mclean, Staff Writer August 20, 2018
Marsha Robbins' therapy dog program has been bringing calming canines to Pitt for years.
Joy Starzl sits next to the statue of her late husband, Dr. Thomas Starzl. Starzl was frequently considered the father of organ transplantation for a program he launched at Pitt in 1981. Susan Wagner, the sculptor, sits beside her. (Photo by Samuel Weber | Staff Writer)

Pitt unveils statue of Dr. Thomas Starzl, transplant pioneer

By Samuel Weber | Staff Writer June 27, 2018

Friends, family, university staff and members of the media gathered outside the Cathedral of Learning in full business attire Saturday to honor the memory of the late Dr. Thomas Starzl with a new bronze...

From left to right, Tyler Vanderweele of Harvard University, Tamara Dubowitz of the RAND Corporation and Jeffrey Bishop of Saint Louis University discuss the health policy community and its ability to evaluate factors such as spirituality, friendship and happiness at the Can Science Measure the “Culture of Health”? event in the William Pitt Union Monday night. (Photo by Anas Dighriri | Staff Photographer)

Panelists question separation of medicine and faith

By Cassidy Power | Staff Writer April 17, 2018

Although in Western tradition medicine and faith are considered separate entities, a Monday afternoon panel sponsored by the School of Nursing called Can Science Measure the Culture of Health? questioned...

 Participants start to run at Pittsburgh Attacks Cancer Together 5K Race and Color Run in Schenley Park. (Photo by Theresa Dickerson | Staff Writer)

Coloring out cancer: Students run for research

Colors flew through the air in Schenley Park this past weekend at the Pittsburgh Attacks Cancer Together’s 5K Race and Color Run. Members of the Pittsburgh community came to support the student-led organization...

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