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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Tyler Bickford, a professor in the English department, drops one of the first union cards at a kick-off event held by Pitt faculty union organizers in the William Pitt Union Ballroom in January 2018.

Faculty show support for unionization

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Jennifer Lee, a senior English lecturer at Pitt for the last two decades, said it was luck and allies in the tenure faculty that got her the job she currently holds — and she remembers realizing how...

Pitt democrats Grace Dubois (left) and Char Goldbach (right) discuss their vision about healthcare in the U.S. at the Pitt Healthcare Debate on Monday night. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Pitt Dems and Libertarians debate health care

By Sid Lingala | Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Char Goldbach recounted leaving school early one semester because she could not get proper health care for her depression. “There are millions of Americans like me who suffer from depression and don’t...

Two marchers cheer while passing through downtown Pittsburgh during Sunday’s Women’s March. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Senior Staff Photographer)

Pittsburgh Women’s March focuses on elections

By Madison Hook | Staff Writer January 22, 2018

Chants of “All love, no hate! That’s what makes America great,” projected through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh Sunday as citizens joined together to take part in the second annual Women’s...

Pitt chemistry professor Theodore Cohen died Dec. 13, at age 88. He was publishing papers up to age 87. (Photo courtesy of Michele Monaco)

Obituary: Professor Theodore Cohen transformed chemistry department

By Hannah Schneider, Staff Writer January 22, 2018

When Bret Cohen was visiting home from his university studies one day, he asked his father, Theodore Cohen, “What do you do when you feel sad or depressed?” “I think about the way brown rice in...

Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor debate at Carnegie Mellon University Saturday. (Photo by Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer)

Republican gubernatorial candidates debate at CMU

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer January 22, 2018

The crowd erupted into a mix of boos and cheers at the in Kresge Theatre Saturday night when Laura Ellsworth admitted she did not vote for President Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, favoring...

After a coil thawed at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Litchfield Towers lobby, workers closed off the entrance. (Photo by Janine Faust / Assistant News Editor)

Coil thaws, floods Fifth Ave. Towers lobby entrance

By TPN News Desk January 21, 2018

When a frozen coil thawed, it momentarily added a new waterfall feature to the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Towers Lobby Friday morning. As a result of the thawed coil, water pooled into the area between...

Marchers gather outside the City County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh before the 2018 Womens March. (Photo by John Hamilton / Managing Editor)

Photos: Marchers reflect on year since Trump’s election

By John Hamilton / Managing Editor January 21, 2018

Thousands of Pittsburghers congregated at the City-Council Building Downtown Sunday, carrying signs supporting women’s rights, wearing “pussy hats” and gathering support for local candidates. Held...

Greek life leaders attend a meeting to discuss the social probation status on Jan 20. (Photo by John Hamilton/Managing Editor)

Greek life social probation came after student hospitalization

By The Pitt News Staff January 19, 2018

Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner put Greek life on modified social probation after a “serious alcohol incident,” he stated in a letter to both fraternity and sorority presidents Friday. The incident...

Signs supporting the grad and faculty unions hang on a window in the Cathedral of Leaning. (Photo by John Hamilton / Managing Editor)

Faculty union organizers to begin signing cards

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor January 19, 2018

Pitt’s Faculty Union Organizing Committee announced Wednesday on Facebook that it will begin asking faculty members to sign union authorization cards at a kickoff celebration Monday, Jan 22, in the William...

The story, “Vasilisa the Beautiful” is favorite among students that have taken Pitt’s Russian Fairy Tales course. (Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Students rush to take Russian Fairy Tales

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor January 19, 2018

Professors within the department of Slavic languages and literatures faculty at Pitt encountered a shrinking student interest in their courses in the mid-1990s. They weren’t alone — many other Slavic...

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