The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Pitt students on wheels deliver meals

On the first night of her new job, Harley McCain witnessed a high-speed car chase. “This big black SUV comes flying by at like 75 mph, and of course it’s a 25 mph street, and I’m like what the...

Food waste at Market is shoveled into a trough and then moves to a machine where it is processed into gray water. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Reduce, reuse, recycle: Pitt community mitigates food waste

By Anna Bongardino | Contributing Editor September 29, 2017

Joe’s decision to dumpster dive for the first time was based on pure impulse. It helped that he wasn’t completely sober. “I wasn’t really looking for anything, I was a little bit drunk and...

(Photo by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Pitt invites input for master plan

By Madeline Gavatorta / Staff Writer September 28, 2017

Jim Wehner started his first architectural internship focused on improving Pitt’s campus 25 years ago. Wehner, an architect specializing in institutional facilities and campus design at J-Way Architectural...

Former President of the Woodville Plantation Preservation, Rob Windhorst, educates the History of Black Pittsburgh class about the Neville House and its residents. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Staff Photographer)

Revisiting history: students travel to slave plantation

By Sid Lingala | For The Pitt News September 28, 2017

According to Rob Windhorst, the colonial kitchen at the Woodville Plantation was “one of the most disgusting” locations in the house. Windhorst, a tour guide at the restored plantation, said the...

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher speaks at a Senate Council meeting last year. (TPN File Photo)

Gallagher discusses research and in-state students at trustees meeting

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor September 27, 2017

Pitt’s board of trustees meeting Wednesday began with an interruption. As Chairperson Eva Tansky Blum began her opening remarks, a protester stood in the William Pitt Union assembly room, shouting,...

Board member Ian Callahan speaks at the Student Government Board weekly meeting on Tuesday. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Staff Photographer)

SGB looks to improve city experience for students

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer September 27, 2017

The Pitt Student Government Board said Tuesday night that the new Pittsburgh Student Government Council had begun convening for the 2017-18 academic year. SGB President Max Kneis said in his president’s...

Caitlyn Gibbs starts training 5:45 a.m. three mornings a week. Training activities include crossfit, running and weight training. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Students soldier on to future

By Jesse Madden | For The Pitt News September 27, 2017

Caitlyn Gibbs’ schedule requires her to be at Bellefield Hall at 5:45 a.m. three days per week, where attendance is taken. Then she and 150 other Pitt students head over to the Cathedral lawn for running...

Lisa Farzee attends the Healthy U Fair with her therapy dog, Max. (Photo by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Pitt talks tobacco-free at Healthy U Fair

Standing among students petting therapy dogs and getting flu shots, Student Government President Max Kneis thanked the CVS Health Foundation and the American Cancer Society for giving the University of...

Scalable Urban Traffic Control uses predictive traffic technology to adapt to existing traffic conditions.  (Photo courtesy of Stephen Smith)

City plans to expand smart signals to Oakland

By Sarah Frumkin | For The Pitt News September 26, 2017

With the dozens of traffic lights and congestion, driving in Oakland can be frustrating and stressful. But every so often, you can time it perfectly and breeze down Forbes or Fifth Avenue, passing...

Desiigner waited until the end of his set to perform his most popular single, Panda. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Staff Photographer)

Fall Fest fires up Bigelow

By Joanna Li and Sarah Connor September 25, 2017

Large, green and decorated with white trim and orange circular designs, a Chinese dragon sat in the middle of the William Pitt Union on Saturday. One student held up the dragon’s head while another...

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