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

Edward Michaels (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Michaels dismissed from Pitt after child pornography possession charges

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief June 12, 2017

Edward Michaels has been dismissed from Pitt, according to a University spokesperson, after he was charged with possessing child pornography on May 24. Michaels is the former director of Pitt’s counseling...

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Interactive crime map May 30 – June 6

By The Pitt News Staff June 7, 2017

  Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:22 p.m. 3900 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Pitt police issued a citation to a non-affiliated person for disorderly conduct and violating a city ordinance. Wednesday,...

University of Pittsburgh-Titusvilles J. Curtis McKinney II student union also functions as a gymnasium and a dining hall. (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt considers closing Titusville campus

By Caroline Bourque | Staff Writer June 7, 2017

Pitt is considering several options to deal with a lack of steady enrollment at Pitt-Titusville, including shuttering the branch campus, mainly due to a lack of steady enrollment, according to a report...

(Photo by Eric Heckler)

Pittsburgh reacts to Trump climate decision

When President Trump invoked Pittsburgh in his decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement last Thursday, he left many Pittsburghers baffled. “I’m appalled that the President used my city to justify...

Dr. Brian Primack will step down from his position as dean of Pitts Honors College.

University names Brian Primack new UHC dean

By Janine Faust | Staff Writer June 7, 2017

Pitt announced researcher and medical doctor Brian A. Primack as the new dean of the University Honors College Monday. Primack will succeed Edward Stricker as the third Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner...

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Interactive crime map: May 24 – May 29

By The Pitt News Staff May 31, 2017

  Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:51 a.m. Robinson St Ext, Pittsburgh, PA. Pitt police responded to an individual's report of the theft of three traffic cones. 1:02 p.m. Nordenburg Hall 111...

The headquarters of the National Institutes of Health, whose Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare concluded its investigation of alleged ethics violations in several Pitt labs earlier this month. (Wikipedia Commons)

Pitt lab investigation ends on mixed note

By Henry Glitz | News Editor May 31, 2017

A new report from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare has declared an end to the investigation into alleged animal cruelty in laboratories affiliated with Pitt. The report, cited in a letter last...

Dr. Anwesha Sanyal holds vials containing HIV-infected cells which are being prepared for a TZA test at Pitt. (Photo Courtesy of Tim Betler/UPMC)

Pitt researchers develop HIV detector

By Janine Faust | Staff Writer May 31, 2017

Pitt researchers have moved the world one step closer to finally fully curing HIV. Scientists in the University’s Graduate School of Public Health announced Monday in the medical journal “Nature...

Edward Michaels (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Students react to counseling center director’s arrest

In the six days following the counseling center director’s arrest, Pitt students responded to the latest controversy at the center, while the University has largely stayed quiet and given little additional...

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