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Pittsburgh makes final pitch in national competition

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor • June 10, 2016

Mayor Bill Peduto spent Thursday afternoon in Washington, D.C., making a final pitch for help in transforming the steel city into a smart city. Pittsburgh is competing against six other finalists in...

Fourth Allegheny County Zika case confirmed

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer • June 9, 2016

The Allegheny County Health Department confirmed the fourth local case of Zika virus since the end of March on Thursday. Three weeks ago, a Pitt researcher accidentally stuck herself with a needle contaminated...

Research links transplant complication with shorter lifespan

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer • June 8, 2016

Recent lung transplant recipients will spend recovery holding their breath after UPMC researchers linked a common complication with a shorter lifespan. This April, researchers at UPMC published in the...

Proposed sexual misconduct policy aims to clarify procedure

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor • June 8, 2016

As the incoming class of 2020 steps onto Pitt’s campus, a new sexual misconduct policy may be joining it. A Provost’s ad hoc committee has developed a new, more concise sexual misconduct policy that...

Interactive Crime Map May 27 – June 6

By The Pitt News Staff • June 7, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity from May 27 to June 6. Friday, May 27, 2016 2:53 a.m. Darragh and Terrace Streets. Pitt police arrested a male non-affiliate for driving under the influence. 7:27...

Pitt’s Board of Trustees committee advances candidates

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor • June 3, 2016

The Governance and Nominating Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees has advanced three new candidates for membership on the board. The committee advanced Edward J. Grefenstette, president and chief...

3D printing aids cancer research

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer • June 1, 2016

Hacking 3D printers to spit out squishy biological structures, Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University researchers are poised to help doctors make better breast cancer diagnoses. Researchers at UPMC and...

Pitt students win national language scholarship

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer • June 1, 2016

After winning a national scholarship, a group of Pitt students will spend the summer studying six languages in five different countries. Last week, Pitt announced eight students won the U.S. Department...

Pitt releases salary details of top-tier earners

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor • June 1, 2016

In accordance with the right-to-know laws, Pitt has released its income tax returns from the previous fiscal year. Though Pitt is exempt from paying taxes on its revenue as a nonprofit organization, the...

Pitt launches replacement login service

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor • June 1, 2016

Pitt is updating how users access Pitt’s online services with a new login system, beginning in June. Pitt Passport — passport.pitt.edu — will replace the My Pitt portal and individual access pages...