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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

Kenyon Bonner speaks to students at a safe space event on Thursday. Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Students speak at ‘safe space’

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 4, 2016

Just because Abby Meinen and Marcus Robinson are different people with different experiences, that doesn’t mean they can’t talk about sensitive and controversial topics together. But when they do,...

Courtesy of Abdou Cole

Lists, meetings and 40,000 meals: A day in the life of Market’s executive chef

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer March 4, 2016

Mid-morning Wednesday, Chris Cox looked down at one of his three notepads. He knew he had to fill and send out two or three large food orders, with the help of a few student workers. And write the Food...

Will Miller | Staff Illustrator

Pennsylvania researchers find benefits to testosterone treatments

By Annemarie Carr / Staff Writer March 4, 2016

Pennsylvania researchers found that testosterone gel — especially for retirement-age men — can make life a little funkier. University of Pennsylvania researchers in February found for the first time...

(Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Pitt adds environmental science major

By Lianna Rana / For the Pitt News March 4, 2016

Pitt students can now study the environment through the lens of human influence on the earth. Starting this semester, students can officially declare environmental science as their major after the Department...

B.O.B at Samsung Galaxy S Media Event | Flickr

PPC announces Bigelow Bash headliners

This spring, two headlining artists will claim the street and the stage at Bigelow Bash. On Thursday at 11 p.m., Pitt Program Council announced Bigelow Bash, the annual outdoor spring concert, will feature...

Women look at a picture they took of themselves before the start of the Eid prayer, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month-long fasting ritual as more than 3,500 gathered inside the Jackson Sports Academy at McClellan Park on Thursday, August 8, 2013, in Sacramento, California. Eid celebrates the conclusion of the dawn-to-sunset fasting during the month of Ramadan. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

Pitt to host course on Muslims in America

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 3, 2016

Pitt’s ninth installment of its series on Muslims is turning its focus to Islam’s role in the United States. Coming the weekend after spring break, “Muslims in a Global Context” — a free, biannual,...

Gallagher calls on state legislators to pass budget

Gallagher calls on state legislators to pass budget

After eight months of impasse, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher has united with the presidents of three state-related universities in Harrisburg to urge state legislators to pass a budget. A statement Gallagher...

University renews PittPerks benefit program

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer March 3, 2016

Pitt’s Senate Committee on Benefits and Welfare decided Tuesday to continue and improve PittPerks, the program implemented to give employees discounts at local businesses, for another year. The free...

Natalie Dall celebrating after winning the presidential seat. Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Natalie Dall wins SGB Presidency

Running late into the night, the Student Government Board meeting that preceded this year’s election nearly overshadowed the results’ unveiling. Following a mostly open-floor meeting in which Pitt’s...

Students gather for the SGB meeting. Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Students speak out against Yiannopoulos

In the spirit of free speech, Pitt’s Student Government Board passed the microphone Tuesday to a line of students speaking out about a controversial speaker whose visit SGB partially funded. At its...

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