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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

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Still We Rise march peacefully denounces inequality

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 8, 2016

        Despite a week of police-related violence, Still We Rise: The 2016 People’s March peacefully trailed through downtown Pittsburgh Friday afternoon, filling the streets...

Police secure the area at a past event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

Pittsburgh officers on high alert for downtown equality march

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 8, 2016

Community organizers have been planning the 2016 People’s March downtown for several weeks, but recent shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas have upped safety concerns for the gathering, meant...

Center on Race and Social Problems to host discussion panel

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 7, 2016

Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems will bring national experts together on Tuesday to discuss efforts to reduce racial disparities in higher education. In light of the recent Supreme Court...

Dr. Fred Anderson, left, checks out Sharma Boboolal on April 7, 2015. (Peter Andrew Bosch/Miami Herald/TNS)

Pitt receives $4.2 million NIH award for large-scale study

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 7, 2016

Pitt has received a multi-million dollar grant to join a national program aiming to individualize disease prevention and treatment. On Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health awarded Pitt with...

Italian street food chain coming to Oakland

For those hoping for a little more amore in their lives, Oakland will be getting itself a new Italian restaurant. Piada Italian Street Food, a chain of fast casual eateries similar in style to Chipotle,...

Pro-choice demonstrators at the U.S. Supreme Court cheer as they learn the court struck down the Texas abortion law on Monday, June 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/Zuma Press/TNS)

Supreme Court ruling sparks PA legislation

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 5, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court’s biggest abortion ruling in decades might signal changes for the Keystone State. The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 June 27 that a Texas law requiring abortion clinics to meet the same...

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Pitt professors selected for national guidelines

By Yuanyuan Xiao / For The Pitt News July 5, 2016

Two of Pitt’s own will play a part in setting the nation on a healthier track. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell has selected two Pitt professors — John Jakicic and...

Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

Pittsburgh celebrates bicentennial with sand-sculpting competition

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 5, 2016

Despite being far from a beach, Pittsburgh is celebrating its bicentennial covered in sand. For a week, beginning July 2, ten world-renowned sand sculptors are competing in teams of two to build sand...

Pitt anti-virus software includes security vulnerabilities

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor July 5, 2016

The anti-virus software used by most Pitt campus computers includes several security vulnerabilities. Symantec Corporation announced two critical security vulnerabilities affecting several of its products,...

Interactive Crime Map June 28 – July 3

By The Pitt News Staff July 5, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity from June 28 to July 3. Tuesday, June 28, 2016 4:50 p.m. Holland Hall. Pitt police responded to a report that two pieces of carpet were stolen. 8:36 p.m. Forbes and...

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