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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Students assemble knot rugs as part of the MLK Day of Service hosted by PittServes.  William Miller | Staff Photographer

Students serve for MLK Jr. Day

Rather than sleep in on Monday, Josh Hanley bundled up and  boarded a bus to North Hills to care for abandoned animals. Similarly, Courtney Noeth and Michelle Hayner stitched patches of old T-shirts...

Photo essay: Students gather to pray for south Asian flood and earthquake victims

In the wake of recent floods and earthquakes across South Asia, a circle of Pitt students gathered to pray together Friday night in the William Pitt Union. About 28 students from the Muslim Student Association,...

Courtesy of Justin Horowitz.

SGB Traditions Committee: Rundown

By Taylor Mulcahey / For The Pitt News January 18, 2016

The Student Government Board Traditions Committee held its first meeting of the semester Sunday night in the William Pitt Union. The Traditions Committee, a subgroup of SGB, works to strengthen and preserve...

Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor

Pitt study explains sleep cycles for the elderly

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer January 15, 2016

Robert Winston has slept through flood sirens, earthquakes, tornadoes and even an emergency plane landing. Now, at age 88, Winston’s continued ability to sleep well makes him an exception among senior...

Port Authority will begin reducing underused bus stops to improve efficiency.  (Lake Fong/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/MCT)

Port Authority proposes flat fare

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer January 14, 2016

In response to rider and staff feedback, Port Authority has issued a proposal to implement a flat $2.50 per ride fare for the first time in 35 years. At a Port Authority board meeting Wednesday, the Planning...

Students gather around tables in the William Pitt Union on Wednesday to learn about and sign up for volunteer activities during a PittServes volunteer fair.  Valkyrie Speaker | Staff Photographer

Students peruse winter community service options

By Elli Warsh / Staff Writer January 14, 2016

Anxious to recruit members for her new service club, Raechel Heil stood at her volunteer fair booth with flyers and an ambitious smile. Students congregated at the booths of 72 organizations around Pittsburgh...

During My Cry in the Dark, an event addressing mental health in the black community, Delta Sigma Theta member Shelleah Jackson instructs a table creating bookmarks with positive messages.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Out of the darkness: Sorority hosts mental health discussion

By Leo Dorman / Staff Writer January 14, 2016

In high school, Morgan Cooper-Okerchiri was known as “the funniest black girl you’ll ever meet.” To her, that wasn’t a compliment. With nobody else that looked like her at her predominantly white...

Aaron Kutchner, a server at Red Oak Cafe, serves vegetarian dishes to Kelly Williams (left), a Ph.D student in Public Health, and Adelina Malito (right), a Social Work Masters student.  Nikki Moriello  | Visual Editor

Meatless Monday coming to Oakland

By Shumeng Yang / Staff Writer January 13, 2016

A neighborhood group in Oakland is going green this Monday to draw vegetarian diners. Though Oakland Business Improvement District’s Restaurant Week is semiannual, the community group in Oakland is...

Logan Meis, 20, balances on his hover board outside his apartment complex in Overland Park, Kan., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. Meis purchased the personal transportation device for about $330 online. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/TNS)

Pitt bans hoverboards

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor January 13, 2016

Pitt put its foot down Tuesday with a new rule that bans hoverboards from campus housing. Panther Central said in an email to students that it is banning hoverboards, which are self-balancing electric...

Officials announce Terence S. Dermody, MD Pediatrics, new Chair of Pediatrics at Pitt and Scientific Director of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.  Photo courtesy of UPMC

Pitt, UPMC name new pediatric chair

Pitt and the Children’s Hospital of UPMC are getting new perspective with a researcher and leader focused on curing disease and increasing life expectancy. On Jan. 11, officials of Children’s Hospital...

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