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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

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Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Pitt

With his right hand raised, Vice President Joe Biden put sexual assault prevention “on us,” leading several hundred Pitt students in a pledge Tuesday to eliminate campus sexual assault. “I pledge...

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Pitt study links frequent social media use and depression in young adults

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer April 4, 2016

Even as she scrolls through her social media feeds, Erica Cunningham can see why the constant connection might not be so good for her. “When you are on social media, it is hard to compare what your...

Students honored with Goldwater scholarship

For the fourth year in a row, the foundation behind the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship recognized all of Pitt’s student nominees. Three Pitt juniors — Patrick Asinger, Natalie Dall and Charles Hansen...

Positive racial identities can help children learn

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor April 4, 2016

When parents and teachers start having conversations about race and racial identity with children — even when they’re as young as 3-years-old — those children go on to do better in school. That...

Crime Map for March 25 – April 1

By The Pitt News Staff April 3, 2016

Here's the interactive crime map for March 25 to April 1. Friday, March 25, 2016 7:52 a.m. Nordenberg Hall. Police responded to a student’s report of their own consumption of alcohol. Police referred...

Cameron Linton, a Pitt senior, is a Republican delegate.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Q&A: Soon to be Pitt grad and Republican delegate

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer April 3, 2016

By the end of this month, Cameron Linton will be a Pitt graduate — and a Republican delegate. As he’s running alongside just two other delegate candidates — Mike DeVanney and Mary Ann Meloy —...

Researchers develop portable cell model

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer April 3, 2016

Remote communities often lack the kind of medical labs necessary for accurate diagnoses and treatments, but new lab-on-a-chip technology from Pitt may make these devices like these portable.  Pitt researchers...

No one injured in Oakland shooting

Pittsburgh police are searching for someone who shot a gun into a park and a house in Oakland Friday night. According to the release, no one was injured, but police officers found four shell casings...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Theres no place like a Bernie rally

Just months after we thought we lost her for good, Dorothy, the Cathedral of Learning’s peregrine falcon, is back. And this time, she’s supporting democratic socialism. Four months after the National...

Cathy confused by lack of catcalls

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor April 1, 2016

Watching students trickle out of its doors around 10 p.m. last Thursday as they headed home from a long day of class, schoolwork and club meetings, Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning realized it hadn’t been...

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