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Pitt settles Johnston lawsuit, looks to form trans inclusion group

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Emily Brindley / The Pitt News Staff • March 29, 2016

Four years after he was expelled, Pitt announced Tuesday that it had settled Seamus Johnston’s lawsuit and would establish a focus group on transgender inclusion. Pitt announced in a joint statement...

UPMC to pay workers $15 per hour by 2021

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer • March 29, 2016

After several years of workers calling for higher wages, UPMC announced on Tuesday that by 2021, its minimum starting wage for employees would reach $15 per hour, and average service worker pay would surpass...

Crime map for March 16 – 25

By The Pitt News Staff • March 28, 2016

Here's the interactive crime map for March 16 - 25 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:59 p.m. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. Pitt police are investigating a report of a damaged rear passenger window. 6:32...

Students inspired to move at TEDx event

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer • March 27, 2016

When Kerry Harling got sick of organizing her pills in daily containers each week, she decided to nix medication altogether. Harling suffered from countless illnesses before realizing she could fix her...

Pitt ranked 29th among best large employers

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2016

Based on employee responses, Forbes Media has ranked Pitt among the country’s top large employers. Pitt ranked 29th overall of 500 companies included in the country’s top large employers in a survey...

Pitt Pantry simulates hunger

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer • March 24, 2016

Darius Bittle-Dockery munched on rice for dinner, but he wasn’t nursing Sushi Fuku chirashi. He sat cross-legged on the floor, rationing out miniscule portions from a communal bowl. Bittle-Dockery,...

New placenta model uses space-age technology

By Erin Hare / For The Pitt News • March 24, 2016

Channeling outer space, researchers at Magee-Womens Hospital have grown cells resembling those in the human placenta in March to study how infectious diseases lead to birth defects, especially the Zika...

Universities aim to clean up city environment with new majors

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer • March 24, 2016

Though the city is now mostly free of smog and blackened bricks, the environmental impacts of the steel industry still cloud Pittsburgh’s air. So what better a place for environmental studies students? On...

Kesha to headline Pittsburgh Pride in the Streets

By Zoë Hannah / Assistant News Editor • March 23, 2016

This year’s Pittsburgh Pride in the Street will have even more glitter than usual. Kesha will headline this year’s event, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, according to a Delta Foundation...

PA primaries: A student’s guide

By Zoë Hannah / Assistant News Editor • March 23, 2016

Pennsylvania’s finally joining in on the 2016 presidential election — 281 delegates will be up for grabs in the primaries April 26. Pennsylvania voters will be able to cast their ballots for president,...