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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

Governor Tom Wolf closed the SCI Pittsburgh prison to decrease Pennsylvania's budget deficit. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/MCT)

Wolf relents on budget, Pitt to receive $143 million

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 23, 2016

If Gov. Tom Wolf keeps his promise to do nothing, Pitt is set to receive the $143 million in state funding legislators promised in just four days. After a press conference Wednesday, Wolf issued a statement...

Hope, the Peregrine Falco, covers her eggs. (http://www.aviary.org)

Another falcon fallen: Goodbye, E2

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer March 22, 2016

A little more than three months after his first partner fell from the sky — and three days after his current partner laid her first egg — the paternal half of Pitt’s peregrine falcon couple has passed...

Illustrations comparing a normal and an Alzheimer's brain and showing the progression of the disease. (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Study finds exercise can prevent Alzheimer’s disease

By Erin Hare / For The Pitt News March 22, 2016

A little sweat and exercise can preserve brain tissue and help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new Pitt study. UPMC and the University of California, Los Angeles, co-published research...

The reception under Harrisburg's Capital dome.   Josh Ye for The Pitt News

Gallagher and students petition Wolf to sign budget, bill that would fund Pitt

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer March 22, 2016

HARRISBURG, PA — Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s message is clear: With Pitt, Pennsylvania wins. That was his mantra Tuesday as he and about 200 faculty, staff and students met with lawmakers during...

Darwin Deez to perform on campus

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 22, 2016

In its spirit of bringing fresh music to campus, progress, Pitt’s campus radio station WPTS announced Tuesday it will host progressive band Darwin Deez at its annual spring show in April. Darwin Deez,...

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Pitt students in Brussels unharmed following terrorist attacks

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 22, 2016

Two Pitt students studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium, are unharmed after a series of terrorist attacks on Tuesday, the University Study Abroad Office confirmed. Between 3 and 4 a.m. Eastern time and...

Deborah Harris, associate professor at Texas State Univesity presented "Taking the heat: Women chefs and gender inequality in the professional kitchen".  Nikki Moriello | Senior Staff Photographer

Cooking up equality

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer March 21, 2016

As Deborah Harris watched female chefs teetering in heels on a cooking show challenge where contestants thought they were going to a nightclub, she realized sexism is a main ingredient of the culinary...

Lectures were held as part of Healthy Masculinity Week.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

IFC looks to stop toxic masculinity

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer March 20, 2016

When T. Leon Williams lectured at Pitt, he asked the audience members to stand if they had never talked about masculinity in their households. Nearly everyone in the audience rose. “We don’t have...

Students work on a group activity at the ZBT and SDT Safe Smart Dating event.  Nikki Moriello | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt alums teach students signs of abusive dating

By Andrew O'Brien March 20, 2016

When lecturers Jason Horowitz and Carley Kramer Trivette asked an audience of Pitt students if they’d ever been abused in a relationship, 63 percent replied yes. This percentage, the lecturers said,...

Food and music were just two elements of the Latin American and Caribbean festival.  Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Festival brings taste of Latin America to Pitt

By Albert Giovanazzi / Staff Writer March 20, 2016

Spanish words and the scent of empanadas drifted through Posvar Hall this weekend, as the Latin American and Caribbean Festival replaced lectures with Puerto Rican musicians and tango dancers. Pitt’s...

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