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Keeping the peace: How Pitt police use community policing to bridge the gap between students and Oakland residents

February 18, 2016

As Pitt Police Officer Charles Welsch approached the South Oakland porch, the students who saw him started to run.He walked past those who stayed frozen still and knocked loudly on the front door of the Bates Street home. When a student answered, he and his partner entered the house to find the leaseholder.It was 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 30, a frigid Saturday night. Welsch had stopped by the house on Bates Street after hearing blaring music from a block away while he patrolled the neighborhood to avo

University Senate talks diversity, assaults and budget impasse

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer • February 17, 2016

Pitt’s graduate and undergraduate student governments, along with other members of a working group, have called on the University Senate Council to commit to focusing on diversity and inclusion in the...

Pitt Sodexo employees start negotiating new contract

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • February 17, 2016

Sodexo employees who work at Pitt began negotiating a new labor contract with the company Wednesday. 32BJ, the local branch of the Service Employees International Union, represents the 230 Sodexo employees...

Pitt releases fossil fuel investments, students call for divestment

By Zoë Hannah, Dale Shoemaker and Lauren Rosenblatt / The Pitt News Staff • February 17, 2016

Nine months after they promised to do so, Pitt administrators have revealed that the school invests $26 million in the fossil fuel industry, information requested by a student group that wants Pitt to...

SGB offers mental health training

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer • February 17, 2016

Student Government Board member Matt Sykes announced Tuesday night that SGB will partner with the Counseling Center to host mental health training sessions this semester. At the Board’s weekly public...

Pitt considers year of ‘diversity and inclusion’

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer • February 17, 2016

The University is considering making the 2016-17 school year the “year of diversity and inclusion,” according to a vote from the University Senate Community Relations Committee. At the committee’s...

Study pitches customized medication

By Annemarie Carr / Staff Writer • February 17, 2016

Instead of prescribing drugs based solely off patients’ medical records, Pitt’s Philip Empey is looking into a new tactic — basing prescriptions on patients’ DNA. Empey, assistant professor of...

Senate talks classroom technology

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer • February 16, 2016

The Educational Policies Committee of Pitt’s University Senate is exploring different avenues to incorporate new technology, such as virtual reality and smartphones, into Pitt’s classrooms. At the...

Students learn about consent

By Andrew O'Brien • February 16, 2016

College students are drilled on the definition of consent over and over — but many of them don’t understand how to apply these lessons to their daily lives. On Monday, Mike Domitrz, founder of The...

Pitt to grant Hayes honorary degree

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • February 16, 2016

At its 40th annual Honors Convocation at the end of February, Pitt will award poet Terrance Hayes an honorary doctorate in fine arts. Chancellor Patrick Gallagher will award Hayes the degree at the ceremony...