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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Screenshot of Pocket Points app.

Less cell time, more discounts with Pocket Points app

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer February 10, 2016

Students finally have a tangible incentive for staying off their phones in class — discounts on local bites and coupons for stores around campus. Pocket Points, a free app two California State University,...

SGB Election 2016: A Student’s Guide

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 9, 2016

Pitt’s Student Government Board elections this March will mark the end of the longest SGB term in recent history. After passing a referendum in October 2014 to align its term with the academic year...

Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Pitt offers first trans studies course

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer February 9, 2016

It’s too far past add/drop to get a seat in Pitt’s first transgender studies course, but there wouldn’t be room for newcomers anyway. As soon as Pitt’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies...

Dr. Claudia Kawas, who oversees The 90+ Study, and Ryan Bohannan, staff research associate, examine the brain of a normal 74-year-old woman at UCI. "We've got to find a cure (for dementia and Alzheimer's disease)" Kawas, geriatric neurologist and co-principal investigator, says. (Cindy Yamanaka/Orange County Register/TNS)

Pitt to study Alzheimer’s outside of the brain

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer February 9, 2016

By examining protein structures, Pitt researcher Rena Robinson aims to shift the focus of Alzheimer’s research from the brain to the body. The National Institutes of Health recently granted Robinson...

Cara Appel-Silbaugh

Pitt interviews fourth dean of students candidate

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 8, 2016

Editor's Note: This story has been updated When a student came to her office with mental health concerns and asked to withdraw from her classes, Cara Appel-Silbaugh used her position to ease the transition....

Police report fourth assault in two weeks

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 8, 2016

Pitt and city police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Meyran Avenue early Saturday morning — the fourth assault in a week. At about 1:12 a.m. Saturday, Pitt and city police responded...

Guest Lecture, Susan Wells, presented the "In Search of the Clitoris" Lecture in the William Pitt Union Friday afternoon. Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Clitoris Talk: Pitt hears history of female sexuality

By Emily Migdal / Staff Writer February 8, 2016

With a discussion on sex and anatomy, Susan Wells documented the history of female empowerment in a lecture this weekend. On Friday, Feb. 5, about 75 students, graduates and faculty members gathered in...

Bernice King spoke to students Friday night in the O'Hara Student Center.  Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Bernice King visits Pitt

By Andrew O'Brien / For The Pitt News February 8, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr.’s life may have been cut short by an assassin’s bullet almost 48 years ago, but his youngest daughter has picked up his fight for equality. On Friday, Bernice King, carrying...

The Dean search: A student’s guide

By Dale Shoemaker / News Desk February 7, 2016

A group of eight faculty, staff and students — all a part of a search committee — will make its recommendation to Pitt’s Provost Patricia Beeson and Chancellor Patrick Gallagher sometime today for...

Interactive Crime Map for Jan. 29-Feb. 4

By The Pitt News Staff February 7, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity for Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 2:45 p.m. Magee-Womens Hospital. Police issued a warrant for the arrest of a man from Monroeville, Pennsylvania. 6:03...

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