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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Allison Faust in Thialand. Photo courtesy of Allison Faust

Training in Thailand: Allison Faust’s internship abroad

By Chidi Nwakpuda / Staff Writer September 11, 2015

For Allison Faust, hands-on job training is important — so much so that she went all the way to Thailand to get it. Faust, a senior biological sciences major who wants to become a veterinarian, spent...

Jeff Ahearn / Assistant Visual Editor

Tower B hit by string of thefts

Pitt Police have issued a crime alert to students after responding to a string of thefts on the eighth floor of Litchfield Tower B this week. Police issued the alert Sept. 9 after receiving three separate...

Josh Orange

Mental health: breaking the silence

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor September 10, 2015

In 2007, seventh grader Matthew Sykes needed guidance and found it in a friend and fellow Boy Scout — a “man of principle,” as he called him — who he could look up to. Sykes’ friend, who he...

Around the World: Cuba

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor September 10, 2015

Editor’s Note: Around the World is a semi-regular series in which The Pitt News breaks down world news with the help of local experts to give you the low down on what’s going on internationally. In...

Terry Tan / Staff Illustrator

Pitt makes gender studies major official

Mastering topics including sexuality, gender identity and Hillary Clinton can now earn you a major at Pitt. While the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences has always offered a gender, sexuality and women’s...

The Student Government Board discussed eliminating plastic bags on campus at Tuesday nights meeting.

SGB votes against plastic bags

Students can no longer receive free plastic bags from campus dining services, including Market Central’s Quick Zone, per a new Student Government Board resolution passed Tuesday. SGB voted unanimously...

Meghan Sunners / Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt Perfect: Student a cappella groups harmonizing on campus

By Allison Bradley / For The Pitt News September 9, 2015

Robert Browne Gartei burst through the fifth floor doors of the William Pitt Union looking more nervous than excited. This was Browne Gartei’s second time in three years trying out for a Pitt a cappella...

Amy Beaudine / Staff Writer

Biden: Man of steel

By Amy Beaudine / Staff Writer September 7, 2015

As Vice President Joe Biden left a Downtown stage at the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade, he stopped to acknowledge Bernie Sanders’ supporters in the crowd, giving two thumbs up. Biden didn’t officially...

Courtesy of Purdue University/ Mark Simons

Pitt installs new Title IX coordinator

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor September 7, 2015

After the amount of reported rape on Pitt’s campus doubled between 2013 and 2014, Pitt hired its first full-time Title IX coordinator to assess the rising numbers. The University announced it hired...

Emily Hower / Layout Editor

Beds and bathrooms: Pitt starts gender-neutral push

This fall, Pitt is welcoming students, faculty and staff to use any restroom on campus that they desire, corresponding to their gender identity. Next fall, Pitt will open Ruskin Hall as the first gender-neutral...

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