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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

Everett Green proposed a new motion at the Student Government Board meeting on Tuesday night.  Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor

SGB invites PPC to join Assembly

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 4, 2015

Seeking student feedback, Pitt Student Government Board has invited an 11th student group to join its student assembly. SGB introduced a bill at its weekly public meeting Tuesday to invite Pitt Program...

Pitt Police and paramedics arrived to Wesley Posvar Hall around 12:40 p.m.  Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

Police find man with syringes

By Danielle Fox / Editor-in-Chief November 4, 2015

Pitt Police are still investigating a man they found unresponsive beside syringes in a first floor bathroom in Wesley W. Posvar Hall Tuesday afternoon. A Pitt senior who refused to give his name to The...

Top Ten 311 data for Oakland | Harrison Kaminsky

New city data paints picture of Oakland

By Annemarie Carr / Staff Writer November 4, 2015

To fill you in — from from Feb. 20 through Nov. 2., the city received 148 calls about potholes in South Oakland. According to data recently released by the city, Oakland residents also wish students...

Pitt Police and paramedics arrived to Wesley Posvar Hall around 12:40 p.m.  Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

Pitt Police called to unresponsive man

By Danielle Fox / Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2015

Pitt Police were called to an unresponsive man possessing syringes in Wesley W. Posvar Hall this afternoon. A Pitt senior who refused to give his name to The Pitt News said he was standing next to a man...

"Snowy Owl" from John James Audubon's collection "Birds of America"  Photo courtesy of Darlington Digital Library

Birders flock to Audubon’s art

By Cristina McCormack / For The Pitt News November 2, 2015

When John J. Audubon, the famous wildlife artist, came to Pittsburgh nearly 200 years ago, he paid specific attention to the passenger pigeon. Audubon, however, was more concerned in 1817 with the aesthetically...

Professor Yan Dong during the 2015 Society for Neuroscience Award Reception Speech | Photo courtesy of Dr. Junshi Wang.

Addiction research hits home

By Shumeng Yang / Staff Writer November 2, 2015

Yan Dong’s research on illicit drugs’ movement through the brain has been a work in progress since 2006. Now, he is learning how to use that movement to reverse the negative effects of addiction. Dong...

The Pitt News wins national pacemaker awards

Five Pitt News staff members received awards from the Associated Collegiate Press national journalism competition this weekend. Four Pitt students and one Pitt alumnus won awards in the categories of...

Emergency medicine students practice mass casualty procedures on volunteers on Sunday.  Photo courtesy of Pitt SEMS

Students train for mass emergency

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer November 1, 2015

After she said the building had collapsed, Lily Roth shouted through a microphone Sunday in the William Pitt Union, directing other students to search for dead or injured people. “Guys, this person...

The Pantherhythms perform in concert at Heinz Chapel on Sunday.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Glee club elite host first full-length show

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer November 1, 2015

Arranged in an arc at the front of Heinz Chapel, the 12 men of Pantherhythms stood in full tuxedos singing a range of music, from the Alma Mater to an Eric Clapton single. The Pantherhythms, a subset...

Police report weekend assaults

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 1, 2015

Two women were sexually assaulted at separate house parties in South Oakland between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to University crime alerts. According to the first alert, Pitt and...

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