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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

Pitt professor first woman to win Polymer Prize

By Leo Dornan / For the Pitt News October 27, 2015

As the first woman to win the Polymer Physics Prize, Anna Balazs remembers the women who came before her. “I look to the women before me and I am so impressed with all the work they have done themselves...

Candidates for United States naturalization gather at Schenley Plaza on Monday afternoon to officially become citizens.  Valkyrie Speaker | Staff Photographer

Pittsburgh inaugurates new citizens

By Dylan Shaffer / For the Pitt News October 27, 2015

Without immigrants, there wouldn’t be a Cathedral of Learning. “[Pitt’s neighbors] donated their own scarce resources, their own treasure, and their own sweat to complete the project,” Pitt Chancellor...

Students gathered in the William Pitt Union Ballroom to network with and hear from media internship panelists on Monday night.  Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor

Media professionals give internship advice to students

By Mark Pesto / Senior Staff Writer October 27, 2015

If you send Sharon Walsh a cover letter addressed, “Dear Sir or Madam,” she will throw your application away. “If you don’t have the wherewithal to find the name of the editor when it’s right...

The bus accident took place near upper campus in October 2015. | Dale Shoemaker / Contributing Editor

Two pedestrians killed in accident involving Port Authority bus near upper campus

An accident involving a Port Authority bus has killed two pedestrians near upper campus this afternoon. Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph said two passengers, a woman and a man in a wheelchair,...

Trustees approve Pitt plan, ADA elevators

By Zoë Hannah / For the Pitt News October 25, 2015

Pitt’s Board of Trustees put an end to phase one of Pitt’s strategic plan and said it’s time to begin implementation by making changes through campaigns and committees. At a Board of Trustees meeting...

Family, friends and students honor Susan Hicks at candlelight vigil on Saturday, Oct. 24. | Wenhao Wu / Staff Photographer

OBITUARY: Remembering Susan Hicks

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor October 25, 2015

Susan Hicks was always learning, often traveling and never limiting her capacity for empathy or her dedication to students. Hicks, 34, was assistant director of academic affairs at Pitt’s Center for...

Pitt Black Action Society hosts Bree Newsome

By Zoë Hannah / For the Pitt News October 25, 2015

For Bree Newsome, the conversation on race violence didn’t end when she descended the South Carolina Statehouse flagpole, clutching a Confederate flag. Newsome is a social justice activist who climbed...

Students volunteer their Saturday in order to improve the greater Pittsburgh community as part of Pitt Make a Difference Day.  Photo courtesy of Elli Warsh

Students pitch in at PMADD

By Elli Warsh / Staff Writer October 25, 2015

Dust, nails and shattered roof shale flew around inside the dingy house in East Liberty as a group of Pitt students worked furiously to rebuild the house for a needy family. The volunteers worked to fix...

Pitt, community mourn death of adviser, cyclist

The death of a cyclist and Pitt adviser has left the City — and the University — mourning this weekend. Susan Hicks, who was the assistant director for academic affairs for the Center for Russian...

By Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Pitt administrator dead after Forbes car accident

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor October 24, 2015

A Pitt administrator in the Center for Russian and Eastern European studies has died after her bicycle was hit by a car near campus Friday evening. According to police, the incident occurred at the...

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