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After Year of Sustainability, Pitt stays focused on being green

By Chidi Nwakpuda / For The Pitt News • August 30, 2015

Pitt faculty and campus organizations are calling on its students to go green this year — right down to their tools. Coming off its first-ever Year of Sustainability, a year-long initiative meant to...

Pill Problem: UPMC leads antibiotic overuse research

By Annemarie Carr / For The Pitt News • August 30, 2015

You may want to rethink asking your healthcare provider for an antibiotic at the first sniffle. Launched in June, UPMC, the University of Wisconsin and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine...

In Case You Missed It…

By The Pitt News Staff • August 30, 2015

May 12 - Pitt to build Iranian Nationality Room After two unsuccessful attempts dating to 1958, Pitt will transform room 352 of the Cathedral of Learning into an Iranian Nationality Room — once...

With influx of funding, Pitt will amp up alcohol education

By Amrita Beaudine / For The Pitt News • August 30, 2015

To aid the fight against alcohol abuse on campus, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has awarded a $34,412 grant to Pitt. The Board awards grants to organizations based on their ability to “provide...

Hardhat season: A guide to construction on campus

By Chidi Nwakpuda / Staff Writer • August 30, 2015

As most students checked out, construction crews checked in this summer, fighting through the heat to begin more than $58 million worth of campus renovations. Pitt’s Board of Trustees granted the money...

‘Digital plaza’ coming to Oakland

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor • August 30, 2015

This fall, an organization will seek to install a high-tech art exhibition in Oakland. Innovation Oakland, a project that aims to transform the streets of Oakland into a digital community, plans to...

Pitt student passes away over weekend

By The Pitt News Staff • August 30, 2015

Victor Firman, a Pitt senior from Connecticut, died on Sunday. He was 22. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, Firman’s roommate called emergency responders to 3614...

Pitt welcomes largest incoming class at convocation ceremony

By Jessie Wallace / For The Pitt News • August 30, 2015

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher kicked off a 200-year-old commencement ceremony with a selfie. During the 2015 New Student Convocation, which began at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the Petersen Events Center, Gallagher...

Oakland shop owner charged in theft ring

By Dale Shoemaker and Lauren Rosenblatt / The Pitt News Staff • August 30, 2015

A Wilkins man was charged Tuesday with using drug addicts to operate a $2 million theft ring from his record store in Oakland. Following a seven-year investigation, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s...

Pending legislation could broaden LGBT rights in Pennsylvania

By Mark Pesto / Senior Staff Writer • August 30, 2015

LGBT rights could soon take another leap forward in Pennsylvania — once state legislators introduce an amendment to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Shortly after the Supreme Court’s landmark...