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Pitt’s School of Education dean to step down

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • August 30, 2015

Alan Lesgold spent fifteen consecutive graduation ceremonies with a red ball on his nose. Lesgold, the outgoing dean of Pitt’s School of Education, enjoyed closing the ceremony by donning the ball to...

Community members support, critique bike lane proposal at public meeting

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • August 30, 2015

Put Oakland and bike lanes in the same sentence, and some residents are bound to get upset. At the final project presentation for proposed bike lanes in Oakland, some of the more than 50 attendees were...

Pitt completes renovations on two of eight Cathedral elevators

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • August 30, 2015

Pitt has completed the first phase of its Cathedral elevator modernization project. According to spokesman John Fedele, two elevator cars in the Cathedral of Learning, cars F and J, are now fully renovated...

Pittsburgh City Council to refine noise control ordinance

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • August 30, 2015

By changing a few words in local legislation, Pittsburgh City Council hopes to make it easier to keep the peace. At a City Council Meeting on Tuesday, Bruce Kraus, City Council president and South Oakland...

Pitt’s Board of Trustees approves tuition increase at Oakland campus

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

Without an official budget from the Pennsylvania Legislature, Pitt’s Board of Trustees has voted to increase tuition for the 2015-2016 school year. At an Executive Committee meeting Friday morning...

Oakland man arrested for indecent assault Tuesday night

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • August 30, 2015

Pitt Police have arrested an Oakland man accused of assaulting a woman on Pitt’s campus. Police now have Bochy Fu, 35, in custody after he allegedly assaulted the same woman twice within minutes on...

Family, friends honor late student Stephen Patrizio

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

Above all else, Stephen Patrizio was a good friend. “I just always remember how excited he was to see me, or any of his good friends. It made you feel so special,” said David “DJ” Gress, a junior...

Outdoor movies in Pittsburgh: A guide

By Allison Bradley / For The Pitt News • August 30, 2015

All you need is a blanket and some buttery popcorn to enjoy one of Pittsburgh’s best — and free — summer traditions. Every summer, the City of Pittsburgh hosts a series of outdoor movies called...

They picked them, we read them

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Assistant News Editor • August 30, 2015

Each summer, Marianne Novy rummages through her home, gathering the books she hadn’t had a chance to read during the school year. Novy, a literature professor at Pitt, said like many others, she gets...

Pitt provides payment and housing for summer interns, but not all accommodations

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

hey live in the dorms, they work with the professors and they know campus like the backs of their hands — but they’re not Pitt students. They’re summer interns. Angelica Herrera, Llorr Robinson...