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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

What PittStart won’t tell you: Advice from the class of 2015

By Nerine Sivagnanam / Staff Writer May 28, 2015

Not long after Samantha Nuttall got to Pitt as a freshman, a bus driver told her and one of her friends they were on the wrong bus — in the middle of a neighborhood, far from Oakland.The pair “got...

Not green enough: After Year of Sustainability, campus environmentalists say Pitt should have done more

By Mark Pesto / Staff Writer May 26, 2015

Pitt is one of the greenest colleges in the U.S., according to a new Princeton Review rating, but some student activists are still not satisfied.At the end of April, Pitt completed its first-ever Year...

Instagram says emoji could be a new form of language, experts, students are not so sure

Instagram says emoji could be a new form of language, experts, students are not so sure

By Alexis Mazzeo / For the Pitt News May 26, 2015

Scott Fahlman didn’t mean to start a trend.When Fahlman, a computer science researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, would communicate with colleagues on online message boards in the early 1980s, he...

Pitt releases salaries of top earners

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 26, 2015

While the IRS requires Pitt to publicly name its highest-paid employees, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher was not on the list this year. Under the right-to-know law, Pitt released its income tax returns...

Medical marijuana gains momentum in Pa.

By Mark Pesto / Staff Writer May 19, 2015

Last week, the Pennsylvania State Senate took a major step toward making the Keystone State even greener.On May 12, Senate Bill 3, which would legalize medical use of cannabis in the state of Pennsylvania,...

Pitt staff questions Chancellor at conference

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 19, 2015

Kathy Hansell-Prigg has noticed that some of her colleagues are leaving Pitt — for higher pay in their fields elsewhere.At a public meeting yesterday, she got the chance to ask Chancellor Patrick Gallagher...

Bike sharing program expected to launch soon

Bike sharing program expected to launch soon

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 13, 2015

With one foot already on the pedal, Pittsburgh will soon gain another way to get around.In the next few weeks, Pittsburgh Bike Share, an organization that will rent bicycles ride by ride, will launch a...

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