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Study shows emoticons bust gender stereotypes

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer • January 8, 2015

When it comes to emotions, smiley faces are the great gender equalizer between men and women.In a 2000 study, Alecia Wolf, an assistant dean at the University of Texas at Tyler, looked at how people express...

Seeing Red: FDA’s move to loosen blood donor ban meets opposition

By Lauren Wilson / For The Pitt News • January 8, 2015

A federal recommendation that would lift the ban on men who have had sex with other men from donating blood has left members of the LGBTQ community dissatisfied. The Food and Drug Administration issued...

My Pitt Email service allows for alias addresses

By Harrison Kaminsky / News Editor • January 8, 2015

When picking a professional email address, it’s all in the name. As of Dec. 21, students, staff and faculty can personalize their Pitt email addresses with aliases, or an “additional email address...

Power problems force students out of William Pitt Union

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor • January 6, 2015

An emergency power outage forced the William Pitt Union to close at 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to WPU management.The backup generator, also known as life-safety generator, powers the fire alarm system and...

Honors college scholarship supports previously unawarded students

By Meagan Hart / Staff Writer • January 6, 2015

For most of her time at Pitt, Sara Clark juggled tuition payments without the grace of University scholarships.Clark depended on work-study funds and loan-based grants while meagerly rationing money that...

Peet’s Coffee closes doors at Pennsylvania locations

By Abbey Reighard / Assistant News Editor • January 5, 2015

After providing Pitt students with hot beverages for slightly more than a year, Peet’s Coffee & Tea has gone cold.After assessing coffee shop locations in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, Peet’s will...

Actress, activist Laverne Cox to speak at Pitt

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor • January 5, 2015

Actress and transgender rights activist Laverne Cox will speak at Pitt this spring, according to Pitt’s Rainbow Alliance. Cox, best known for her role as hairdresser Sophia Burset in the Netflix series...

Retiree Roundup: Pitt seeks new University leaders

By Emily Ahlin / Staff Writer • January 5, 2015

As the University community begins a new year and Patrick Gallgher starts his second semester as Chancellor, some of Pitt’s senior leaders will start new stages of their lives.Rush Miller, director of...

Polar Vortex 2015?

By Aby Briner / Staff Illustrator • January 5, 2015

Salt Savior: Students dread cold, University prepared

By Elizabeth Lepro / For The Pitt News • January 5, 2015

For students like Ellen Ross, living in deep South Oakland during last year’s “polar vortex” meant long underwear — and lots of it. “I did stay in a lot more instead of going to hang with people...