The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

Civilians gather to fight for an increase in the minimum wage at a rally downtown on Tuesday.  Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

The Pitt News’ 2015 Year in Review

By The Pitt News Staff December 31, 2015

A crackdown on overcrowding, the Student Government Board president's resignation, and pushes for bike lanes and a professors union — it's been a busy year for Pitt, and The Pitt News has been there...

Stephen Squyres talks to Pitt students about the Mars Rover. Nikki Moriello / Visual Editor

Mars Rover chat: The Pitt News talks with the brains behind the mission to the red planet

By Emily Migdal / Staff Writer December 14, 2015

If the Mars rover hadn’t landed smoothly, Steven Squyres said he would likely be in therapy. “At the time we landed, my kids were in their teens, and I had been working on this thing their entire...

Allegheny Observatory offers students a chance to look at the stars.  Sydney Harper | Multimedia Editor

Light-years of learning: Pitt students, learn stars, history at Allegheny Observatory

By Zoe Hannah / Staff Writer December 14, 2015

Though it started out as a recreational observatory for the rich men who founded it, the Allegheny Observatory became the home of research that changed the world and our thoughts on what surrounds it....

Bingjie Wang studies Physics and Astronomy at Pitt.  Photo courtesy of Bingjie Wang and Caitlyn Hunter

Blasting gender barriers: There aren’t many, but more and more women are studying the stars at Pitt

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer December 14, 2015

Pitt graduate student Kara Ponder studies exploding stars to find critical distances in the universe, yet some people question why she didn’t pick a more “feminine profession.” Once, when Ponder...

A Pittsburgh Filmmakers staff members mans an equipment sign-out desk.  Emily Klenk | Staff Photographer

Despite resignation, classes at Pittsburgh Filmmakers will roll on

By Rio Maropis / Staff Writer December 11, 2015

Though the executive director of Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts has resigned from his post, classes for Pitt film students at the nonprofit will roll on. Charlie Humphrey, who...

The Pitt News looks back on Student Government Board throughout the semester.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

SGB reflects on fall term

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer December 9, 2015

With one new board member and a handful of new committee members joining Student Government Board, the Board took on projects as small as sandwiches and as big as mental illness. From food, laundry and...

Students propose innovative solutions for medical issues. | Photo courtesy of Chelsea Stowell

‘Innovation Challenge’ teams win cash

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer December 7, 2015

For Chelsea Stowell, an innovation grant may be the push she and her team of bioengineers need to start making prosthetic arteries. Stowell, a Pitt graduate student, works as part of the Phoenix team...

Off the Hook hosted Dr. William Struthers, a Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, Thursday night to talk about the injustices of pornography.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

The male brain on porn: Wheaton researcher speaks at Pitt

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer December 4, 2015

William Struthers left the rat race of rodent research and started studying the brains of male porn addicts in 2004, delivering his findings to students Thursday night in the William Pitt Union.  Struthers,...

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Researcher texts to curb drinking

By Zoe Hannah / Staff Writer December 3, 2015

To recover from the stress of a busy week, Shaina Pomerantz and her friends let loose on the weekends, beginning at home and ending the night at an Oakland bar. Pomerantz, a 22-year-old senior sociology...

FoodChain cofounders advertising their app at a Pitt event. Photo courtesy of FoodChain.

Students climb “FoodChain” with new app

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer November 30, 2015

When Pitt senior Justin Ruoff went out to eat with his then-girlfriend in the summer of 2014, they had very different meal experiences. Ruoff ordered a burger and said it was delicious. He said his companion’s...

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