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The Pitt News

Posters previewing the athletic facility renovations. Photo by Meg Millure

Pitt Athletics kicks off wave of renovations

By Meg Millure / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

Shiny new uniforms and flashing lights may have diverted attention away from posters bordering the walls at the Pitt script unveiling earlier this month. The posters featured millions of dollars worth...

The Pitt-Penn State football rivalry will be renewed at Heinz Field this fall. Photo courtesy of Pitt Archives

Pitt vs. Penn State: Long time, no rivalry

One of Pennsylvania’s most storied football rivalries is back — for now. After a 16-year hiatus, the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Penn State Nittany Lions will battle it out on the gridiron for the...

DB Jordan Whitehead has been named to multiple prestigious preseason awards watch lists for 2016. Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

2016-17 Sports: Minors might outdo majors

By Ryan Reichardt / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

Although the gray Pittsburgh winter has passed, the fog surrounding the University of Pittsburgh’s sports teams remains. After several major changes in the University’s big-name sports, including...

Giorgiana Zeremenko (21) broke Pitt softball's single-season home run record in 2016. Photo from Pitt News Archives

Q&A with Giorgiana Zeremenko, homegrown slugger

By Phoebe Gilmore / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

After leading Canon-McMillan High School to the PIAA softball championship as a junior, local talent Giorgiana Zeremenko has already enjoyed a record-setting career in her first two seasons at Pitt. The...

I am more than my public speaking anxiety

By Lauren Long / For The Pitt News May 31, 2016

If I had to rank my fears, public speaking would outrank lying on my deathbed tomorrow, sharing a tiny tank with a tarantula, getting caught alone in a pitch black forest with no flashlight and tiptoeing...

Students protesting Milo Yiannopoulos' presentation. Abigail Self | Staff Photographer

Asking for Space

“Two, four, six, eight — stop the violence, stop the rape.” “Trump, Trump, Trump.” The chants from opposing groups mingled with conservative British activist Milo Yiannopoulos’ presentation...

Sarah Best, the president of Pitt's chapter of the American Association of University Women, takes a picture in front of the AAUW's Red Cup Project. / Photo courtesy of Sarah Best.

Women at Pitt: Tracking their history from lantern night to leadership

In a 2015 speech abroad, First Lady Michelle Obama urged a room full of people not to leave education out of discussions about women’s rights. “If we truly want to get girls into our classrooms,...

The SGB board members  for the upcoming academic year take a group photo at their inauguration. Photo Courtesy of Sydney Harper

Meet the Student Government Board

The members of Pitt’s incoming Student Government Board share their plans with The Pitt News. At a retreat tucked away in southern Pennsylvania, the new members of Pitt’s Student Government Board...

Guidelines at Pitt, Nationally Address Trans Inclusivity

Pitt’s transgender policies have fluctuated in the past few years, following — and at times preceding — national controversy regarding bathroom rights.  In response to what The New York Times called...

A volunteer tends to the community garden on Oakland Avenue. Alex Nally | Staff Photographer

Sustainable Pitt

By Shumeng Yang / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

About 400,000 people from thousands of organizations — dressed in vibrant costumes and wielding anti-fracking and clean energy signs — took to the streets of New York City demanding change at the 2014...

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