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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Governor Tom Wolf closed the SCI Pittsburgh prison to decrease Pennsylvania's budget deficit. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/MCT)

Wolf relents on budget, Pitt to receive $143 million

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 23, 2016

If Gov. Tom Wolf keeps his promise to do nothing, Pitt is set to receive the $143 million in state funding legislators promised in just four days. After a press conference Wednesday, Wolf issued a statement...

The reception under Harrisburg's Capital dome.   Josh Ye for The Pitt News

Gallagher and students petition Wolf to sign budget, bill that would fund Pitt

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer March 22, 2016

HARRISBURG, PA — Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s message is clear: With Pitt, Pennsylvania wins. That was his mantra Tuesday as he and about 200 faculty, staff and students met with lawmakers during...

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in front of Bellefonte Area High School on July 13, 2015 in Bellefonte, Pa. Gov. Wolf visited the school to talk about the Pennsylvania budget. (TNS)

Pitt’s budget woes continue

Pitt has gone eight months without state funding. Now state lawmaker's latest proposal, and a bill that would fund Pitt, are in jeopardy.  Pennsylvania legislators have passed a budget and four bills...

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in front of Bellefonte Area High School on July 13, 2015 in Bellefonte, Pa. Gov. Wolf visited the school to talk about the Pennsylvania budget. (TNS)

State could restore Pitt funding, Wolf signature pending

By Dale Shoemaker / News Desk March 16, 2016

If Gov. Tom Wolf signs a Pennsylvania Senate bill today, Pitt will receive more than $143 million in state funding. Following the state’s 2015 budget impasse, which has now lasted eight months, the...

Gallagher calls on state legislators to pass budget

Gallagher calls on state legislators to pass budget

After eight months of impasse, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher has united with the presidents of three state-related universities in Harrisburg to urge state legislators to pass a budget. A statement Gallagher...

President Barack Obama stops at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Ill., following his speech at the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Obama awards four Pitt professors

President Obama has recognized four Pitt professors for their groundbreaking research — and their careers are just starting out. According to a release from the University, Obama awarded 105 researchers...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Students dance to protest violence against women

By Saskia Berrios-Thomas / Staff Writer February 14, 2016

When Pitt students want to fight an injustice, they usually make signs, march and protest. But Saturday, they danced. To raise awareness of the worldwide violence against women, Pitt’s chapter of Amnesty...

Pitt partners with Beijing university

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 11, 2016

Pitt’s Innovation Institute announced a new partnership with Tsinghua University in Beijing Tuesday that will kick-start collaborative projects in technology, commercialization and research. According...

Pat Corelli gives an update at the SGB meeting.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

SGB officially launches call for state budget

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 10, 2016

Using pen, paper and Twitter, Pitt’s Student Government Board is appealing to Pennsylvania legislators to please — after seven months — pass a state budget. At SGB’s weekly meeting, Board members...

Bernice King spoke to students Friday night in the O'Hara Student Center.  Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Bernice King visits Pitt

By Andrew O'Brien / For The Pitt News February 8, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr.’s life may have been cut short by an assassin’s bullet almost 48 years ago, but his youngest daughter has picked up his fight for equality. On Friday, Bernice King, carrying...

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