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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

Elise Roessner, Staff Writer

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The Center for Creativity hosted “Me in the Poetry: A Longed-For Bed,” in collaboration with the week-long Black Study Intensive “Collective Protest and Rebellion” sponsored by the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics.

‘Embracing joy’: Poetry workshop encourages positive thoughts, pursuing passions

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
October 2, 2020
Provost Ann Cudd said faculty will begin to offer some additional in-person courses over the next few weeks starting Monday.

Students with mixed feelings as more classes move in person

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
September 13, 2020
Pitt's outdoor COVID-19 testing site is located outside Posvar Hall.

Nose goes: A glimpse inside Pitt’s surveillance testing program

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
September 7, 2020
Pitt experienced a “major outage” on My Pitt that affected access to the site on the first day of classes, and Zoom suffered a partial outage that affected many U.S. users on Monday.

Students, professors adapt to online learning

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
August 26, 2020
Some professors are altering their expectations regarding finals.

Students, faculty adjust to online finals

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
April 19, 2020
Pitt has extended its free 30-minute-ride HealthyRide program from only first years to students still living in on-campus housing through the end of April.

Pitt offers on-campus students free Healthy Rides through April

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
April 15, 2020
The first week of online classes at the University proceeded with no major issues, according to students and faculty.

‘Resilient and committed’: First week of online classes proceeds without issue

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
March 26, 2020
Most professors’ lectures will now be accessed electronically through Panopto or Zoo

Students, professors complete first day of online classes

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
March 23, 2020
The Fossil Free Pitt Coalition’s occupation of the Cathedral of Learning lobby began last Friday at noon.

Live blog: Fossil Free Pitt Coalition’s sit-in in the Cathedral of Learning

By Jon Moss, Janine Faust, Elise Roessner, and Benjamin Nigrosh
February 25, 2020
Health experts and Pitt faculty spoke in a Coronavirus Teach-in hosted by The Pitt Asian Studies Center and discussed the research being done to develop vaccines to treat the novel coronavirus and historical precedents for the prevention of diseases.

Community gathers at teach-in to learn more about novel coronavirus

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
Chancellor Gallagher announced in January that the University will take several measures to address sexual misconduct issues on campus.

Inside the 7 “innovative solutions” for sexual assault on campus

By Neena Hagen and Elise Roessner
February 11, 2020
SGB election slates, in addition to one single candidate, met on Wednesday night to hold a Meet the Candidates event hosted by Andrew Dow, a senior communication major. SGB voting will begin Feb. 25 at 8am.

2020 SGB candidates discuss platforms

By Elise Roessner, For The Pitt News
February 6, 2020
Juan Duque, senior project manager at ZILKA and Associates Inc., discusses the opening of a Pronto Mexican Fresh restaurant on South Craig Street.

Oakland Planning and Development meeting discusses new restaurant, parking lot

By Elise Roessner, For The Pitt News
January 29, 2020
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