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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer

Jack Troy is a Senior Staff Writer at The Pitt News. A native of Western Pennsylvania, he will graduate in April 2024 with a major in Political Science and a minor in Economics. He worked as a columnist and editor on the opinions desk from January to December 2021, and now writes for the news desk.

You can contact him at [email protected]. 

All content by Jack Troy
James O’Keefe projects a protest flyer during his event at the O’Hara Student Center on Thursday night.

James O’Keefe talks ‘exposing corruption’ at Turning Point USA event

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
December 1, 2023
Supporters of the faculty union gather outside of the William Pitt Union on Friday, Feb. 24.

United Steelworkers cite delayed bargaining with faculty in unfair labor practice charges against Pitt

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
November 28, 2023
The Cathedral of Learning.

Pitt hits Board of Trustees protestors with charges, conduct hearings

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
November 17, 2023
Peoples Oakland, located at the corner of Bates and Zulema streets, has provided social and psychiatric rehabilitation services since 1974.

Peoples Oakland offers expansive social services, despite funding challenges

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
November 10, 2023
Shannon Fink (left) and Erica Carson (right) paint the Snack Shack at People’s Oakland while volunteering as part of Pitt Civic Action Week.

Pitt staff take paid time off to volunteer

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
October 23, 2023
Collection of all the 2023-2024 Spirit of Pitt Homecoming candidates.

Meet the nominees running for Spirit of Pitt

By Spencer Levering and Jack Troy
October 9, 2023
Graduate workers assemble to protest in Schenley Plaza on Monday.

Eyeing election, organizers for a graduate workers union launch card campaign

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
October 2, 2023
Legal gavel and open law book.

Court rules student-led lawsuit against Pitt over remote learning has merit

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
September 28, 2023
A lanternfly takes a ride on a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in Oakland.

Check for hitchhikers, and stomp if you’d like: Experts urge mindful management of spotted lanternflies

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2023
Graduate students march to the Cathedral of Learning on Friday to deliver their health insurance petition to the Office of the Provost.

‘Direct attack’: Health insurance hikes push graduate students’ budgets to the breaking point

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
September 4, 2023
The Cathedral of Learning and Litchfield Towers.

Pitt staff files unfair labor practice charge over alleged mandatory meetings with anti-union messaging

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
July 6, 2023
The halls outside the School of Education on the fifth floor of Wesley W. Posvar Hall.

More than a month after commencement, advising error sends 17 Pitt teaching students back to class

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
June 28, 2023
Members of the Pitt faculty union and United Steelworkers at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Monday.

“Truly a historic day”: Organizers file for Pitt staff union election

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
June 6, 2023
Fuel and Fuddle on Oakland Avenue.

Fuel and Fuddle to close after 27 years

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
May 23, 2023
A pile of cash.

Pitt staff set to receive new job classifications, salary ranges this summer

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 19, 2023
Protestors leave a faculty union protest at Posvar Hall Tuesday morning.

Faculty union rallies as compensation negotiations remain stalled

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 19, 2023
Danielle Obisie-Orlu: Stories and studies of belonging

Danielle Obisie-Orlu: Stories and studies of belonging

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 11, 2023
Pitt police stand outside of the O'Hara Student Center where Cabot Phillips spoke on March 24.

Interventions from police, staff call Pitt’s protest policies into question

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 11, 2023
A Pitt graduate student union poster.

Pitt grad union organizers, emboldened by labor wins across academia, escalate efforts

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 10, 2023
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher.

Gallagher reports record applications, growth in research at Board of Trustees meeting

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 26, 2023
Supporters of the faculty union gather outside of the William Pitt Union Friday morning.

Faculty union protests, police intervene before Board of Trustees meeting

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 24, 2023
The Cathedral of Learning and Litchfield Towers.

Pay, advancement top priorities for organizers as staff unionization ramps up

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 21, 2023
Candidates for Allegheny County executive speak at the Barbara Daly Danko Political Forum, on Saturday at Carnegie Mellon University in the McConomy Auditorium. Pictured from left to right: Liv Bennett, Dave Fawcett, Sara Innamorato, Michael Lamb, Erin McClelland, Will Parker, and John Weinstein.

Forum highlights similar goals, diverse policies in crowded county executive race

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 19, 2023
Pigeons sit on top of a building.

‘Depressing:’ Fifth Avenue construction sends pigeons packing

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 6, 2023
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital complex on Fifth Avenue.

Lee and Innamorato slam UPMC, tout antitrust bill in report

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 3, 2023
A PRT bus on Fifth Avenue.

PRT preps for Bus Rapid Transit with changes to Oakland routes

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
January 27, 2023
Vegetables in a grocery store.

Oakland Crossings on hold as Walnut Capital grapples with rising costs

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
January 22, 2023
Pitt Faculty Union flyers on a campus table.

Pitt’s spending on ‘union avoidance firm’ slows, but reaches $3M

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
January 18, 2023
Faculty union members demonstrate outside of Provost Cudd’s office, push for job security

Faculty union members demonstrate outside of Provost Cudd’s office, push for job security

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
December 7, 2022
A Pitt graduate student union poster.

‘Cockroaches of the labor movement:’ High turnover proves blessing and curse for graduate union organizers

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
November 29, 2022
Pitt Faculty Union flyers on a campus table.

Solidarity, serenity and slow negotiations: Faculty look back on year since unionization

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
October 28, 2022
A row of test tubes in a lab.

Pitt works to alleviate shortage of researchers, temporary workers

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
October 13, 2022
Pitt English professor Shannon Reed sits in her office.

Faculty reflect on more robust COVID-19 accommodations

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
September 20, 2022
A rendering of the proposed construction at 3440 Forbes Ave.

Court strikes down community opposition to construction of a proposed Forbes office building

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
August 31, 2022
Pitt Faculty Union flyers on campus table.

Pitt faculty union, administration dispute bargaining unit size

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
May 24, 2022
Starbucks at Amos Hall on Fifth Avenue.

Amos Hall Starbucks votes to unionize in a landslide

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
May 6, 2022
Najeeb Shafiq: Embracing a messy reality

Najeeb Shafiq: Embracing a messy reality

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 20, 2022
Oakland Avenue in Oakland.

Oakland Plan nearing adoption as official City policy

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
April 5, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning seen from Schenley Plaza.

Pitt faculty union elects bargaining committee, begins negotiating with administration

By Neena Hagen and Jack Troy
March 1, 2022
The sixth floor of the William Pitt Union.

Student organizations navigate limited space in WPU sixth floor

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 10, 2022
Halket Street in Oakland.

Gainey hears mixed feelings on Oakland Crossings at town hall

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 3, 2022
Pitt’s Faculty Assembly met Wednesday afternoon to discuss returning to in-person classes and the on-campus crime policy.

Faculty Assembly discusses return to in-person classes, on-campus crime policy

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
January 21, 2022
U.S. Interstate Highway 279, heading northwest out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Opinion | With all that cars have taken, why can’t we let them go?

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
November 30, 2021
Opinion | What good are police?

Opinion | What good are police?

By Jack Troy, Assistant Opinions Editor
October 19, 2021
Opinion | More Oakland streets should be reclaimed for pedestrians, businesses

Opinion | More Oakland streets should be reclaimed for pedestrians, businesses

By Jack Troy, Assistant Opinions Editor
September 28, 2021
Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb launched a campaign to run for U.S. Senate, seeking to fill Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat.

Opinion | Conor Lamb can’t be trusted as PA’s next senator

By Jack Troy, Assistant Opinions Editor
September 2, 2021
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the evacuation of U.S. citizens and their families, SIV applicants and their families and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Opinion | Withdrawing from Afghanistan was an unconscionable blunder

By Jack Troy, Assistant Opinions Editor
August 27, 2021
Dalia Maeroff (left) and Jack Troy (right) are the opinions editors for the 2021-22 academic year.

Meet the editors: Opinions

By Dalia Maeroff and Jack Troy
August 26, 2021
Opinion | What is the in-person experience at Pitt like?

Opinion | What is the in-person experience at Pitt like?

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
August 18, 2021
Opinion | Cast a wide net to find the activities and clubs you love

Opinion | Cast a wide net to find the activities and clubs you love

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
June 26, 2021
Opinion | Don’t fall for billionaire propaganda — strengthening the IRS is a good thing

Opinion | Don’t fall for billionaire propaganda — strengthening the IRS is a good thing

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
June 15, 2021
Opinion | Bridges for animals may sound ridiculous, but they save money and lives

Opinion | Bridges for animals may sound ridiculous, but they save money and lives

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
June 8, 2021
Opinion | Workers have every right to hold out for improved job opportunities

Opinion | Workers have every right to hold out for improved job opportunities

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor
May 25, 2021
The Office of Rep. Mike Doyle, PA-18, at 2637 East Carson St. in Pittsburgh.

Opinion | Mike Doyle has coasted in Congress for too long

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Columnist
April 22, 2021
Opinion | Reject manipulative advertising

Opinion | Reject manipulative advertising

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Columnist
April 15, 2021
Opinion | We must unapologetically enforce consequence culture

Opinion | We must unapologetically enforce consequence culture

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Columnist
April 1, 2021
Opinion | Ramanan’s three-headed SGB presidency

Opinion | Ramanan’s three-headed SGB presidency

By Jack Troy, Staff Columnist
March 18, 2021
Opinion | It’s time to update Pittsburgh’s flag

Opinion | It’s time to update Pittsburgh’s flag

By Jack Troy, Staff Columnist
March 14, 2021
Opinion | Myth overcame merit in SGB elections

Opinion | Myth overcame merit in SGB elections

By Jack Troy, Staff Columnist
March 10, 2021
Opinion | Biden must take a hardline on Saudi Arabia to save Yemen

Opinion | Biden must take a hardline on Saudi Arabia to save Yemen

By Jack Troy, For The Pitt News
February 26, 2021
African elephants in Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe.

Opinion | We need to reimagine zoos

By Jack Troy, For The Pitt News
February 11, 2021
Opinion | Wall Street can spare the drama over Gamestop

Opinion | Wall Street can spare the drama over Gamestop

By Jack Troy, For The Pitt News
February 2, 2021
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