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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

Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer

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Student Government Board at its first meeting of the semester at Nordy’s Place on Sept. 6.

SGB allocated $511K during fall semester to clubs, organizations

By Punya Bhasin and Katie Cassidy
January 24, 2023
Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

Senate Council talks IPA policy, sexual assault prevention

By Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer
November 11, 2022
A close up of a Pennsylvania voter registration form.

Pennsylvania voting organizations register students as midterm election nears

By Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer
October 11, 2022
A student places a can of alcoholic seltzer into a fridge.

‘Put yourself first’: Students reflect on sobriety in college

By Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer
February 23, 2022
Helen Campbell, CEO and co-founder of Stories Like Me.

‘Want you to succeed’: Pitt’s SBDC helps women-owned businesses

By Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer
January 30, 2022
Pitt’s Faculty Assembly met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the future of teaching at Pitt during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faculty Assembly discusses pandemic learning, background checks and HIPAA

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
December 2, 2021
The LGBTQIA+ health equity panel hosted by Pitt Public Health’s Student Government Association in the Pitt Public Health building and over Zoom on Thursday evening.

‘Our systems are broken’: Panel discusses LGBTQIA+ health equity

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
November 12, 2021
Students slowly made their way in and out of polling stations to vote in Pittsburgh’s historic municipal election on Tuesday.

Pitt students react to Nov. 2 municipal election

By Katie Cassidy, Quentin Tan, and Millicent Watt
November 3, 2021
The City-County building in Downtown.

Incumbents, Democrats win big in general election

By Katie Cassidy and Quentin Tan
November 3, 2021
Holly Hickling is campaigning as an independent candidate for magisterial district judge for the West End of Pittsburgh in next Tuesday’s municipal election. Hickling works at the School of Pharmacy as a senior programs evaluation specialist in the program evaluations research unit.

‘I knew I needed to move up’: Holly Hickling runs for magisterial district judge

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
October 28, 2021
The Nov. 2 general election takes place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will decide several municipal appointments.

Your guide to the Nov. 2 municipal election

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
October 26, 2021
Hand-painted stones in the courtyard of East End Cooperative Ministries at the second annual “Service Setting Stones of Love and Hope” in Squirrel Hill on Sunday. ​​

Service event commemorates Tree of Life massacre, spreads positivity through art

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
October 24, 2021
The Plant2Plate student-run garden that produces fruits, vegetables and herbs from a plot of land located on Oakland Avenue, across from Bouquet Gardens.

Pitt student garden facing relocation amid year of growth

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
October 12, 2021
Voting in Pitt’s faculty unionization election closed Tuesday evening. Eligible professors and researchers from all five Pitt campuses cast their vote on whether to unionize or not.

Faculty union organizers ‘optimistic’ as election draws to a close

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
October 12, 2021
The Senate Budget Policies Committee held its first meeting of the year via Zoom on Friday.

Senate committee discusses budget, Outlier at year’s first meeting

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
September 19, 2021
Eric Macadangdang (left) and Malena Hirsch both served in student governing roles on campus this academic year. Macadangdang was Student Government Board president and Hirsch was Graduate and Professional Student Government president.

‘On fire for over a year’: Pitt leaders reflect on pandemic year

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
April 21, 2021
Abigail Skeel is a junior history of art and architecture major.

‘Finding that joy in their life again’: Student org helps traumatic brain injury patient

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
April 21, 2021
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey dialed in Thursday evening to share his political insight with students across the Pittsburgh area — all while driving home from a late congressional meeting.

Sen. Bob Casey discusses civic engagement at RSA town hall, encourages youth activism

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
April 19, 2021
Ashley Priore, a Clinton Global Initiative University scholar, teaches chess to anyone between pre-K and 12th grade through Queen’s Gambit, with a focus on supporting young students of color.

Pitt student founds third organization, mentors youth through chess

By Katie Cassidy, For The Pitt News
April 2, 2021
Allie Staman, a junior nursing major, served as an RA in Sutherland Hall last year and currently oversees 34 first-year residents in Tower B.

Allie Staman voted best RA in “Best Of” survey

By Katie Cassidy, For The Pitt News
March 22, 2021
Pitt moved from Elevated Risk to Guarded Risk last Thursday at 7 a.m., following the limited reopening of some dining and study spaces in mid-February. These study spots include the Cathedral of Learning, the William Pitt Union, Hillman Library and many other locations.

Pitt opens study spaces, limited dine-in seating to student applause

By Katie Cassidy, For The Pitt News
March 18, 2021
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