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Natalie Frank, News Editor

Natalie Frank is the News Editor at The Pitt News. An Ohio native, she plans to graduate in April 2023 with degrees in Urban Studies and Anthropology, a minor in Political Science and a certificate in Public and Professional Writing. She joined the news staff in September 2019, was promoted to a senior staff writer in October 2020 and has been the News Editor since May 2021.

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According to a petition, the houses at 3401-3421 Bates St. and 392 Coltart Ave. near Boulevard of the Allies are a “public nuisance” due to their dilapidated and uninhabited state.

Board committee approves Hillman renovations, new chilled water plant and off-campus property acquisitions

June 17, 2021
Pitt provides COVID-19 vaccine incentives, no plans for vaccine requirement

Pitt provides COVID-19 vaccine incentives, no plans for vaccine requirement

June 17, 2021
The committee approved a flat distribution rate from the University’s endowment this year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Endowment distribution to remain the same for 2022 fiscal year

June 15, 2021
Pitt began its search for a new dean of students in February and started interviewing finalists for the position on Monday.

Interviews begin for new dean of students

June 9, 2021
Pitt eases mask, physical distancing requirements

Pitt eases mask, physical distancing requirements

June 4, 2021
Football coach Pat Narduzzi is the highest-paid non-officer employee at Pitt.

Narduzzi reported as highest-paid non-officer for fourth-straight year

June 2, 2021
The Black Action Society: Demanding Change, Then and Now

The Black Action Society: Demanding Change, Then and Now

May 26, 2021
The student affairs committee of the Board of Trustees held a public meeting last Wednesday to discuss resolutions to increase the Student Activity Fee at all four of Pitt’s campuses, the Student Wellness Fee at the Pittsburgh campus and the Student Recreation Fee at the Johnstown and Bradford branch campuses.

Board committee votes to increase student fees

May 26, 2021
The concession after the primary upset win against Bill Peduto puts Ed Gainey on a glide path to becoming the City’s first Black mayor.

Gainey upsets incumbent Peduto in Pittsburgh mayoral race primary

May 18, 2021
Ray Nell Jones: ‘All-igned’ with her purpose

Ray Nell Jones: ‘All-igned’ with her purpose

April 26, 2021
History professor Alaina Roberts helped create a formal proposal last summer that called for all undergraduates to complete a Black studies course as part of their general education requirements.

Left ‘in the dark’: Status of Black studies course requirement unclear

April 14, 2021
Pitt law professor Jerry Dickinson is running against Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pa., in the Democratic primary election.

Pitt law professor Jerry Dickinson announces second run for U.S. House

April 14, 2021
Kim Haas, a Pitt 1990 alumna, is the host of “Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas,” which first aired on PBS last fall.

‘Labor of love’: Pitt alum talks Afro-Latino history, culture on PBS show

March 19, 2021
Pitt’s Global Studies Center hosted a webinar titled “Transnational Dialogues in Afrolatinidad: Education and Anti-Blackness” on Friday afternoon. The webinar focused on how history, education and anti-Blackness impact Afro-Latin Americans and their communities, and how higher education can do more to teach this history.

‘Different voices’: Panel discusses Afro-Latinx history, new methods of teaching

March 8, 2021
Pitt’s Office of Civil Rights and Title IX hosted an event titled “Violence on the Rise: The Troubled Relationship between COVID-19 and domestic violence” last September, which addressed the increase of domestic violence and sexual violence during the pandemic.

‘Survivor-centered’: Intimate partner violence, sexual assault organizations forge ahead amidst pandemic

February 10, 2021
“First Peoples Past & Present: Native Health and Voting Power,” an event focusing on the history of Native people in Pittsburgh and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Native communities, was hosted by Pitt’s Office of Health Sciences Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on Wednesday afternoon.

Panel discusses health disparities, voter power in Indigenous communities

January 29, 2021
The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance and Pittsburgh Human Rights Working Group hosted an event titled “Housing Justice, Human Rights and Health Webinar: Engaging Locally” with Leilani Farha on Thursday night.

Panelists discuss housing as a human right not a place for profits

November 6, 2020
Members of Pitt College Republicans at the 2020 Lincoln Dinner in February.

‘Pseudo-Pitt for Trump’: College Republicans campaign for Trump, local candidates

October 28, 2020
A panel of experts from Pitt and the city of Pittsburgh discussed the new Title IX regulations and their effects on the University Thursday via Zoom.

Title IX office discusses resources, training under new federal regulations

October 23, 2020
Eric Macadangdang, president of the Student Government Board, said SGB plays an active role in redirecting the “enforcement responsibility” for COVID-19 rules from police to other outlets.

Pitt police, SGB work to enforce COVID safety protocols, form new student advisory committee

October 14, 2020
Paige Ottaviano has been working as a transporter at UPMC Presybterian during the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘A new normal’: Student health care workers share their struggles to balance work, school

September 30, 2020
Pitt announced at the end of August that it would require first-year students to take a one-credit online course on systemic anti-racism and anti-Black racism.

‘A good stepping stone’: Students, professors review new anti-racism course

September 16, 2020
Terry Lucas, the general manager of The Pitt News, is set to retire at the end of September after 35 years at the paper.

Longtime TPN general manager to retire after 35 years at paper

September 9, 2020
Pitt’s Title IX office has implemented a number of new controversial changes announced by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, meeting the federal government’s Aug. 14 deadline and drawing concerns from some students and Title IX officials in the process.

‘Terrifying’: Title IX office, students react to new federal regulations

September 4, 2020
Some Pitt students have struggled to secure a job after they graduated in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pitt alumni struggle to find jobs, adjust to virtual offices

August 28, 2020
Valerie Kinloch, dean of Pitt’s School of Education, discusses the release of her book, “Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction,” on Tuesday afternoon.

Dean Kinloch discusses her new book on racially charged history of literacy

February 26, 2020
Pitt alum Sarah DeMaria speaks about special education teacher retention at Tuesday morning’s “Breakfast with Disability Researcher Sarah DeMaria” in the Honors College.

Disability researcher Sarah DeMaria talks special education at Alumni Breakfast

February 5, 2020
The University Senate’s Plant Utilization and Planning Committee met Monday afternoon in Forbes Tower to discuss the changes to Pitt’s campus brought up in the recently released Institutional Master Plan.

Senate committee talks energy efficiency

January 14, 2020
According to the online timeline of the Bigelow project, phase one focused on “utility infrastructure improvements” by installing utility lines on Bigelow.

Pitt preparing for phase 2 of Bigelow reconstruction

December 2, 2019
The Institutional Master Plan says that the Music Building should be maintained. Uncertainty about plans for the building has previously been met with pushback from the community.

Institutional Master Plan draft details the Oakland of the future

November 14, 2019
Pittsburgh native and Oakland resident Jacob Nixon announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat as an independent in September.

Oakland resident seeks to unseat City Council president

October 22, 2019
Bigelow Boulevard will be closed between Forbes and Fifth avenues from Nov. 1 to Aug. 15, 2020.

Ready, set, dig: Bigelow closure one month away

October 7, 2019
Bike vendors and organizations from around the Pittsburgh and Oakland area came to Pitt’s first fall Bike to Campus Day.

Bike to Campus Day puts wheels in motion

September 18, 2019
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