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Punya Bhasin, News Editor

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A concept rendering of the planned Victory Heights Arena and Sports Performance Center.

Pitt plans to begin construction on $244 million Victory Heights project next year

November 14, 2022
Brian Kennedy, a candidate campaign volunteer, wears his I voted sticker beside his American flag pin as he greets voters outside a polling location on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Evans City, Pa.

Fetterman, Shapiro and other Democrats win local midterm elections

November 9, 2022
Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd gathered in Schenley Plaza Sunday afternoon.

Bernie Sanders talks free college, women’s rights at Sunday rally on Pitt’s campus

November 6, 2022
Former president Barack Obama waves to the crowd after speaking at a rally for Democratic senate candidate John Fetterman in Schenley Plaza Saturday afternoon.

Fetterman, Obama criticize Republican rhetoric and urge Pittsburghers to vote at rally on Pitt’s campus

November 5, 2022
The inside of The Assembly on Centre Avenue.

Pitt receives LEED Gold certification at The Assembly building

November 1, 2022
Pitt faculty protest on the steps of Posvar Hall for a fair contract on Thursday afternoon.

Faculty union protests outside bargaining room, talks job security and fair contracts

October 27, 2022
A crowd stands in solidarity with the people of Iran outside of the Cathedral of Learning on Oct. 24.

‘Be our voice’: Students protest the Iranian regime, ask for support from the Pitt community

October 24, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks at the Fern Hollow Bridge on Thursday.

‘I’m coming back’: Biden touts infrastructure as he makes plans to revisit Pittsburgh

October 21, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning from Schenley Plaza.

PAAR to host extra drop-in hours this week in response to series of reported sexual assaults on campus

October 11, 2022
Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition protest outside of the Chancellor’s office Friday afternoon.

Tensions escalate between Fossil Free Pitt, University amid month of student protest

October 11, 2022
Pitt’s wolves of Wall Street: Students invest in stocks and crypto

Pitt’s wolves of Wall Street: Students invest in stocks and crypto

September 28, 2022
Julianna Paul holds a pile of her knitting and crochet projects.

Knittsburgh: Pitt’s close-knit community

September 14, 2022
Raising Canes Chicken Fingers in Minnesota.

Raising Cane’s proposes Oakland location

September 7, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks at West Mifflin Monday afternoon for the Labor Day holiday.

President Biden touts the strength of unions, labor at Labor Day event in West Mifflin

September 5, 2022
Students moving into Litchfield Towers, the largest cluster of dorms on Pitts main campus, ahead of the new academic year during August 2022.

Medical emergencies, mac-and-cheese mishaps and elevator rescues: Pitt dorms draw city services, but should the University help fund them?

August 31, 2022
Punya Bhasin, Colm Slevin and Allison Radziwon, news editors.

Meet the editors: News

August 30, 2022
Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg in February.

In-state Pitt students to receive additional tuition relief

August 28, 2022
Pitt updates COVID-19 guidelines, masks now optional on Oakland campus

Pitt updates COVID-19 guidelines, masks now optional on Oakland campus

August 25, 2022
Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks at Turning Point Actions Unite and Win rally Downtown on Friday evening.

Doug Mastriano campaigns for governor with support from Florida Gov. DeSantis

August 19, 2022
Playwright August Wilson was born and raised in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.

University Library System receives $1 million grant to fund the August Wilson Archive

August 18, 2022
Sidney Flanigan as Autumn in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.”

5 films about the importance of abortion rights during a post Roe v. Wade world

July 12, 2022
Starbucks at Amos Hall on Fifth Avenue.

Amos Hall Starbucks workers reflect on the union victory

May 18, 2022
Pitt graduates after their 2021 graduation at Heinz Field.

Seniors talk graduation outfits, letting their individuality shine

April 21, 2022
The outside of the Amos Starbucks.

‘Put their money where their mouth is’: Oakland Starbucks workers fight to unionize

April 19, 2022
DongJo Kim: Food visionary

DongJo Kim: Food visionary

April 18, 2022
Hannah Jones, left, Garrett Sisk and Wilson Biggs of the Pitt Birding Club birdwatch at Frick Park on Sunday morning.

Through the binoculars: Pitt ‘birders’ find friends, passions and fun

April 5, 2022
Starbucks at Amos Hall.

Starbucks workers at Amos Hall petition to unionize

March 4, 2022
More than 20 students and faculty protested Friday afternoon at the Cathedral Lawn, in a show of solidarity for the recently-invaded Ukraine.

Pitt’s Russia, Ukraine clubs come together to protest Russian invasion

February 25, 2022
A KN95 mask.

Ex-Pitt official admits to to stealing more than 13,000 masks from the University

February 10, 2022
Mayor Ed Gainey speaks during Joe Biden’s visit to Mill 19 in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28.

Mayor Gainey again delays Oakland Crossings vote as review continues

February 9, 2022
People view artwork on display as part of the Black Lives in Focus exhibition along the Omicron Delta Kappa walkway of the Cathedral lawn in September.

Pitt makes Juneteenth an official holiday

February 8, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning and William Pitt Union.

Pitt students petition for hybrid classes

February 2, 2022
A Pitt police vest.

University Counseling Center, Pitt police collaborate to ‘de-escalate’ crisis calls

February 2, 2022
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh on Friday to tout his administration’s investment in infrastructure

‘Make it in America’: Biden discusses infrastructure after Frick Park bridge collapse

January 29, 2022
OPDC at its Tuesday night meeting over Zoom to discuss developer Walnut Capital’s Oakland Crossings proposal.

Oakland residents, Mayor Gainey talk Oakland Crossings at public meeting

January 25, 2022
DeSoto Street in Oakland.

Family of student killed by Port Authority bus will receive $500k settlement

January 21, 2022
Pitt to launch new public health undergraduate degree

Pitt to launch new public health undergraduate degree

January 18, 2022
Pitt’s CoVax Vaccination Center located at the bottom of Nordenberg Hall.

Pitt updates isolation, quarantine protocols

January 10, 2022
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held a public development activities meeting Monday night to discuss Walnut Capital’s Oakland Crossings proposal, which would rezone land in South and Central Oakland.

‘Does not help our neighborhood’: OPDC discusses Walnut Capital proposal

December 1, 2021
Members of Phi Sigma Rho at the annual Light the Night hosted by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society outside of Heinz Field on Oct. 14.

Sorority changes bylaws to welcome non-binary, transgender students

November 30, 2021
Nicola Foote, the new Honors College dean, outside of the Cathedral of Learning.

New Honors College dean discusses first months at Pitt

November 19, 2021
The logo of Project Healing Sideways, a student group that supports survivors of intimate partner violence.

‘Keeping each other safe’: Pitt raises awareness for domestic violence month

October 12, 2021
Ben Crump, a civil rights lawyer, spoke at a Pitt Program Council event Tuesday night at the William Pitt Union.

‘Better world for our children’: Crump discusses injustice in America

October 6, 2021
Students could receive free flu shots at the HealthyU fair located at the William Pitt Union on Wednesday.

Health in the air as the HealthyU fair returns to campus

September 30, 2021
Students, pictured, at a late January vaccination clinic hosted by Pitt and the Allegheny County Health Department. More than 400 faculty members sent an open letter over the summer to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher in support of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the safety of the University community.

‘Trust us’: Pitt professors plead in July open letter to chancellor for COVID-19 vaccine mandate

September 29, 2021
Uncertainty surrounding the University’s operating posture lingers as the fall semester approaches, but students and staff are optimistic about in-person opportunities.

‘Last year it was tough’: Pitt community prepares for updated COVID-19 rules

August 17, 2021
Pitt students are looking forward to the in-person activities and opportunities that will be available this upcoming year.

Health restrictions, spirits lift as Pitt updates COVID-19 guidelines

June 25, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held a public meeting Tuesday night to discuss neighborhood developments, including a proposal to demolish and refurbish the current Croatian Fraternal Union located on 3441 Forbes Avenue.

OPDC discusses proposed Croatian Fraternal Union building demolition

June 22, 2021
Melissa McGivney, the associate dean for community partnerships at the School of Pharmacy, says making vaccines accessible and getting everyone vaccinated is the key to a healthier community.

‘A way to give back to our community’: Pitt vaccine clinics continues to distribute shots

June 2, 2021
Kamakashi Sharma — a senior neuroscience major and president of Pitt Active Minds, a peer-based mental health advocacy organization — said it’s more effective to host Mental Health Awareness Month in October.

‘You’re not left behind just because you’ve left campus’: Pitt still offering mental health resources during summer recess

May 26, 2021
The film “CHASING COVID” follows the work of Dr. Paul Duprex and his team in Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research, where they have been working to uncover new information about COVID-19.

‘Filming history’: Documentary features Pitt’s efforts in COVID-19 vaccine research

April 21, 2021
Pitt enacted shelter-in-place guidelines on March 31 in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases among students, which included the closure of study spaces in residence halls and lounges and decreased library operating hours.

Students say shelter-in-place guidelines are ‘inconsistent,’ protest closed study spaces in residence halls

April 19, 2021
Pitt Hillel distributed meals to University students on Friday during Passover as part of Shabbat, while following shelter-in-place/social distancing guidelines.

Shelter-in-place guidelines altered to include religious services after complaints

April 13, 2021
The Office of Equity and Inclusive Excellences hosted Alicia Garza, the co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement and the Black Lives Matter Global Network. During the event, Alicia Garza touched upon her experiences founding the movement, her current work maintaining diversity and equal access and her book “The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.”

‘Freedom dreams’: Alicia Garza discusses Black Lives Matter, new book

April 2, 2021
Amy Degurian is a lecturer in the School of Social Work.

Layers of loss: The way we grieve during a pandemic

March 31, 2021
Diwaker Davar, M.D., medical oncologist and member of the Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and assistant professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Fecal matter fights cancer: UPMC researchers look to improve immunotherapy techniques

March 15, 2021
Catherine Pressimone, a rising third-year medical student and cofounder of Pitt Influenzers, said she founded the club based on three areas she felt needed more attention and awareness from the people, with one of their primary initiatives being to pass legislation that allows dentists to administer COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines.

Pitt ‘Influenzers’ push for legislation to allow dentists to administer vaccines

March 5, 2021
Chandrima Saha and a few pharmacy school peers administered COVID-19 vaccines to senior citizens on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6.

Pharmacy students deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Homewood, Hill District residents

February 24, 2021
Members of the School of Pharmacy’s class of 2024 took their oath of professionalism at their white coat ceremony on Jan. 29, with students and family attending through Zoom.

‘A new era’: Class of 2024 pharmacy students address racism, the coronavirus pandemic in new pledge

February 15, 2021
Second-year pharmacy student Jake Murawski administered his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in December at UPMC Presbyterian, making him the first pharmacy intern in Pennsylvania to administer a COVID-19 vaccine.

‘Surreal’: Student pharmacists administer COVID-19 vaccines

February 2, 2021
Beth Hoffman is the project coordinator for “Twitter and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy,” a project funded with a $117,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation studying how vaccine misinformation spreads on social media.

‘A feeding ground for misinformation’: Pitt researchers study vaccine hesitancy on Twitter

February 2, 2021
Students in the Pitt Nursing and Pharmacy schools received emails informing them of their eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the UPMC hospitals.

‘A huge event in history’: Students recount COVID-19 vaccination experiences

January 25, 2021
Pitt enacted a shelter-in-place period last Thursday — three days earlier than previously scheduled — after a ‘significant’ increase in COVID-19 cases following Halloween weekend.

‘Anxiety-inducing experience’: Students adjust to shelter-in-place guidelines, criticize lack of University enforcement

November 20, 2020
The Swanson School of Engineering partnered with Vitalant to host a blood drive in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall last Friday.

‘We need every donation we can get’: Pitt hosts blood drive to help blood shortage

November 18, 2020
Pitt held a vigil for Black Lives Lost to Police Brutality on Wednesday evening.

Black Action Society holds vigil for lives lost to police brutality

November 13, 2020
History professor John Stoner announced during a Wednesday faculty assembly meeting that the University will cancel all off-campus abroad and away programs for the spring semester.

Off-campus study abroad cancelled for spring semester, Faculty Assembly announces

November 6, 2020
Political clubs have adapted their campaigning methods prior to the Nov. 3 election and are now doing the majority of phone banking online.

Political campaigning moves online during pandemic

October 30, 2020
Pitt’s African American Alumni Council and the University administration held a town hall Thursday night via Zoom.

‘They wanted to be seen’: African American Alumni Council discusses BAS demands, racial justice efforts

October 23, 2020
Students met with Pitt alumni Dereck Hogan (right), the U.S. ambassador to Moldova, and Megan Oates (left), deputy director of the U.S Department of State, on Wednesday morning over Zoom.

Pitt alumni discuss their careers in international affairs

October 16, 2020
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