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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
All content by Rachhana Baliga | Staff Photographer
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.

[Photo] Pitt makes Juneteenth an official holiday

February 8, 2022
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting in Nordy’s Place on Nov. 9.

[Photo] Elections code changes aim to prevent repeat of chaotic 2021 election

February 2, 2022
Students, pictured, at a late January vaccination clinic hosted by Pitt and the Allegheny County Health Department.

[Photo] Students welcome Pitt’s new vaccine mandate

December 7, 2021
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday evening.

[Photo] SGB discusses allocations expenditures, advising questions

November 10, 2021
Pitt Faculty Assembly members discuss the faculty union vote on Wednesday afternoon.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses unionization vote, Outlier partnership

November 5, 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.

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

September 29, 2021
Ravi Gandhi was the Vision slate’s campaign manager in the 2021 Student Government Board elections.

[Photo] The 48 hours that changed an SGB election

By Ashton Crawley, Rebecca Johnson, Martha Layne, Jon Moss, Mary Rose O’Donnell, and Millicent Watt
March 10, 2021
A cardboard cutout of Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, stands in the Petersen Events Center on the first day of COVID vaccine administration.

[Photo] Editorial | As COVID-19 numbers fall, keep your guard up

February 2, 2021
Hannah Lempert, sophomore urban studies major and public relations coordinator for the University of Thriftsburgh thrift store, created a TikTok acting out the possibility of a new online store for Thriftsburgh that went viral with almost 300,000 views.

[Photo] Pitt students share fashion, college experiences and celebrity encounters on TikTok

February 3, 2021
Pitt held a vaccination clinic with the Allegheny Health Department Thursday to vaccinate around 800 healthcare workers, including Pitt students, in the 1A priority group.

[Photo] Pete transformed into vaccination site to administer shots to around 800 health care personnel, students

January 28, 2021
At Wednesday’s Faculty Assembly Meeting, Ted Fritz, the associate vice chancellor of public safety and emergency, announced the University is acting under “Response Level B: High Alert” because of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and discussed potential actions if cases are reported in the area.

[Photo] Faculty assembly prepares for possible Pittsburgh pandemic

March 5, 2020
SGB president Zechariah Brown discusses the appointment of Varsha Suresh as SGB’s new diversity and inclusion committee chair at Tuesday’s weekly meeting.

[Photo] SGB approves new Diversity and Inclusion chair

March 4, 2020
SGB presidential candidate Ravi Gandhi at Tuesday's election.

[Photo] SGB announces resignation of diversity and inclusion chair Ravi Gandhi

February 28, 2020
Evelyn Piazza, mother of hazing victim Timothy Piazza, speaks about the dangers of hazing and the toll it has had on her family at Monday evening’s “Turning Tragedy into Progress” at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.

[Photo] Families discuss hazing prevention in "Turning Tragedy into Progress"

February 25, 2020
Graduate student union organizers delivered a broken heart for Valentine's Day to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher on Friday afternoon, in a demonstration to raise awareness for their ongoing campaign to establish a graduate student union.

[Photo] Grad union organizers deliver broken heart to Chancellor Gallagher

February 14, 2020
SGB President Zechariah Brown discusses the updates to the Student Organization Resource Center’s naming guidelines at Tuesday evening’s weekly meeting.

[Photo] SGB responds to decision on naming guidelines

February 12, 2020
Jim Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, visited Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse and discussed his new book “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America,” as well as his experiences in the White House.

[Photo] CNN’s Jim Acosta talks current state of journalism, new book at Point Park

February 7, 2020
SGB has yet to reach a compromise with the SORC on the Center’s new naming guidelines for student organizations that were introduced last semester.

[Photo] SGB’s SORC proposals given to Dean Bonner

January 29, 2020
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