The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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 Wu Caiyi | Senior Staff Photographer
Pitt’s Office of Sustainability provided a list of COVID-safe ways to celebrate Earth Day this year — such as guided hikes and park cleanups — with different community organizations, while also providing educational resources so people can both celebrate and learn.

[Photo] Pitt hosts eco-friendly events to celebrate Earth Day, encourages sustainability

April 22, 2021
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[Photo] Lily Nong: The human side of emergency medicine

April 21, 2021
Christopher Casamento, Pitt’s ex-emergency management director was indicted Wednesday afternoon. Casamento has been accused of stealing and selling 13,500 masks and other PPE from the University’s PPE supply for personal profit between Feb. 28 and March 22, 2020.

[Photo] Former Pitt employee indicted, accused of stealing, selling N95 masks

March 29, 2021
With many new restrictions, students are finding new ways to meet people and form new relationships, and businesses are coming up with new ways to engage them.

[Photo] Students, businesses prepare for a COVID Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2021
Pitt said roughly 4,800 students have moved into University housing for the spring semester as of Monday. These residents were grouped into one of four move-in dates — Jan. 29, Jan. 31, last Wednesday or last Friday.

[Photo] Students move back to campus, compliment at-home COVID-19 testing

February 9, 2021
Hocus Pocus, located on Meyran Avenue, claims to be the oldest occult store in Pittsburgh, having opened 22 years ago.

[Photo] Hocus Pocus equips Oakland with occult objects

October 27, 2020
Hocus Pocus, located on Meyran Avenue, claims to be the oldest occult store in Pittsburgh, having opened 22 years ago.

[Photo] Hocus Pocus equips Oakland with occult objects

By Julianna Poljak, Staff Writer
October 27, 2020
Pitt has not disclosed the specific location of student quarantine and isolation housing.

[Photo] ‘If I just walked out and left, no one would know’: Students detail lax rules, miscommunication in Pitt’s quarantine housing

October 21, 2020
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[Photo] Photos: Bigelow construction continues into fourth phase

By Wu Caiyi, Senior Staff Photographer
October 19, 2020
Parts of Bigelow Boulevard will reopen on Saturday as the University's massive construction project moves into its fourth phase.

[Photo] Bigelow to partially reopen as construction moves into fourth phase

October 18, 2020
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall is one of the largest polling locations in Allegheny County.

[Photo] A Pitt student’s guide to voting

October 19, 2020
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[Photo] Pitt adds 7 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

May 1, 2021
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[Photo] Pitt updates building hours, requires ID for entry to all buildings

October 8, 2020
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[Photo] Pitt adds 6 COVID-19 cases since last Thursday

October 6, 2020
Dozens of students have entered Pitt’s quarantine and isolation housing.

[Photo] Students report ignored dietary restrictions in Pitt’s quarantine housing

September 30, 2020
Paige Ottaviano has been working as a transporter at UPMC Presybterian during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

September 30, 2020
Pitt added six new COVID-19 cases, composed entirely of students, between Friday and Monday.

[Photo] Pitt adds 19 COVID-19 cases since Thursday

September 29, 2020
Student Government Board will raffle off 25 $100 gift cards to the campus bookstore for people living off campus who respond to the Census by the Sept. 30 deadline.

[Photo] SGB offers prizes for students who complete census by Sept. 30 deadline

September 22, 2020
Students write messages with sticky notes in the windows of their Wyndham hotel dorm rooms.

[Photo] Students adjust to living in hotels

September 22, 2020
Pitt’s Alzheimer Disease Research Center evaluates patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, conducts research on the disease, and provides family education and counseling.

[Photo] Students partnering with Alzheimer Disease Research Center for research club

September 20, 2020
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[Photo] Pitt adds 13 COVID-19 cases since Thursday

September 22, 2020
Provost Ann Cudd said faculty will begin to offer some additional in-person courses over the next few weeks starting Monday.

[Photo] Students with mixed feelings as more classes move in person

September 13, 2020
Pitt's outdoor COVID-19 testing site is located outside Posvar Hall.

[Photo] Pitt investigating ‘increase in cases’ in Tower B, adds 6 other new COVID-19 cases

October 2, 2020
Pitt's outdoor COVID-19 testing site is located outside Posvar Hall.

[Photo] Pitt adds 37 COVID-19 cases since Thursday

September 8, 2020
Geese and pigeons can be seen around campus and in Schenley park.

[Photo] Satire | Top 10 ways to have fun outdoors

September 3, 2020
Pitt students often intern at the Carnegie Art Museum and other Pittsburgh art museums, but the museums are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Photo] New museum studies major proposed

May 12, 2020
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[Photo] Kirsten Wade: Wading into the unknown

April 13, 2020
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[Photo] Kirsten Wade: Wading into the unknown

By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
April 13, 2020
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[Photo] Tony Novosel: Looking for trouble

By Matthew Monroy
April 20, 2020
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