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The Senate Council meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12.

[Photo] Senate council discusses recent UPMC shuttle accident, Pitt funding

December 8, 2023
Speakers at the “Twenty Years of the Center for Urban Education: a Retrospective” panel.

[Photo] Center for Urban Education looks back on two decades of growth

November 17, 2023
Dr. Rashawn Ray speaks at a Zoom webinar on Wednesday titled “Rotten Trees: Racism and Bad Apples in American Policing.”

[Photo] Rashawn Ray discusses policing, implicit bias at Africana Studies event

October 20, 2023
The Senate Council meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses attacks in Israel, new safety training module

October 13, 2023
The Chancellor's Update to Faculty Assembly meeting.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly addresses Plan for Pitt, health care and AI in monthly meeting

October 6, 2023
Screenshot of Let’s Talk: Student Rental meeting.

[Photo] OPDC talks student rentals, navigating landlord-tenant relationships

February 17, 2023
Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council talks shared governance issues, renegotiations of ELI closure

January 27, 2023
A rendering of the proposed Raising Cane's location on Forbes Avenue.

[Photo] Planning Commission approves Raising Cane’s building plans

January 25, 2023
Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses freeze on policies concerning bargaining items

December 9, 2022
Pittsburgh city council members discuss Oakland zoning proposals in a public meeting over Zoom.

[Photo] City Council hears divided opinions on Oakland zoning proposal

December 6, 2022
The Pitt Faculty Assembly meeting on Wednesday.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses alleged unfair labor practice charge against administration, communication between union and faculty

December 2, 2022
Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council talks IPA policy, sexual assault prevention

November 11, 2022
The Pitt Faculty Assembly meeting on Wednesday.

[Photo] Faculty assembly talks faculty union criticisms, IPA policy

November 4, 2022
OPDC hosted a Development Activities Meeting to describe restorations to Heinz Chapel, Thaw Hall, the University Club and the Schenley Quadrangle stairs.

[Photo] OPDC discusses restoration to four historic Pitt buildings

October 19, 2022
The Pittsburgh Planning Commission held a meeting to discuss development of the new campus recreation and wellness center, as well as other projects throughout Pittsburgh.

[Photo] Pittsburgh Planning Commission talks accessibility at new recreation center

October 19, 2022
“Securing Your Vote: Pennsylvania’s 2022 Election” hosted by Pitt Cyber and the Institute of Politics on Tuesday.

[Photo] Pitt Cyber hosts discussion on electoral legitimacy in light of 2022 midterms

October 14, 2022
Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council talks sexual assault cases, increased security presence on campus

October 13, 2022
Wednesday’s faculty assembly meeting.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses HR concerns, United Way campaign

October 7, 2022
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[Photo] Music journalists Will Hermes and Amanda Petrusich talk music and artistry during Q&A

September 30, 2022
Wednesday’s Oakwatch meeting over Zoom.

[Photo] OPDC holds event to discuss trash in Oakland

September 23, 2022
From left, Patrick Gallagher, Robin Kear, Kristin Kanthak and Joe Suyama at Thursday’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council talks COVID-19 expectations, reproductive health resources for students

September 16, 2022
The Oakland Planning and Development Corporation held a Developmental Activities Meeting Monday night to discuss three proposed projects in Oakland.

[Photo] OPDC outlines construction projects in Oakland in 2023

September 13, 2022
A proposed view from the Frick Park Trail of the new Fern Hollow Bridge shown at Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition’s community meeting on Tuesday.

[Photo] Two local artists propose artwork for Fern Hollow Bridge rebuild

By Jamie Sheppard, Staff Writer
September 9, 2022
Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting over Zoom.

[Photo] Budget and executive committees discuss budget, tuition increases

July 15, 2022
Monday’s Development Activities meeting to discuss Parcel “A” of Oakland Crossings.

[Photo] Walnut Capital, Oakland community discuss Parcel ‘A’

July 12, 2022
Monday’s Development Activities meeting to discuss Parcel “A” of Oakland Crossings.

[Photo] Walnut Capital, Oakland community discuss Parcel ‘A’

By Pamela Smith, Contributing Editor
July 12, 2022
Pamela Smith, Contributing Editor Tuesday’s planning commission meeting.

[Photo] Planning Commission talks historic buildings, renovations

June 29, 2022
Friday’s public meeting hosted by the Student Affairs Committee and the Board of Trustees.

[Photo] Student Affairs Committee, Kenyon Bonner talk student fee changes, new campus recreation and wellness center facility

June 21, 2022
Monday’s Oakland Crossings meeting over Zoom.

[Photo] Councilman, Oakland residents discuss Oakland Crossing bill amendments

June 14, 2022
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[Photo] Speaker series discusses racial justice, African American voting rights

June 8, 2022
The last Senate Council meeting of the year on Thursday.

[Photo] Senate Council recaps academic year, SGB discusses plans for fall

May 24, 2022
The planning commission’s public hearing on Tuesday.

[Photo] City Planning Commission requests four-week continuance for Oakland Plan at public hearing

May 18, 2022
Last Wednesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly talks community engaged scholarship, new budget model

May 17, 2022
Thursday’s senate council meeting.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses tuition funding, leadership changes

April 22, 2022
The Pitt Faculty Assembly meeting on Wednesday.

[Photo] ‘Leaves me a little salty:’ Faculty Assembly discusses travel policy, campus safety

April 15, 2022
Joy Ladin, professor of English at Yeshiva University, speaks at “In Our Own Write” hosted by the Center for Creativity on Tuesday.

[Photo] Yeshiva professor Joy Ladin discusses poetry, gender transition and Judaism

April 14, 2022
Destiny Mann, left, and Angela Davis at a webinar hosted by Pitt’s Black Action Society on Monday night.

[Photo] ‘A symbol of activism’: Black Action Society hosts conversation with Angela Davis

April 11, 2022
A virtual panel called “Reflections on Africana Studies at Pitt” hosted by the Department of Africana Studies on Friday.

[Photo] ‘Seized the time’: Panelists discuss past, present and future of Africana studies at Pitt

April 3, 2022
From left, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Senate Council President Robin Kear and Senate Council Vice President Kris Kanthak at a meeting in Posvar Hall on Thursday.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses new masking guidelines, government funding for in-state tuition

March 24, 2022
From left, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Senate Council President Robin Kear and Senate Council Vice President Kris Kanthak at a meeting in Posvar Hall on Thursday.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses new masking guidelines, government funding for in-state tuition

By Alaina Goldberg, Staff Writer
March 24, 2022
Angel Maxine at a “Let's Talk Africa” lecture series event last Thursday.

[Photo] Ghanaian musician Angel Maxine discusses musical activism, LGBTQ+ advocacy

February 14, 2022
Mayor Ed Gainey hosts a virtual town hall to discuss Walnut Capital's Oakland Crossings plan on Wednesday.

[Photo] Gainey hears mixed feelings on Oakland Crossings at town hall

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
February 4, 2022
Robert Patterson, left, and Robin Brooks discuss Brooks’ new book “Class Interpretations: Inequality and Division in African Diasporic Women’s Fiction” at a Tuesday Zoom event organized by the African Studies Department and the University Library System.

[Photo] Pitt professor talks new book, class disparities and Black women’s literature

February 3, 2022
Pitt’s Political Science Student Association hosted a virtual event last Friday featuring Zubair Rezwan, a former translator for the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan.

[Photo] ‘Everyone wants to live’: Zubair Rezwan reflects on journalism career in Afghanistan

February 2, 2022
Robin D. G. Kelley, top left, Michael Heller and Irene Monteverde at Thursday’s Musician’s Rights Symposium organized by Pitt’s Jazz Studies program.

[Photo] Musician’s rights symposium discusses Erroll Garner, NFTs

January 28, 2022
Kathryn Reed, the vice chair for equity, inclusion and community engagement and assistant professor of PA studies at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, presents at Thursday’s installment of the Race & … Lecture Series on Zoom.

[Photo] Lecture highlights racial disparities, prejudice within the medical field

January 28, 2022
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting on Zoom.

[Photo] SGB slates, candidates announced at Tuesday meeting

January 26, 2022
OPDC at its Tuesday night meeting over Zoom to discuss developer Walnut Capital’s Oakland Crossings proposal.

[Photo] Oakland residents, Mayor Gainey talk Oakland Crossings at public meeting

January 26, 2022
SGB’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted a Sunday workshop on Zoom titled “The Butterfly Effect and Reflecting on White Supremacy.”

[Photo] SGB discusses white supremacy, racism on campus

January 28, 2022
The Senate Budget Policies Committee discussed Pitt’s salary appeals policy, Budget ReSTART and the role of Planning and Budgeting Committees under the University’s new budget model at Friday’s meeting.

[Photo] Senate committee discusses salary appeals, vision for new budget model

January 23, 2022
Pitt’s Faculty Assembly met Wednesday afternoon to discuss returning to in-person classes and the on-campus crime policy.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses return to in-person classes, on-campus crime policy

January 21, 2022
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Health Sciences Diversity hosted a town hall titled “Vigilantism and White Supremacy: The Power of the Courts to Defend and Disrupt on Thursday afternoon.

[Photo] ‘Struggle for racial justice’: Town hall discusses vigilantism, white supremacy

January 21, 2022
Student Government Board at its weekly meeting on Zoom.

[Photo] SGB discusses upcoming election, approves task force charters

January 19, 2022
The Black Action Society and the African American Alumni Council hosted a virtual commemoration on Sunday of the BAS 1969 computer center takeover.

[Photo] BAS, AAAC commemorate 1969 computer center takeover with virtual sit-in

January 18, 2022
A slide that shows side-by-side images of existing (right) and proposed views (left) of wireless antennas on the Wyndham Hotel on Lytton Avenue at Tuesday’s Development Activities Meeting.

[Photo] OPDC discusses Wyndham’s plans to move hotel antennas

January 14, 2022
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission discussed Walnut Capital’s plan to rezone and redevelop parts of Oakland during its Tuesday meeting.

[Photo] Planning Commission, Walnut Capital debate controversial Oakland Crossings plan

December 8, 2021
Pitt’s Faculty Assembly met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the future of teaching at Pitt during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses pandemic learning, background checks and HIPAA

December 3, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held a meeting Tuesday evening to discuss plans for the new UPMC Presbyterian building and a 20-unit apartment complex.

[Photo] OPDC discusses plans for new Oakland hospital facility, apartment complex

December 1, 2021
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.

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

December 1, 2021
The Properties and Facilities Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees held a public meeting on Friday via Zoom.

[Photo] Board approves $32 million student housing site acquisition, Cathedral of Learning renovations

November 19, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. met Wednesday over Zoom to discuss the Residential Permit Parking program, rental registry legislation updates and air quality monitoring efforts.

[Photo] OPDC discusses Residential Permit Parking program updates, air quality

November 19, 2021
Pitt’s Staff Council during its Wednesday meeting to discuss Flex Work and a possible new project with The Pitt Pantry.

[Photo] Staff Council discusses flexible work model, regional campuses

November 19, 2021
Ruth Mostern speaks at a Pitt event on Tuesday about historical maps celebrating Geographic Information Systems.

[Photo] ‘New level of understanding’: Pitt celebrates world GIS day

November 17, 2021
From left, Patrick Gallagher, chancellor, Robin Kear, Senate Council president and Kris Kanthak, Senate Council vice president at a meeting in 2700 Posvar hall on Thursday.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses blanket incident, campus safety

November 12, 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.

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

November 12, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. met over Zoom on Wednesday evening to discuss Lawn and Ophelia parklet renovations and storm water management.

[Photo] OPDC discusses proposed Lawn and Ophelia parklet renovations

November 5, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. discussed the Carnegie Mellon University 2022 Institutional Master Plan, alongside the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition, at their meeting Tuesday night.

[Photo] OPDC discusses CMU Institutional Master Plan

October 27, 2021
OPDC hosted a “Let’s Talk”/Oakwatch Zoom community meeting Wednesday night to discuss a Walnut Capital proposal that would rezone 17 acres of Central Oakland.

[Photo] ‘Behind closed doors’: OPDC discusses latest on Walnut Capital rezoning proposal

October 22, 2021
Sexual Assault Facilitation and Education led a Zoom workshop Wednesday night to talk about supporting sexual assault survivors.

[Photo] ‘Never their fault’: Sexual violence workshop educates students, supports survivors

October 22, 2021
Pitt’s Staff Council met Wednesday over Zoom to vote on the Staff Emergency Fund proposal and hear from speakers from All of Us Research Program, Pitt’s United Way Campaign and the Office of Human Resources.

[Photo] Staff Council discusses new emergency fund proposal, HR partnerships

October 22, 2021
Pitt’s Senate Council discussed enrollment numbers, the budget cycle and possible student staff and faculty vaccine requirements at last Wednesday’s meeting. In addition, the Council also voted to create an ad-hoc committee for dependent care.

[Photo] Senate Council discusses potential COVID-19 vaccine requirement for spring semester

October 18, 2021
Sponsored by Pitt’s year of data and society, the 2021 Latinx Connect Conference featured the virtual panel “Latinx Data: Historical Civil Rights Advocacy and Contemporary Intersectional Insights” last Friday morning.

[Photo] Latinx Connect Conference panel discusses Latinx and Afro-Latinx data, Civil Rights advocacy

October 18, 2021
Michelle Weltner, UPMC project manager, discussed new signage that the health care giant plans to implement at the Oakland Planning and Development Corp. public meeting Tuesday.

[Photo] OPDC discusses UPMC signage, Carnegie Library banners and Walnut Capital proposal

September 29, 2021
A Board of Trustees committee nominated Robert Hernandez, a 1966 Pitt alumnus who served on the Board of Trustees from 2002-2020, and Jack Smith, who completed his residency in orthopedics at Pitt in 1978 and served on the Board of Trustees from 2012-2020, to be emeritus trustees.

[Photo] Board committee nominates two emeritus trustees

September 21, 2021
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted its “Building a Just Educational System” event on Wednesday afternoon as part of Pitt’s annual Diversity Forum.

[Photo] Panel discusses dismantling systemic oppression in education

July 30, 2021
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted its “Structures of Inequity: A Conversation on Social Justice” event on Tuesday as part of Pitt’s annual Diversity Forum.

[Photo] ‘Their loved ones should still be here’: Diversity Forum panelists discuss injustices within American justice system

July 30, 2021
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted its “To Be Oneself” event on Wednesday afternoon as part of Pitt’s annual Diversity Forum.

[Photo] ‘Stop talking and act’: Panelists discuss ways to protect, support trans people

July 29, 2021
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted its “Combating Environmental Racism and Injustice” event on Thursday as part of Pitt’s annual Diversity Forum.

[Photo] Panelists discuss environmental hazards, ways to combat injustices

July 30, 2021
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher speaks at Friday morning's board of trustees meeting.

[Photo] Gallagher ‘strongly’ recommends, expects community to be vaccinated by fall, unveils new strategic plan

By Natalie Frank and Jon Moss
June 25, 2021
Eddie Glaude Jr. was the keynote speaker at a Wednesday event held by Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems in partnership with the African American Strategic Partnership.

[Photo] ‘Tell the truth’: Eddie Glaude speaks on racism at CRSP event

June 2, 2021
Faculty Assembly met last Wednesday, discussing and voting on a required vaccination mandate and policy changes to better accommodate the University’s new decentralized budget model, as well as addressing updates to language in academic committee policies.

[Photo] ‘The more people vaccinated, the closer we get to normal’: Faculty Assembly encourages vaccination mandate, talks budget policies

May 19, 2021
Melissa McGivney, the associate dean for community partnerships at the School of Pharmacy, discussed the University’s vaccination efforts at Thursday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting hosted via Zoom. Other officials addressed Pitt’s COVID-19 response and graduation at the meeting.

[Photo] ‘We did well’: Pitt officials discuss COVID-19 response, vaccination efforts

April 23, 2021
Student Government Board held its weekly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] ‘For the last time, end report’: SGB sheds tears, passes bill at last spring meeting

April 21, 2021
Student Affairs hosted a town hall on Thursday evening via Zoom to reflect on the transparency within the Pitt police department, as well as to address questions students had relating to the Pitt police.

[Photo] Pitt police town hall addresses funding, weapon usage among officers

April 19, 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.

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

April 19, 2021
The club TEDx @Pitt hosted a conference Sunday afternoon featuring presentations from four speakers, including first-year microbiology major Kim Le, career consultant and Pitt alumna Emily Bennett, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of the 181st District of Pennsylvania and Provost Ann Cudd.

[Photo] TEDx @Pitt hosts conference to reflect on 2020

April 19, 2021
Natalie Diaz joined poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and writer and performance artist lê thị diễm thúy for “Of Sounds and Re-sounds” Wednesday night, as the fourth event in the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics’ “Black Studies 2.0” series.

[Photo] CAAPP event explores sound, diaspora and oppression

April 16, 2021
During Wednesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting, President Chris Bonneau introduced a resolution for Pitt to make vaccination a requirement and to ensure equal vaccination opportunities for students.

[Photo] Faculty Assembly discusses required vaccination proposal, possible new budget model

April 16, 2021
Pitt’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Office held an event on Thursday afternoon titled “Supporting Gay Black and Latino Sexual Assault Survivors,” which focused on male sexual assault survivors of marginalized communities, specifically gay Black and Latino men.

[Photo] ‘This is a crisis’: Panel discusses support for gay Black and Latino male sexual assault survivors

April 16, 2021
Horror authors Michelle Lane (left) and Jewelle Gomez spoke at a Zoom webinar on Tuesday night as a part of the University Library System’s Women in Horror series.

[Photo] Horror authors talk race, gender and vampires at ULS event

April 14, 2021
Student Government Board held its weekly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] SGB introduces governing and elections codes revision bills, new committee chairs

April 14, 2021
Pitt SAFE peer educators, Student Government Board members, clinicians from the University Counseling Center, and members of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape gave presentations in support of community members who have experienced sexual violence. The event, which in previous years had been held as a candlelight vigil, took place on Zoom.

[Photo] Vigil promotes healing for survivors of sexual violence

April 9, 2021
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