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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

1:14 am
Student Government Board held its weekly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

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

1:13 am
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
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape — an organization to help victims of sexual or relationship violence — led a discusson via Zoom on Thursday to talk about how to support survivors of sexual misconduct on college campuses, specifically how to use the Title IX office’s resources, what trauma from sexual violence can look like and how to help victims of sexual violence.

[PHOTO] ‘We have a responsibility’: Panel discusses Title IX resources, sexual assault awareness

April 9, 2021
The University Senate held a plenary after examining systemic racism and inequality within the Pitt community.

[PHOTO] University Senate spring plenary stresses importance of anti-racism and equity at Pitt

April 12, 2021
Ahead of next month’s primary election, Pittsburgh’s four mayoral candidates met Thursday evening to share their thoughts on current issues impacting the City and policy proposals moving forward — such as racial equity, taxing UPMC, policing and more.

[PHOTO] Pittsburgh mayoral candidates discuss platforms, City issues

April 9, 2021
Poet Rudy Francisco gave performances of slam poetry in between taking questions Thursday night, in a town hall hosted by the Resident Student Association. In addition to reciting his poetry, Francisco talked about his becoming a poet, activism and his experience as a Black man.

[PHOTO] Rudy Francisco speaks on poetry’s political power at RSA town hall

April 9, 2021
Student Government Board held its weekly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

[PHOTO] SGB encourages students to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines

April 7, 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.”

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

April 2, 2021
Student Government Board held its weekly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

[PHOTO] SGB continues action on resolutions, approves Lauren’s Promise resolution

March 31, 2021
The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held its monthly meeting on Tuesday night via Zoom.

[PHOTO] Community members discuss proposed CMU construction projects

March 31, 2021
The Office of Community and Governmental Relations and the Pitt Alumni Association welcomed about 65 people virtually on Tuesday to Pitt Day in Harrisburg. At this event, students and other members of the Pitt community advocated for increased funding from the state and spoke directly with state legislators and their aides.

[PHOTO] Pitt community advocates for state funding in turbulent budget cycle

March 29, 2021
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said the University’s fall plans are dependent on continued availability of the vaccine across the country. 

[PHOTO] Pitt administers more than 10k vaccines with community partners

March 26, 2021
After Pitt experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases after St. Patrick’s Day parties, Dr. John Williams, the head of the COVID-19 Medical Response Office, presented a more optimistic picture of Pitt’s pandemic outlook Thursday afternoon.

[PHOTO] Pitt officials address COVID-19 case spike, mitigation rules

March 26, 2021
Roughly 300 new apartments may soon come onto the Central Oakland housing market, following approval Tuesday from the City Planning Commission. The commission voted unanimously at its Tuesday meeting to greenlight an apartment building at 3500 Forbes Ave., on the site of the former Marathon gas station.

[PHOTO] Oakland apartment building approved after delays

March 26, 2021
Student Government Board held its weekly public meeting on Tuesday.

[PHOTO] SGB addresses recent mass shootings, Lauren’s Promise resolution

March 24, 2021
Faculty Assembly members passed new term limits for Senate officers and discussed upcoming anti-racism panel discussions, next week’s Self-Care Day and tentative plans for an in-person commencement at Wednesday afternoon’s meeting hosted via Zoom.

[PHOTO] Faculty Assembly passes new officer term limits, discusses COVID-19 on campus

March 18, 2021
Pitt’s Horror Studies Working Group co-sponsored a panel with the Department of Screen Cultures at Northwestern University and the Department of Arts at Northumbria University Thursday via Zoom. Entitled “Summoning Candyman: A Panel Discussion of the Cinematic Urban Legend” and hosted by the Society for Film and Media Studies’ Horror Studies Scholarly Interest Group, the panel focused on the classic 1992 Black horror film “Candyman.”

[PHOTO] ‘Black history is Black horror’: Panel discusses legacy of Black slasher film ‘Candyman’

March 19, 2021
Student Government Board hosted its weekly public meeting Tuesday night via Zoom.

[PHOTO] SGB creates students of color task force, provides grading policies update

March 17, 2021
Pitt’s department of sociology, Global Hub and Asian Studies Center co-sponsored a Monday panel titled “Combatting Anti-Asian Violence Amidst COVID-19” to raise awareness about the increase in anti-Asian violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[PHOTO] ‘Heartbreaking’: Panel discusses rise in anti-Asian violence during pandemic

March 17, 2021
Pitt Hillel and Resident Student Association hosted the first of a four-part town hall series Sunday evening, with this week’s conversation revolving around a Q&A session with local Jewish activists.

[PHOTO] Hillel and RSA team up in anti-Semitism town hall

March 15, 2021
Wendy Braund, the COVID-19 response director and interim acting physician general at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, led a conversation on Wednesday via Zoom called “Pennsylvania State Response to COVID-19.” The event — hosted by the Graduate School of Public Health — focused on the state’s testing and vaccination efforts.

[PHOTO] Pennsylvania’s top doctor addresses state’s COVID-19 response

March 12, 2021
Pitt’s Global Hub a panel Wednesday afternoon called “What is Justice?: Contemporary Perspectives on Global Feminisms” that focused on the current socio-political climate, transnational feminism, anti-Blackness and global social justice issues.

[PHOTO] Panel discusses intersectional feminism, justice

March 12, 2021
The first of two open forums for Pitt community members to express input about the search for a new dean of students occurred Wednesday night.

[PHOTO] Pitt holds lightly attended forum about dean of students opening

March 12, 2021
Student Government Board held its presidential debate over Zoom on Feb. 26.

[PHOTO] The 48 hours that changed an SGB election

March 10, 2021
Student Government Board held its first weekly Zoom meeting since last week’s election on Tuesday night.

[PHOTO] SGB discuss new elections procedure task force, public art competition

March 10, 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.

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

March 8, 2021
Co-authors John Cavanagh and Robin Broad joined Pitt faculty and graduate students Friday afternoon for the launch of their new book “The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed.”

[PHOTO] Pitt hosts launch of new book ‘The Water Defenders’

March 8, 2021
Miriam Abelson, a sociologist and associate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at Portland State University, spent nine years interviewing 66 transgender men across the country.

[PHOTO] ‘Men in Place’ charts a changing landscape of masculinity

March 5, 2021
Lesley Manning, the director of “Ghostwatch,” joined a panel of horror experts on Friday to discuss the impact of the film. Sonia Lupher, a visiting lecturer in film and media studies at Pitt and the founder and editor of “Cut-Throat Women: A Database of Women Who Make Horror,” organized the event.

[PHOTO] Director Lesley Manning speaks with horror experts about ‘Ghostwatch’

March 1, 2021
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher spoke about several issues facing the University at Friday's Board of Trustees meeting.

[PHOTO] Gallagher reflects on one year of COVID-19

February 26, 2021
The compensation committee of the Board of Trustees met Friday afternoon to approve the salary for the new senior vice chancellor for business and operations.

[PHOTO] Board approves pandemic appreciation resolution, DeJong as business & operations chief

February 26, 2021
Dawne Hickton, the chair of the Board’s Ad-hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels, said the committee found that fossil fuel investments will pose a “higher risk” in the future.

[PHOTO] Board votes to increase endowment transparency, continue gradual fossil fuel divestment

February 26, 2021
Pitt’s Bradford campus, the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, the Center on Race and Social Problems and the Black Action Society sponsored a panel Thursday afternoon called “The Black Impact: Black Faculty and Administrators’ Influence on Black Student Success.” Fellow members of the Black Pitt community, including faculty, students and administrators attended.

[PHOTO] ‘The same fire’: Black students, faculty discuss diversity, activism on campus

February 26, 2021
Pitt’s Student Government Board, including President Eric Macadangdang, urged the Board of Trustees to immediately divest of fossil fuel investments in a Thursday statement.

[PHOTO] SGB slams board report advising slow fossil fuel divestment

February 26, 2021
Pitt’s Student Government Board held its presidential debate over Zoom Thursday night.

[PHOTO] Sparks fly as SGB presidential candidates clash at debate

February 26, 2021
Pitt’s institutional master plan, which will guide University construction for the next 10 to 25 years, officially began the City Planning Commission’s formal approval process Tuesday.

[PHOTO] Oakland construction projects discussed at Planning Commission meeting

February 26, 2021
A panel met in the evening on Feb. 24 to discuss how the University has and should continue to improve the Black Pitt experience. Clyde Wilson Pickett, the vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, introduced the annual Black History Month event, hosted in honor of Pitt’s very own K. Leroy Irvis.

[PHOTO] Black Pitt alumni and students reflect on experiences in ‘Blue, Gold & Black’ panel

March 8, 2021
Dr. John Williams, Pitt’s COVID-19 chief, said the University is “off to a great start” this semester in handling the pandemic.

[PHOTO] ‘Cautiously optimistic’: Pitt officials address the state of COVID-19 on campus

February 19, 2021
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher discussed University initiatives at Wednesday afternoon's Senate Council meeting.

[PHOTO] Pitt to distribute more than $15 million to students from federal COVID-19 aid

February 19, 2021
Melissa McGivney, the associate dean for community partnerships at the School of Pharmacy, discussed Pitt’s vaccination efforts at Wednesday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting hosted via Zoom. Other officials addressed COVID-19 on campus and Pitt’s uncertain budget outlook at the meeting.

[PHOTO] Pitt approved as vaccine provider, unsure when vaccine supply will arrive

February 19, 2021
Student Government Board hosted the Meet the Candidates event Wednesday evening for Pitt students to get to know who will be on the ballot in the upcoming election on March 2.

[PHOTO] Pitt students meet SGB candidates at virtual event

February 19, 2021
Pitt’s Jewish Studies Program hosted the panel “Sexing American Jewish History” last Friday via Zoom to celebrate the release of the special edition of American Jewish History.

[PHOTO] In the ‘streets’ and ‘sheets’: Panel discusses the connection between sexuality and Judaism

February 15, 2021
Student Government Board and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosted a panel Thursday evening titled “What the F*ck? Unfiltered Conversations About Diversity and Inclusion Between Students, Staff and Administration.”

[PHOTO] Panel discusses white privilege, white supremacy at Pitt

February 12, 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.

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

February 10, 2021
Pitt’s Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[PHOTO] SGB discusses elections, upcoming diversity and inclusion events

February 10, 2021
Pitt’s School of Education hosted a virtual forum Wednesday evening featuring community leaders and a discussion about current organizing work and future justice goals. At the end, Nicholas Anglin, one of the founders of Black, Young & Educated, spoke about encouraging sustainable action and community education to address racial inequalities and issues within cities like Pittsburgh.

[PHOTO] Black community leaders discuss youth organizing, Black Lives Matter in education

February 5, 2021
“George Romero & Pittsburgh: The Early Years,” a 45-minute documentary produced by Pitt students as part of their “Making the Documentary” course, screened in a Zoom event Thursday night. The film focused on Romero’s beginning, from his birth in Brooklyn to his move to Pittsburgh, where he found the group that would go on to be his main collaborators for his early films.

[PHOTO] Student documentary explores George Romero’s early years

February 5, 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.

[PHOTO] Panel discusses health disparities, voter power in Indigenous communities

January 29, 2021
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