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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 11, 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

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor
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 18, 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 16, 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

By Ashton Crawley, Rebecca Johnson, Martha Layne, Jon Moss, Mary Rose O'Donnell, and Millicent Watt
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

By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
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

By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
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

By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
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

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor
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

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor
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
Dr. John Williams, the head of the COVID-19 Medical Response Office, clarified details about Pitt’s vaccination effort, which could provide shots to up to 800 people, at Thursday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Students in ‘clinical-facing positions’ to receive vaccines late next week

January 21, 2021
Jay Silverman, managing principal at Dwell Design Studios, discusses updated designs for a proposed apartment building at 3500 Forbes Ave.

[Photo] Community members raise concerns about planned Oakland apartment building

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
December 18, 2020
The Oakland Planning and Development Corporation’s monthly Oakwatch meeting included two featured speakers from Pitt — Kenyon Bonner, vice provost and dean of students, and Paul Supowitz, vice chancellor for community and governmental relations.

[Photo] Over 300 students receive code of conduct violations for COVID-19 infractions

November 20, 2020
“The Revolution They Remember,” a documentary about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, premiered Thursday night.

[Photo] ‘The Revolution They Remember’ highlights voices of China’s Cultural Revolution

November 13, 2020
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher discussed the University’s recent shift to the Elevated risk posture and the uptick of coronavirus cases on campus at Thursday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting.

[Photo] Gallagher responds to increase in COVID-19 cases on campus

November 13, 2020
Pitt held a vigil for Black Lives Lost to Police Brutality on Wednesday evening.

[Photo] Black Action Society holds vigil for lives lost to police brutality

November 13, 2020
The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance and Pittsburgh Human Rights Working Group hosted an event titled “Housing Justice, Human Rights and Health Webinar: Engaging Locally” with Leilani Farha on Thursday night.

[Photo] Panelists discuss housing as a human right not a place for profits

November 6, 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.

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

November 6, 2020
The second episode of “Jazz Talk,” a video series by Nicole Mitchell Gantt, was livestreamed on the Pitt music department’s YouTube channel Wednesday night as part of the 50th Pitt Jazz Seminar.

[Photo] ‘Jazz Talk’ addresses revolutionary roots of Black music

November 6, 2020
The Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels held an open forum Friday morning to allow students, faculty and alumni to provide feedback about the University’s $4.3-billion endowment.

[Photo] Community members urge divestment at forum

November 2, 2020
Political clubs have adapted their campaigning methods prior to the Nov. 3 election and are now doing the majority of phone banking online.

[Photo] 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.

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

October 23, 2020
A panel of experts from Pitt and the city of Pittsburgh discussed the new Title IX regulations and their effects on the University Thursday via Zoom.

[Photo] Title IX office discusses resources, training under new federal regulations

October 23, 2020
Dr. Aubrey Webson (right), the current United Nations ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, participated in a live Zoom webinar Wednesday night facilitated by Cameron Clarke (left).

[Photo] U.N. Ambassador Aubrey Webson brings diplomatic experience to Pitt students

October 16, 2020
A Pitt police town hall was held Thursday via Zoom.

[Photo] Pitt police town hall addresses transparency, communication with students

October 19, 2020
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said the University would send out more concrete guidance on the shelter-in-place period “shortly,” during a virtual Senate Council meeting on Thursday.

[Photo] Students will be asked to shelter in place for two weeks before winter break, head of COVID-19 Medical Response Office says

October 16, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] SGB addresses Tower B quarantine, dining concerns

October 7, 2020
Pitt and Student Government Board held the roundtable event “COVID-19, Intersectionality and Mental Health” on Tuesday.

[Photo] ‘A difficult time for us all’: Panel discusses mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice movement

October 8, 2020
Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held a meeting Tuesday evening via Zoom.

[Photo] Pitt withdraws Central Oakland housing development from Institutional Master Plan

September 29, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] Frustrations mount as Pitt police delay meeting with SGB members again

September 30, 2020
Emily Greenwood, professor of classics and African American studies at Yale University, started off CAAPP’s Black Study Intensive week with her virtual talk “Overthrowing Deadly Metaphors” on Monday afternoon.

[Photo] Some classics translations skirt conversations about race, Yale professor says

September 29, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] Black Action Society provides updates to SGB on student demands

September 23, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] SGB addresses latest COVID-19 case numbers

September 16, 2020
Pitt's Faculty Assembly met Wednesday afternoon.

[Photo] Pitt to allow in-person classes if ‘definable benefit,’ remainder to stay online during Elevated posture

By Rebecca Johnson, Jon Moss, and Alice Tang
September 9, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] SGB hopeful for update on in-person classes later this week

September 9, 2020
The Redeye Theatre Project kicked off its 16th season last Saturday over Zoom with one of its signature 24-hour theater events.

[Photo] Redeye Theatre Project celebrates Sweet 16 with virtual ‘Zoom-stival’

September 8, 2020
Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] Bonner addresses COVID cases, xenophobia at second SGB meeting

September 2, 2020
The Pitt Symphony Orchestra gathered via Zoom on Wednesday for its first rehearsal.

[Photo] ‘A waiting game’: Music groups navigate campus COVID-19 restrictions

September 1, 2020
Pitt’s centers for Governance and Markets and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, as well as the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and Congregation Beth Shalom, all collaborated to host a virtual event Tuesday to raise awareness about the geneocide of Uyghur Muslims in China.

[Photo] ‘They kill us here’: Survivor of Uyghur concentration camps recounts torture

September 1, 2020
The Student Government Board met Tuesday night via Zoom.

[Photo] SGB kicks off fall semester with first online meeting

August 26, 2020
The College Democrats held their first meeting virtually via Zoom on Tuesday night.

[Photo] College Dems panel encourages fight for racial justice on campus

August 26, 2020
An Oakland-wide community meeting Tuesday night provided updates on a new proposed development along Forbes Avenue.

[Photo] New off-campus student housing, multi-purpose building planned for Forbes

August 25, 2020
Editors at The Pitt News wait to greet students at this year’s virtual Activities Fair.

[Photo] Student orgs adapt recruiting to virtual Activities Fair

August 23, 2020
Ashton Crawley, Rebecca Johnson and Martha Layne are the news editors at The Pitt News.

[Photo] Meet the editors: News

August 20, 2020
Editor-in-Chief Jon Moss and Managing Editor Mary Rose O’Donnell are the leaders at The Pitt News.

[Photo] Column | Slowly, then all at once

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
April 19, 2022
Paige Lawler and Leah Mensch are the opinions editors at The Pitt News.

[Photo] Meet the Editors: Opinions

August 16, 2020
Panel members talked about xenophobia during a Diversity Forum event last Wednesday.

[Photo] Diversity Forum panel discusses xenophobia

August 4, 2020
Ibram Kendi, author of the 2019 book “How to Be an Antiracist,” discusses anti-racism during a Wednesday event as part of the Diversity Forum series.

[Photo] ‘Allow us the space to be Black’: Diversity forum talks anti-racism with Ibram Kendi

July 29, 2020
Top Pitt officials discussed the University's fall reopening plans during a Tuesday evening community meeting held by the Oakland Planning and Development Corp.

[Photo] Students, faculty and staff required to complete COVID-19 training for fall

July 28, 2020
Angela Davis, a civil rights activist and philosopher, discussed anti-racism at a Tuesday evening event.

[Photo] Activist, scholar Angela Davis talks anti-racism, social justice

July 28, 2020
Clyde Wilson Pickett, the new vice chancellor for diversity inclusion, made his first public appearance during a Tuesday event as part of Pitt's Diversity Forum.

[Photo] ‘I hope it’s a reckoning’: Panel encourages racial justice activism in Pittsburgh

July 28, 2020
Administrators discussed fall plans during a town hall Tuesday.

[Photo] Pitt officials discuss health guidelines for residence life, COVID testing at student town hall

July 28, 2020
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[Photo] Flat tuition, 6% cut in next year’s budget

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
July 15, 2020
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher spoke about the dual crises facing the University at Friday morning's board of trustees meeting.

[Photo] Gallagher: Pitt in a ‘watershed’ moment

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
June 26, 2020
Eva Tansky Blum, the outgoing board chairperson, talks during Friday morning's board meeting.

[Photo] Board approves new trustees, revised bylaws

June 26, 2020
The University Senate’s Educational Policies Committee met on Monday via Zoom.

[Photo] Education Policies Committee talks fall planning, alumna petition

June 16, 2020
The investment committee of the board of trustees met Tuesday via Zoom.

[Photo] Board committee approves flat endowment distribution rate

June 16, 2020
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[Photo] Flat tuition, fees expected for next year, Gallagher says

By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
June 11, 2020
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