The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
A woman participates in biology research.

Pitt biologists work to ‘equalize risk’ in field research

By Donata Massimiani, Senior Staff Writer • October 13, 2022
A team of faculty and researchers in Pitt’s biology department created a field safety manual that serves to increase safety, minimize risk as well as identify inequities and their solutions.
The current bioinformatics major will be expanded into the new computational biology major which will cover a broader range of subjects than its predecessor.

Bioinformatics major evolves into “computational biology”

By Mary Rose O’Donnell, Staff Writer • January 25, 2019
In the culmination of a five-year process, the bioinformatics major will become the computational biology major in the fall of 2019, reflecting the ever-changing technological landscape.
Students created a petition addressing unfair exams and low grades in biology professor Craig Peebles' Biological Science 1000 class.

Bio class assigned new professor after petition

By Jon Moss, Contributing Editor • January 7, 2019
At the end of the fall semesters, students in professor Peebles’ biology 1000 class created a petition claiming that the class was graded unfairly
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