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
Beth Hoffman is the project coordinator for “Twitter and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy,” a project funded with a $117,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation studying how vaccine misinformation spreads on social media.

‘A feeding ground for misinformation’: Pitt researchers study vaccine hesitancy on Twitter

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • February 2, 2021
Pitt researchers at the Center for Research on Behavioral Health Care, Media and Technology received a $117,000 grant in January from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for their project, “Twitter and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.”
Pitt adds 11 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

Pitt adds 11 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • February 2, 2021
Pitt added 11 new COVID-19 cases, composed of seven students and four employees, between last Friday and Monday, with 15 students currently in isolation.
Pitt adds 15 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

Pitt adds 15 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • January 29, 2021
Pitt added 15 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 13 students and two employees, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 29 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Friday to Monday, included 22 cases.
Pitt held a vaccination clinic with the Allegheny Health Department Thursday to vaccinate around 800 healthcare workers, including Pitt students, in the 1A priority group.

Pete transformed into vaccination site to administer shots to around 800 health care personnel, students

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • January 28, 2021
The Petersen Events Center, a complex usually associated with Pitt athletics and working out, can now add vaccine administration to its list of uses.
Some labs are allowing in-person instruction by rotating in-person cohorts of students.

Students adjust to new online science lab structure

By Millicent Watt, Staff Writer • January 27, 2021
Lab classes are traditionally a way for students to have a hands-on experience, but Pitt students, like many around the world, had to make some major changes.
Kenzo (pictured) is being trained by senior psychology and history double major Lily Swanson to become a service dog.

Service puppy raisers navigate training dogs during pandemic

By Elizabeth Primrose, Staff Writer • January 27, 2021
Lily Swanson got a new best friend at the start of the pandemic — a half-lab, half-golden retriever puppy named Kenzo. Swanson has raised Kenzo since March through STEP@Pitt, a student organization dedicated to raising service dogs.
Chancellor Partick Gallagher spoke with The Pitt News about planning for the spring semester, running the University during the COVID-19 pandemic and what April graduation could look like.

Gallagher talks spring semester, vaccines and more in TPN interview

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • January 27, 2021
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Pitt is working to carry forward “what worked best in the fall” to the spring semester.
Pitt adds 22 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

Pitt adds 22 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • January 26, 2021
Pitt added 22 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 17 students and five employees, between last Friday and Monday, with 34 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Tuesday and Thursday, included 26 cases.
Students in the Pitt Nursing and Pharmacy schools received emails informing them of their eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the UPMC hospitals.

‘A huge event in history’: Students recount COVID-19 vaccination experiences

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • January 25, 2021
Ragini Rangan, a first-year pharmacy major, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center. While she described the needle as the size of a regular flu shot, its purpose was much bigger.
Pitt adds 26 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

Pitt adds 26 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • January 22, 2021
Pitt added 26 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 24 students and two employees, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 32 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Friday to Monday, included nine cases.
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