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
Zechariah Brown announced the launch of the Student Emergency Assistance Fund at a Tuesday night Zoom meeting.

SGB announces Student Emergency Assistance Fund

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Assistant News Editor • March 31, 2020
Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown announced the launch of the Student Emergency Assistance Fund at the board’s Tuesday night online meeting.
The Outbreak | My Christianity squares off against my family’s

The Outbreak | My Christianity squares off against my family’s

By Carolyn Pallof, Contributing Staff Member • March 31, 2020
With the coronavirus outbreak, the upcoming presidential election and economic collapse flooding the news, political tension has reached an all time high in Carolyn Pallof's household.
Pitt made Lothrop Hall available as supplemental housing for UPMC medical staff, and is in the process of clearing out other residence halls as well.

Cleaning house: Pitt tosses, stores student belongings to prepare facilities for COVID-19 fight

By Jon Moss, News Editor • March 30, 2020
Pitt is cleaning and sanitizing several facilities around campus in an effort to make them available for the Pittsburgh medical community in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, though the process has not gone off without a hitch.
Sodexo laid off a majority of its workers without pay over spring break, when Pitt adjusted its dining services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Market Central and The Perch, the two dining halls on campus, remain closed.

Pitt dining workers struggling with no pay after mass layoffs

By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer • March 30, 2020
Sodexo, the University’s dining contractor of 29 years, laid off a majority of its 400 to 500 workers without pay over spring break, when Pitt adjusted its dining services due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pitt Prescription

The Pitt Prescription | A health care worker’s view of the pandemic

By Elizabeth Donnelly, Senior Staff Writer • March 29, 2020
In a special edition of her health care blog, Elizabeth Donnelly describes her experience working in a pharmacy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Editorial: Students should be paid in the federal stimulus package

Editorial: Students should be paid in the federal stimulus package

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 29, 2020
The recently passed economic rescue package pays $1,200 to every American adult, with a few exceptions. Students deserve to be included in the package.
Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes from Zoom University

Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes from Zoom University

By Leah Mensch, Josh Beylinson, Alex Dolinger, Paige Lawler, Devi Ruia, and Julia Kreutzer • March 29, 2020
Here are a few snapshots of what our first week looked like.
Dan Yates, the Makerspace’s innovation project coordinator, is the only person currently allowed in the Makerspace, but he relies on a team of about 50 students in the Makerspace club to help design face masks and face shields.

Pitt engineers donate, create supplies for health care workers

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • March 29, 2020
Within the Swanson School of Engineering, numerous labs and individuals, including Veser, have donated their supplies, time and ideas to help reduce the shortage of personal protective equipment in Pittsburgh hospitals.
Provost Ann Cudd at a forum at the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.

Pitt moves summer classes online as pandemic continues

By Jon Moss, News Editor • March 27, 2020
Provost Ann Cudd announced in a Friday email that all Pitt summer classes will be held online as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The move comes after classes finished their first week online, due to the pandemic, after an extended spring break.
The first week of online classes at the University proceeded with no major issues, according to students and faculty.

‘Resilient and committed’: First week of online classes proceeds without issue

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer • March 26, 2020
Pitt faculty had limited time to move all in-person classes online in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the first week of online classes at the University proceeded with no major issues.
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