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Pitt adds 8 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday, detects UK variant on campus

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • March 23, 2021

Pitt added eight new COVID-19 cases, composed of six students and two employees, between last Friday and Monday, with 39 students currently in isolation.

‘Beannachtai na Feile Padraig dhuit!’: Irish community reinvents traditions to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

By Colm Slevin, Staff Writer • March 17, 2021

Though the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Pittsburgh and many of the other ways people would normally spend the day, the Irish community has managed to find ways to celebrate their heritage.

Shop2Help helps local businesses, food banks

By Andrew Thompson, For The Pitt News • March 3, 2021

Georgia Petropolis, the executive director of the Oakland Business Improvement District, started the Shop2Help Oakland program in October to help local businesses and the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank.

Editorial | United States should follow Britain’s model, prioritize schools

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 23, 2021

But prioritizing schools is exactly what England should be doing, and frankly, exactly what the United States should be — but hasn’t been — doing.

Shelter in place ended Tuesday morning

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • February 16, 2021

Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office announced in an email Monday evening that the University-wide shelter-in-place period will end as of 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Pitt goes test-optional through fall 2023

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • February 12, 2021

Pitt’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid announced Wednesday afternoon that it extended its ACT and SAT test-optional policy through fall 2023 for first-year applicants in all programs, majors, schools and colleges.

Pitt adds 16 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • February 5, 2021

Pitt added 16 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 15 students and one employee, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 19 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last Friday to Monday, included 11 cases.

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

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • February 3, 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

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 faculty, staff to have access to mail-in COVID-19 tests beginning Monday

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • January 21, 2021

Pitt faculty and staff received an email from the University’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office on Thursday afternoon outlining a new COVID-19 testing program through Quest Diagnostics as well as a vaccine and daily health check app update.