Opinion | How to beat the hometown summer blues

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • April 8, 2025

Although working helps, that only fills up part of the day. Here are some ideas for how to beat the hometown summer blues as a broke college student.

Opinion | Making art when you’re depressed feels impossible — do it anyway

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • January 17, 2024

When you build your identity, even a comparatively low-stakes one like your undergraduate major, around your ability to generate a creative product, it’s terrifying to feel like you’ve lost that ability.

Opinion | 10 tiny things to help depression feel not so terrible

By Nina Santucci, Staff Columnist • October 12, 2021

The idea of treating depression head on can be intimidating and overwhelming — so instead, tiny tasks and small steps of self-care can be done to make depression feel not so awful.

Editorial | School-aged students deserve better mental health resources

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated suicide and depression rates by leaving students who are used to going to school seven hours a day — surrounded by peers — isolated in their homes, taking math class over Zoom.

Opinion | 4 tips for prioritizing mental health in the transition to college

By Julia Kreutzer, Staff Columnist • June 30, 2019

Looking at how my first year at Pitt actually unfolded, though, I recognize that while I did enjoy the freedom and novelty, I had not anticipated the feelings of anxiety and loneliness that can come with uprooting one’s life and diving headfirst into a completely new environment.

Editorial: Pitt, let’s be clear on mental health

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 9, 2015

In the wake of three student suicides in less than a year, Pitt is working to transform the way it combats the effects of mental illness. Here on campus, Student Government Board, along with other student...