SGB addresses ENS concerns, announces new assembly bills

By Sydney Krasniewski, Senior Staff Writer • September 10, 2025

Student Government Board addressed concerns about campus alert systems and introduced a series of bills to expand the SGB Assembly and at its weekly meeting on Tuesday night at Nordy’s Place.

Chief of Police, students discuss absence of ENS alert following assault of two Jewish students on campus

By Anna Kuntz, Senior Staff Writer • September 5, 2024

After no alert from the Emergency Notification System alert was sent at Pitt following the assault of two Jewish students on Friday evening, students have raised concerns about campus safety and how law enforcement responds and notifies the Pitt community when dangers occur.

Pitt to automatically enroll all students in ENS texts

By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor • January 12, 2024

All Pitt students on the Oakland campus will receive texts when an Emergency Notification System alert is sent out beginning Jan. 16.

Police say ‘public safety emergency’ at O’Hara resolved after protest of Michael Knowles event

By Alexandra Ross and Rebecca Johnson • April 18, 2023

Pitt police released an emergency notification alert Tuesday evening advising people to avoid O’Hara street as a “public safety emergency” developed in the area.

City police respond to male barricaded inside Oakland Court home

By Betul Tuncer, Assistant News Editor • March 2, 2022

City police responded Wednesday to an incident involving a male barricaded inside a home on the 100 block of Oakland Court. Police safely located the male at around 4 p.m., and closed streets have now reopened.