Pitt Pathfinders use virtual tours to connect students to Pitt in new ways
By Thea Barrett, For The Pitt News
September 4, 2020
Students won’t have to worry about getting run over by backward-walking, striped-shirt-clad Pitt Pathfinders around campus this semester. But that doesn’t mean Pathfinders aren’t showing off the campus to potential Pitt students.
Financial aid office helping students impacted by coronavirus
By Lucy Li and Rebecca Johnson
April 20, 2020
Pitt’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid is currently open remotely to provide financial counseling and support to students who have experienced financial hardship because of the pandemic and are unsure of how to pay for their education.
Pitt holds first online Admitted Students Day
By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor
April 1, 2020
With the shift to a world online, OAFA has shifted as well. The office continues to connect with incoming students through programs like online advising and a virtual Admitted Students Day while employees work from home.
New Pitt spending policy increases support for financial aid
By Janine Faust, Editor-in-chief
June 25, 2019
At a public meeting in Posvar Hall Monday morning, Pitt’s Investment Committee approved a new spending policy that increases the amount of University funding directly supporting financial aid.
Opinion | Matching Pell grants isn’t enough
By Emily Pinigis, Staff Columnist
February 28, 2019
For students who already received a Pell Grant, it’s a wonderful effort by Pitt to help alleviate some of their costs and worries. But for the students who don’t qualify, the effort leaves them in the dust.
Pitt now accepting the Common Application
By Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor
April 19, 2018
Students submitting an application to Pitt in the 2018-19 school year will be the first class that can use the Common Application, according to a statement Pitt released Tuesday. The Common App allows prospective students to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously using one applica...