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
Assistant Vice Provost Cynthia Golden talks about the Flex@Pitt teaching model at Thursday's town hall.

Pitt officials discuss COVID testing, classroom capacities at faculty town hall

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • July 23, 2020
According to Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Mark Henderson, installation of new classroom technology to assist the Flex@Pitt model began Monday. He said faculty will be able to sign up for times to demo the new technology next week.
The Cathedral of Learning watches over an empty Pitt campus.

Pitt adds 4 new COVID-19 cases since last Friday

By Mary Rose O'Donnell, Contributing Editor • July 17, 2020
Pitt added four new COVID-19 cases, composed of three students and one employee, as of Friday’s weekly case report.
Op-Ed | Making Flex@Pitt more flexible

Op-Ed | Making Flex@Pitt more flexible

By Ben Rottman, Chris Schunn, Celia Brownell, Natasha Tokowicz, Peter Gianaros, Jana Iverson, and Timothy Nokes-Malach • July 16, 2020
Flex@Pitt is actually inflexible, and in its current form will result in a suboptimal learning experience.
Faculty convened via Zoom and voiced numerous, wide-ranging concerns Tuesday afternoon about Pitt’s plans for the fall semester.

Faculty voice concerns as fall semester approaches

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • July 7, 2020
Faculty have raised flags about a lack of shared governance in parts of the process and a lack of information provided by the administration.
The Cathedral of Learning watches over an empty Pitt campus.

Pitt to spend second half of federal relief money on fall restart

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 25, 2020
Pitt officials said Wednesday that the University will spend the second half of its federal CARES Act funding, around $10.6 million, on fall restart costs.
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