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Pitt rings in Lunar New Year with ‘Beyond the Page’ and Global Hub Event

By Maxine Van Nortwick and Mollie Young • January 31, 2025

This past week marked the start of the Year of the Snake, with the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and the University of Pittsburgh joined in on the celebrations taking place around the world to...

CASA, VSA host 2022 Lunar New Year Festival in WPU

By Shreya Singh, For The Pitt News • February 14, 2022

Pitt’s Chinese American and Vietnamese student associations hosted a Lunar New Year festival on Saturday, returning to an in-person celebration. The event included performances from student artists, R&B singer Thuy and many more.

Pitt welcomes the Year of the Tiger with a Lunar New Year celebration

By Renee Dubaich, For The Pitt News • February 4, 2022

Pitt students and faculty stopped by the Global Hub on Wednesday to enjoy the Lunar New Year celebration. Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is a festival that celebrates the beginning of the new year based on the lunar calendar.

Lunar New Year 2020: Ringing in the Year of the Rat

By Charlie Taylor, Senior Staff Writer • January 27, 2020

Unlike the Gregorian calendar, with which most Americans are most familiar, the lunar calendar tracks time based on the cycles of the moon rather than the movement of the earth around the sun.

Pitt rings in the Lunar New Year

By Apoorva Kethidi, Staff Writer • February 12, 2019

Pitt’s Lunar New Year celebration, hosted this past weekend by Pitt’s Chinese American Students Association and VSA in an event titled “Pitt CASA x VSA: Lunar New Year 2019,” brought in over 200 guests.

Students celebrate Lunar New Year

By Sandra Balatkova | For The Pitt News • February 12, 2018

The Lunar New Year celebration set colors into motion and transformed Alumni Hall’s auditorium stage with the vibrant clothing, fans and flags featured in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese dances Sunday...