Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Schenley and march down Forbes and Fifth

By Naomi Weiss, Senior Staff Writer • September 22, 2025

About 100 demonstrators gathered at Schenley Plaza to show their  solidarity with Palestine. The group marched down Forbes Ave. to Chancellor Joan Gabel's residence, where demonstrators held "Genocide Joan" signs depicting blood on her hands. 

Pitt Professor sues University and School of Education dean, alleging retaliation for support of Palestine

By Naomi Weiss, Senior Staff Writer • September 5, 2025

A Pitt professor is suing the School of Education and Dean Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, claiming she removed him from his position as the director of the Center for Urban Education and an endowed chair over his support for Palestine. 

Opinion | Empowering community opposes fascism

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • February 21, 2025

Although it is not a surprise to most that Trump pulled the United States out of the UN Human Rights Council after he did the same thing in 2018 due to “bias against Israel,” this move means Palestinian refugees are deprived of health care, food and education that U.S. funding to UNRWA supports. 

Protesters head to non-jury trial after summer encampment arrests

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer • January 27, 2025

Six Pitt students and alumni will appear in court this month on charges stemming from protests that escalated into confrontations with police.

Opinion | Stop shifting the goalposts for Zionism

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

Netanyahu threatened the genocidal hammer onto the civilians of Lebanon for not fighting against Hezbollah, an armed resistance group formed in the 1980s in face of Israeli aggression. Not only is Netanyahu seemingly proud of the Gaza destruction, he’s willing to leverage the hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians as a scare tactic against the Lebanese.

Op-Ed | The University of Pittsburgh is vindictively intimidating anti-genocide protesters to discourage people from speaking out

By Hiba Siddiqui, Psychology Major • October 15, 2024

As the administration parades around hollow values of “compassion” and “free expression,” they fail to acknowledge one of the most well-documented genocides currently raging in Palestine.

Teach-in gathers students after a walkout, faculty for education on Palestinian resistance

By Kelly McPoyle, Staff Writer • October 11, 2024

About 50 people gathered outside the Cathedral of Learning on Thursday afternoon for a teach-in about Palestinian resistance and the fight for divestment as part of Pitt Apartheid Divest’s "Week of Rage" events.

‘They have stories’: Students, community members recognize Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • October 9, 2024

Several pro-Palestinian organizations held an interfaith vigil on Monday evening in recognition of the estimated 42,000 people who have been killed in Gaza since last year’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.

Students, community members march for Lebanon and Palestine

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • October 4, 2024

About 250 students, alumni and community members marched in solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine on Thursday evening in a demonstration organized by several pro-Palestinian activist organizations.

Photos: SJP hosts the first Pro-Palestine protest of the school year

By Liam Sullivan and Bhaskar Chakrabarti • September 3, 2024

Students for Justice in Palestine, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition and Pitt Divest from Apartheid, hosted a pro-Palestine rally at Schenley Plaza at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The rally...