![Headshot of the new Board of Trustees member Louis R. Cestello.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/N_BoTLouisCestello_Pittwire-1.webp)
Louis Cestello voted in as new Board of Trustees chair
By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor
• October 3, 2023
![A view of the Cathedral of Learning.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/N_ActiveShooterProtocol_File.jpeg)
Gallagher gives final report as Chancellor at Board of Trustees meeting
By Adrienne Cahillane, Staff Writer
• June 28, 2023
![Friday’s public meeting hosted by the Student Affairs Committee and the Board of Trustees.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/00B5463A-2B7C-4BDD-A29C-4ADDC913E06F-900x562.jpeg)
Student Affairs Committee, Kenyon Bonner talk student fee changes, new campus recreation and wellness center facility
By Allison Radziwon, Assistant News Editor
• June 21, 2022
![The George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building on Pitt’s Bradford campus.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-20-at-8.38.41-PM.png)
Board committees vote to rename building, expand endowment fund
By Martha Layne, News Editor
• February 20, 2022
![A Board of Trustees committee nominated Robert Hernandez, a 1966 Pitt alumnus who served on the Board of Trustees from 2002-2020, and Jack Smith, who completed his residency in orthopedics at Pitt in 1978 and served on the Board of Trustees from 2012-2020, to be emeritus trustees.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/N_BOT_Meeting_Via-900x501.png)
Board committee nominates two emeritus trustees
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• September 21, 2021
![The Properties and Facilities Committee met last Thursday to discuss resolutions to construct new buildings on the Greensburg and Bradford campuses and improvements to an Oakland campus building.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/N_BOT_Meeting_Via-900x513.png)
Board committee approves new building construction on branch campuses, Alan Magee Scaife Hall renovations
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• July 14, 2021
![According to a petition, the houses at 3401-3421 Bates St. and 392 Coltart Ave. near Boulevard of the Allies are a “public nuisance” due to their dilapidated and uninhabited state.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/N_Development-Updates_KO-900x600.jpg)
Board committee approves Hillman renovations, new chilled water plant and off-campus property acquisitions
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• June 17, 2021
![The committee approved a flat distribution rate from the University’s endowment this year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/N_Investment_Committee_Via-900x514.png)
Endowment distribution to remain the same for 2022 fiscal year
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• June 15, 2021
![The student affairs committee of the Board of Trustees held a public meeting last Wednesday to discuss resolutions to increase the Student Activity Fee at all four of Pitt’s campuses, the Student Wellness Fee at the Pittsburgh campus and the Student Recreation Fee at the Johnstown and Bradford branch campuses.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/N_BoardofTrustees_Via-900x522.png)
Board committee votes to increase student fees
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• May 26, 2021
![Dawne Hickton, the chair of the Board’s Ad-hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels, said the committee found that fossil fuel investments will pose a “higher risk” in the future.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pasted-image-0-900x600.png)
Board votes to increase endowment transparency, continue gradual fossil fuel divestment
By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
• February 26, 2021
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