Pitt won’t rename Scaife Hall, chancellor says
By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor
August 27, 2020
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced that a working group charged with investigating Scaife Hall’s name found no reason to continue with the renaming process. Renaming Scaife Hall, home to Pitt’s School of Medicine, was one of Black medical students’ demands that was sent to the School’s dean in June.
‘Foundational knowledge’: School of Medicine reflects on anti-racist curriculum changes
By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer
July 15, 2020
The book club is a continuation of an anti-racism curriculum change introduced last year in Clinical Experiences — a required course for all medical students that runs from the beginning of spring semester of the first year through the fall semester of the second year.
Med students help underserved communities during pandemic
By Priya Ray, Staff Writer
June 23, 2020
412Med is a student-led organization helping underserved communities in the Pittsburgh area, providing medical services to the community after the halting of clinical rotations in March, which have since resumed.