How students are taking care of themselves during finals

By Anna Montesanti, Staff Writer • April 21, 2026

Despite excitement over warmer temperatures and upcoming summer break plans, the end of the semester is often a less-than-enjoyable time for college students. Finals week typically brings an influx of...

Opinion | Classes are important, but so is taking care of yourself

By Emily O’Neil, Senior Staff Columnist • October 4, 2023

Although I realize the importance of attending classes, sometimes it’s just not that plain and simple. As everything piles up, attending class, keeping up with assignments and other responsibilities are things that most of us cannot handle as the semester gets busier. Keeping up your grades and GPA is vital, but if you are not taking care of yourself as well, getting good scores might become unattainable. 

Opinion | Normalize self-care and beauty products as gender neutral

By Kelly Xiong, Senior Staff Columnist • September 28, 2023

Beauty products and self-care activities are not exclusive to women — although they’re depicted as such by social media and strategic marketing tactics. Self-care can range from exercising to getting enough sleep to practicing good hygiene. It is anything you do to take care of yourself so you can stay mentally, physically and emotionally well. 

Opinion | It’s all about the management

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • April 17, 2023

“Yes, it is all about management” — managing your emotions, time, priorities, expectations, habits and so forth. A good manager, first and foremost, manages themselves and leads by example. 

Editorial | Take care of yourself during finals

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 30, 2022

Students should take care of their mental and physical health during finals week.

Experts, students talk seasonal depression: How to cope and resources available

By Donata Massimiani, Senior Staff Writer • November 18, 2022

As days grow shorter, temperatures grow colder and the sky becomes a sea of gray, finding motivation to complete schoolwork or get out of bed each morning can seem like a difficult task, especially for students like Daniel Dominick suffering from seasonal affective disorder.

Opinion | ‘Self-care’ vs. self-care — two very different ways of taking care of yourself

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist • October 27, 2022

The thing about stress is that it doesn’t typically get better on its own. But when you take care of your mental health, you increase your energy levels and can even reduce the risk of illness.

Put your ‘me time’ before study time with these finals week de-stressors

By Sarah Demchak, Staff Writer • December 8, 2021

Finals week is almost upon us and that means sleepovers at the library, unhealthy amounts of coffee and stressful cramming study sessions. It is easy to forget to take a break, but here are some tips to help you out.

‘Better than nothing’: Students reflect on last week’s Self-Care Day

By Suln Yun, Staff Writer • March 1, 2021

Students celebrated the first Self-Care Day of the semester last Tuesday. Students got one Self-Care Day last semester in October. Following a request from Student Government Board President Eric Macadangdang, students were given two Self-Care Days this semester — with the next one on March 24 — after spring break was cancelled.

Editorial | Pitt Day of Giving should not coincide with a self-care day

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 22, 2021

Pitt could have easily avoided scheduling Pitt Day of Giving and the first self-care day of the semester on the same date