The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
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A guide to the 2024 Student Government Board election

By Emily Handrahan and Emma Hannan • February 22, 2024

Pitt students will have the opportunity to cast their votes for various candidates running in the 2024 Student Government Board elections on Feb. 27. Three slates, and a total of nine candidates, are all...

Members of Student Government Board speak during their public meeting on Tuesday in Nordy’s Place.

SGB holds first meeting of the spring semester, discusses new changes 

By Emma Hannan, Staff Writer • January 10, 2024
During the first Student Government Board meeting of the spring semester, SGB President Ryan Young introduced the election season for the next academic year and encouraged people to run. 
Students speak at the Student Government Board meeting Tuesday night in Nordy’s Place.

SGB discusses upcoming meeting with Provost Bonner, student activities fee

By Adrienne Cahillane, Senior Staff Writer • December 6, 2023
During its last meeting of the semester, Student Government Board discussed an upcoming meeting with Vice Provost Bonner and other funding related initiatives.
Allocations chair Maddie McCann-Colvard speaks at the weekly public meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

Student Government Board launches new allocations platform

By Marissa Kelley, Staff Writer • November 30, 2023

Student Government Board Vice President of Operations Sarah Siddiqui introduced Experience Pitt, a new platform for allocation requests, at the board’s public meeting on Nov. 8.  “We’re really...

Artwork at the Teal Gallery on Thursday.

‘It breaks down that isolation’: Teal Gallery displays art from student survivors of sexual assault

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer • November 12, 2023

When a student-led gallery of art and writing from survivors of sexual assault opened its doors on Thursday evening, the clothes that survivors wore when they were assaulted hung on clotheslines across...

Members of the Student Government Board applaud during their meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

New SGB task forces, committees aim to improve student life on and off campus

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • November 9, 2023

Student Government Board President Ryan Young announced the creation of multiple new task forces, conditional committees and ad hoc committees in September.  These include the Future Planning Task...

James O'Keefe speaking with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Pitt’s chapter of Turning Point spends $25,000 to bring James O’Keefe to campus

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • November 3, 2023

Liliana Orozco, president of Turning Point USA at Pitt, said the $25,000 allocated to the organization from Student Government Board will go “completely” toward paying James O’Keefe. Money that...

Members of Student Government Board speak during Tuesday night’s meeting in Nordy’s Place.

SGB discusses provost search, AEDs and Democracy Week

By Adrienne Cahillane, Senior Staff Writer • November 1, 2023
The Student Government Board discussed the search for a new provost, AEDs on campus and Democracy Week at Tuesday’s meeting.
The Pitt News logo carved on a pumpkin.

SGB votes on allocations bill, discusses student services

By Adrienne Cahillane, Staff Writer • October 3, 2023
At Tuesday’s meeting, Student Government Board approved an allocations bill in regards to speaker honoraria and discussed the “Tracy” proposal and student services.
A member of Delta Sigma Pi speaks to the student government board during Tuesday night’s public meeting.

SGB discusses allocations, reproductive health on campus

By Adrienne Cahillane, Staff Writer • September 26, 2023

At Tuesday’s meeting, Student Government Board introduced a new allocations bill that it plans to vote on at the next meeting. The bill changes the monetary caps for requests to attend competitions and...

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