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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
An Internship Week representative holds an Internship Week flyer.

Internships help students manage time, discover new opportunities 

By Amanda Yu, Staff Writer • September 25, 2024
Students and faculty discuss the pros and cons of having an internship during the school year.
Students study on the newly renovated second floor of Hillman Library.

Upperclassmen share their favorite study areas on campus, advice for securing a spot

By Anna Kuntz, Senior Staff Writer • August 8, 2024
With a large study body, it can be difficult to find the optimal study environment and even harder to guarantee that it will be available when it’s time to hit the books. With a new school year upon us, upperclassmen shared their study preferences and gave advice on how to secure a spot.
The School of Medicine’s 2016 study “The Association between Social Media Use and Eating Concerns among U.S. Young Adults” indicates a positive association between social media use and eating concerns in young adults.

Pitt study links social media and eating disorders

By Vaibhav Gupta, For The Pitt News • February 19, 2019
A recent research study by the University of Pittsburgh titled “Greater social media use tied to higher risk of eating, body image concerns,” reveals that the rise in eating disorders, particularly body image concerns and anorexia, are linked to a higher use of social media sites.
The hurricane’s devastation left this house in Puerto Rico without a roof (pictured on Sept. 25, 2017) after Hurricane Maria struck the island nearly one week earlier. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Study: Hurricane Maria’s death toll 70 times higher than Puerto Rican officials have reported

By Karen Kaplan and Amina Khan | L.A. Times • May 29, 2018

Officials in Puerto Rico say that 64 people lost their lives after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island in September. A new report says that estimate is off _ by about 4,600. If the analysis is correct,...

(Illustration by Abby Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Study looks to link brain activity, suicidal thoughts

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • November 27, 2017

After contributing work to a study on brain activity, Marcel Just described the effort to better understand human thought as “a psychologist’s dream.” “Scientifically, it is fantastically interesting...

(Illustration by Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator)

Scared to study abroad? Do it anyway

By Sarah Shearer | For The Pitt News • September 13, 2017

I was in the candy aisle of a bookstall April 19 when I first heard the emergency alarms and looked up to see the main concourse of London Euston Train Station in a dark frenzy. I grabbed my bag, shuffled...

HIV timeline

HIV timeline

By TNS • December 3, 2014

HIV/AIDS timeline: key events and breakthroughs; new milestone in HIV research: an experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection by nearly a third. 

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