‘Terrifying’: Title IX office, students react to new federal regulations
By Natalie Frank, Staff Writer
September 4, 2020
Pitt’s Title IX office has implemented controversial new federal Title IX regulations — meeting the federal government’s Aug. 14 deadline — despite strong opposition from some University officials. Carrie Benson said she has many concerns about the new rules, but her office will comply with them.
Pitt requests extension for implementing controversial new Title IX rule
By Charlotte Pearse, Staff Writer
May 19, 2020
After the federal education department first proposed the new rule at the end of 2018, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher voiced concerns in February 2019 about the requirements for hearings and cross-examination.
Opinion | Trump administration’s Title IX changes hurt survivors
By Genna Edwards, Senior Staff Columnist
May 12, 2020
The mere change in the definition of what constitutes sexual harassment will have wide-reaching, chilling consequences.
Police blotter: March 26 – April 1
By News Editors
April 2, 2020
Title IX reports, a missing drill and a shooting on Meyran in this week's TPN police blotter.
Inside the 7 “innovative solutions” for sexual assault on campus
By Neena Hagen and Elise Roessner
February 11, 2020
The University awarded funding in mid-January for seven “innovative solutions” to prevent sexual misconduct on campus, several months after Chancellor Patrick Gallagher called the University’s current approach to preventing sexual misconduct “insufficient”.
Gallagher announces further steps to prevent sexual misconduct
By Rebecca Johnson, Benjamin Nigrosh, and Jon Moss
January 16, 2020
Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced in a Thursday press release and at the Thursday afternoon Senate Council meeting that the University is expanding its community-driven response to prevent sexual misconduct.
Diversity and inclusion leader to step down
By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor
November 20, 2019
Pam Connelly — Pitt’s vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion and leader of the Office of Diversity of Inclusion — will step down in early January.
Title IX holds town hall in wake of campus climate survey results
By Jade Chang, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
Title IX coordinator Katie Pope discussed the results of the Association of American Universities Pitt campus climate survey during a town hall on Thursday, fielding questions from an audience of about 30 people about her office’s mission.
Pitt to fund up to $250k in sexual misconduct prevention projects
By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor
October 30, 2019
Pitt announced Wednesday that it is making up to $250,000 available for faculty and staff to support “innovative solutions” for preventing sexual misconduct on campus.
Oakland Outlook | Sexual assault at Pitt: A survivor’s story
By Megan Williams, Staff Writer
October 17, 2019
For many students on campus, the truth of sexual trauma is not shocking. Its ramifications are not best understood through statistical data. How do you quantify something that is stolen from you? How do you explain that sexual assault feels devestatingly familiar and inevitable to its victims?