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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

The Pitt News
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives attend a session at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

The battle for in-state tuition, explained

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • September 19, 2023
Before Pennsylvania lawmakers adjourned for their summer break this year, they failed to pass a bill that would provide select universities, including Pitt, with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. This article offers a look into the history, process and people behind this bill.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Pitt #20 in the top public universities in the U.S. Schools are ranked based on factors such as graduation and retention rates, student selectivity and financial aid resources.

Pitt ranked among top 20 public universities in the U.S.

By Millicent Watt, Assistant News Editor • September 17, 2021
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Pitt #20 in the top 20 public universities in the U.S. Schools are ranked based on factors such as graduation and retention rates, student selectivity and financial aid resources.
Pitt received 171 applications for its first-ever Seed Project grants and selected 23 projects for awards, granting a total of approximately $1 million. (Graphic by Eli Savage | Staff Illustrator)

Pitt professors pursue new projects with Pitt Seed grants

By Mario Cattabiani III | For the Pitt News • July 11, 2018

Pitt is investing in change this summer, beginning with projects from professors at the University. The first-ever Pitt Seed Project awarded a total of more than $1 million to 23 programs designed to play...

Pitt’s Big Idea Center, a project newly established by the University’s Innovation Institute, is housed in Gardner Steel Conference Center. (Photo by Anne Amundson | Staff Photographer)

Big Idea Center brings innovation to Pitt

By Brittany Zortman | For the Pitt News • July 11, 2018

Pitt students will soon have the opportunity to fit their big ideas into one space — a workplace that will harbor the tools and resources they need to make these ideas a reality. This year the University...

Voodoo Brewery released a new design for their Pitt-themed IPA (right) May 15, after the University cited trademark image, font and phase in a cease and desist letter issued in October. The new cans read “NON-TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT ALMA MATER IPA.” (Photo courtesy of Thomas Ness)

Voodoo brewery unveils new can for “H2P” IPA

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • June 20, 2018

Pennsylvania-based brewery Voodoo released a new design for its Pitt-themed IPA “H2P” after a legal dispute with Pitt caused the brewery to change the beer’s popular original can design that included...

Jason Peters worked as Pitt’s assistant wrestling coach for 10 years and head wrestling coach for four years before he and three wrestlers were suspended in January 2017. Peters filed a lawsuit against Pitt in federal court Monday alleging a breach of contract and racial discrimination. (TPN file photo)

Former Pitt wrestling coach Jason Peters sues Pitt

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • June 6, 2018

Former Pitt wrestling coach Jason Peters has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh for racial discrimination and termination without just cause after he was fired last January. In...

(The Pitt News File Illustration)

Amazon HQ2 debate continues in Pittsburgh

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • May 30, 2018

Amazon first stirred up conversation in Oakland and in Pittsburgh when the Seattle-based electronic commerce company opened a pickup location on Oakland Avenue in October. The City was launched into...

Christian Snyder | Editor in Chief

Pitt alums aim to simplify subletting

By Remy Samuels | Staff Writer • May 30, 2018

For students searching for the perfect summer or fall apartment to sublet, scrolling through pages and pages of listings on Facebook or Craigslist can be an exhausting and difficult process. And for those...

Kathleen George, a tenured Theatre Arts professor at Pitt, spoke at Carnegie Library for the launch of her latest historical fiction novel, “The Blues Walked In.” (Photo by Anne Amundson | Staff Photographer)

Pitt professor hosts book launch in Oakland

By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer • May 30, 2018

In front of a crowd of about 50-60 people in the South Wing Reading Room of the Main Carnegie Library, Pitt theatre arts professor Kathleen George spoke to the audience as she held a release for her new...

Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator

Internship prep program positions students for success

By Mario Cattabiani | For the Pitt News • May 30, 2018

One of the great stressors for college students is the pressure to secure an internship — and with good reason. A survey done by the National Association of Colleges and Employers in 2012 found 60 percent...

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