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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

The University Counseling Center has been without a director since May 2017. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Staff Photographer)

University continues search for Counseling Center director

The search for a University Counseling Center director is still ongoing, according to University spokesperson Kevin Zwick — who also did not comment on whether there will be a new director by the start...

Board member Nihita Manem speaks about this week’s Women’s Empowerment events at Tuesday night’s SGB meeting. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

SGB reveals updated finals week policy

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer March 28, 2018

Student Government Board announced changes to finals scheduling at Tuesday’s public meeting that the board hopes will reduce the stress of finals week. Currently, if a student is scheduled to take...

SGB President Max Kneis discussed the upcoming March For Our Lives event Saturday. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

SGB promotes March For Our Lives

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer March 21, 2018

Members of Student Government Board supported the March For Our Lives rally Tuesday, with President Max Kneis supported calling it a way for young people to show civic engagement. “I think it’s...

Christopher Dayer with his girlfriend Amanda Nichols. (Photo courtesy of Amanda Nichols)

Friends remember Pitt student Chris Dayer

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor March 21, 2018

Friends of Pitt student Christopher Dayer are remembering him as a kind person with a contagious smile after learning of his death. Dayer, 21, committed suicide Friday, according to the Allegheny County...

Pitt law school named Amy Wildermuth as the incoming dean. (Photo courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt law school announces new dean

By Mackenzie Rodrigues | News Editor March 20, 2018

The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law named Amy Wildermuth, the associate vice president for faculty and academic affairs at the University of Utah, as the school’s new dean. According to...

Free & For Sale pages allow students to locally buy and sell used items. (Image via Free & For Sale Facebook)

Students find furniture and more free and for sale

By Sarah Shearer | Contributing Editor March 19, 2018

Picking up the couch wasn’t supposed to be an all-day affair. Kathryn Kennedy and her boyfriend Andrew Rabeneck planned to quickly move it into Kennedy’s newly rented — and bare — apartment,...

Pitt’s First Class Bhangra dance group performs at Saturday evening’s Dhirana dance competition. (Photo by Janine Faust | Contributing Editor)

Dhirana dancers employ visual storytelling in competition

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer March 19, 2018

Anand Mahalingam and Vineet Raghu hosted a dance competition Saturday night for two reasons — nostalgia and hunger. Literal, physical hunger. Strutting around the stage of the Soldiers and Sailors...

The Cathedral of Learning contains more than 2,000 rooms and windows and houses a multitude of departments, including the Slavic Language Department, one of the four departments to submit proposals for the Course Incubator Grant. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Assistant Visual Editor)

Pitt professors compete for course grants

By Noah Manalo | Staff Writer March 15, 2018

Pitt is giving professors the chance to change their courses — but they’ll have to compete and collaborate for the limited funding. The University will accept the final proposals for the 2018 Course...

Sean Moundas, a psychologist at Pitt’s University Counseling Center, speaks to students about skills needed to recognize and help someone experiencing a mental health crisis at the Be the Difference: An Intro to Mental Health First Aid event in the Cathedral of Learning Wednesday night. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Assistant Visual Editor)

Students learn about mental health first aid

By Cassidy Power | For The Pitt News March 1, 2018

“How can I help?” and “How do I start a conversation?” are questions Sean Moundas, a psychologist at the University Counseling Center, gets asked a lot when it comes to mental health. “Over...

Josie Carey and Fred Rogers, staff members at WQED, Pittsburgh’s educational television station, explain the makings of a children’s show to station visitors W.J. Bass (seated) and W.C. Richardson. (Photo courtesy of Detre Library and Archives Division, Heinz History Center)

Q&A: Elizabeth Mahoney revisits Mister Rogers’ archives

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor February 22, 2018

The iconic children's show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” turned 50 Monday. The show, which was broadcast from 1968 to 2001, was filmed in Pittsburgh and hosted by the late Fred Rogers. In honor of...

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