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Students study in one of the newly renovated rooms in Posvar Hall, designed to be a study space. (TPN File photo)

Posvar renovations feature updated classrooms

By Thompson Wymard | For The Pitt News February 6, 2018

Erika Gold Kestenberg is quite familiar with Posvar Hall — she spent time studying there as a student in the ’90s, and now works there. The associate director of educator development and practice...

The Quo Vadis organization briefly restored the tradition of serving tea before Nationality Room tours Feb. 2 and 3. (Photo by Betty Shen | Staff Photographer)

Quo Vadis gives visitors taste of tradition

By Thompson Wymard | For The Pitt News February 5, 2018

Quo Vadis is now known as the student organization that gives tours of Pitt’s 30 Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning — but it wasn’t always this way. According to Yasemin Sonel, a...

Environmental politics and French major Jessica Alperin focuses on assisting translation for French-speaking African immigrants. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Alperin)

Global Wordsmiths help with translation troubles

By Sandra Balatkova | For The Pitt News February 5, 2018

Justina Moktan was born in Singapore and raised by her Nepalese parents to speak both Nepali and English. Now, as an intern at Global Wordsmiths, she helps bridge the gap between the two languages. Moktan...

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha look on as Officer Guy Johnson discusses the community’s fear of police officers at Wednesday night’s Flashing Lights event. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Fraternity discusses concerns with policing

By Zane Crowell | For The Pitt News February 1, 2018

Wesley Giles, a sophomore finance major at Pitt, claimed he and a friend were walking up to the friend’s car in September 2017 when two police officers allegedly approached them with guns and told them...

Andrew Dow (left), the host of Pitt Tonight, greets candidates Matt Jones and Noah Rubin (right) at the 2018 Meet the Candidates event in the William Pitt Union dining room. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

SGB candidates meet the public

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer February 1, 2018

The 2018 candidates for Student Government Board gathered Wednesday to discuss their platforms and answer questions presented to them by “Pitt Tonight” host Andrew Dow. UPTV broadcasted the event from...

SGB board member Ciara Barry partakes in the Campus Master Plan discussion at Tuesday night’s meeting. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

SGB hosts Master Plan meeting for students

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer January 31, 2018

Nico Bernstein took issue with the Campus Master Plan presented by Owen J. Cooks Tuesday night at Student Government Board’s weekly public meeting, saying the plan emphasizes athletics and neglects the...

A lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas alleges a Pitt researcher was fired after she reported safety violations. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Researcher sues Pitt for wrongful termination following alleged monkey escape

A former Pitt researcher is suing the University of Pittsburgh, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after reporting the escapes of an infected lab monkey and rabbit in 2016. In a lawsuit filed Jan....

Pitt students and athletes head to Alumni Hall Monday night to attend an educational program with sexual assault prevention expert Kimberly Dickman of the U.S. Air Force Academy. (Photo by Christian Snyder | Contributing Editor)

Dickman discusses sexual assault

By Rose Luder | Staff Writer January 30, 2018

Student members of Pitt Athletics and the Pitt community filled the seventh floor auditorium of Alumni Hall Monday night to listen to a talk about sexual assault prevention on campus. The conversation...

Uyai Akpakpan, representing the country of Somalia, danced to original choreography as her talent portion at the sixth annual African Pageant hosted by the African Students Organization Friday night. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Assistant Visual Editor)

Queens only: Pageant showcases African countries

By Remy Samuels | Staff Writer January 29, 2018

With sashes draped across their chests, the African queens flaunted their traditional garb and knowledge of the countries announced on their sashes at the Annual African King & Queen Pageant Friday. With...

Pitt professor and LifeX overseer Dietrich Stephan hopes the initiative will attract a more robust life science industry to the Pittsburgh area. (Photo via University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt’s LifeX project to support entrepreneurs

By Anish Salvi | Staff Writer January 29, 2018

After moving on from his career as a pediatric endocrinologist to become a professor in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, David Finegold never forgot about the patients he treated. He was especially...

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