Oakland community speaks out against UPMC building
By Dylan Giacobbe, For The Pitt News
October 17, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Health, News
Innovative health treatments could be coming to Oakland as soon as 2023 — but some Oakland residents disapprove of the buildings coming with it.
UPMC Mercy expansion approved after community voices opposition
By Kieran Mclean, Staff Writer
August 9, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, City, News, UPMC
UPMC Mercy's controversial expansion plan will proceed, after a 7-2 vote and more than two hours of public opposition to the plan.
Community speaks out against Mercy Hospital expansion
By Kieran Mclean, Staff Writer
July 18, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, City, News, Top Stories
A group of community members gathered Tuesday to urge the Pittsburgh City Council require UPMC enter a community benefits agreement.
Coloring out cancer: Students run for research
By Theresa Dickerson | For The Pitt News
April 15, 2018
Filed under City, Health, News, Top Stories
Colors flew through the air in Schenley Park this past weekend at the Pittsburgh Attacks Cancer Together’s 5K Race and Color Run. Members of the Pittsburgh community came to support the student-led organization at its annual event, which aims to raise money for the Hillman Cancer Research Center. Whi...
Kids strut for a cause: PDM raises money for Children’s Hospital
By Madeline Gavatorta and Kieran Mclean | The Pitt News Staff
March 20, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Campus, Health, News
Twelve children, ages 4 to 17, modeled personally selected JCPenney outfits in the Soldiers and Sailors auditorium Monday night on a runway of bright white Christmas lights. They were the main event at Pitt Dance Marathon’s fashion show. PDM’s Annual Fashion Show, is in its third year and raised $3,...
Letter to the Editor | Is Pitt practicing what it preaches?
March 15, 2018
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Pitt’s investment in immunotherapy cancer treatment is clearly in line with the University’s mission. But a growing number of students and faculty are calling on Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and the Board of Trustees to address a number of glaring investments and disinvestments that stand i...
Pitt police use Taser on woman
By Rachel Glasser | News Editor
December 5, 2017
Filed under City, News, Top Stories
Pitt police deployed a Taser on a woman who fled from UPMC Presbyterian Monday morning. A video aired on WTAE shows the woman wearing a hospital gown walking along Forbes Avenue in the direction of traffic on the road. Pitt police shouted at her to stop moving, but she continued to walk. A University...
Pitt partners with UPMC to hire new vice chancellor for new position
By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor
September 6, 2017
Filed under Campus, Health, Top Stories
In partnership with UPMC, Pitt hired Kristin Davitt Tuesday as the University’s inaugural vice chancellor for development and alumni relations and president of UPMC’s Medical and Health Sciences Foundation. Davitt’s position will have her acting as leader of the Medical and Health Sciences Foun...
2014 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
May 6, 2014
Filed under Archives
The race route took participants down Forbes Avenue. (Courtesy Pittsburgh Marathon)