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Welcome Week 2021: Pitt students, staff prepare for start of in-person events

By Grace Stringer, Staff Writer • August 17, 2021

Students can celebrate their return to campus with a slew of hybrid in-person and virtual events at this year’s Welcome Week, lasting Aug. 21-29.

Opinion | How to get back into the swing of things

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • January 18, 2021

Here’s how to make sure you’re ready for the upcoming semester.

Pitt Tonight prepares for sixth season with new host

By Kaitlyn Nuebel, For The Pitt News • August 18, 2020

The late-night show, which didn’t undergo many changes during former host Andrew Dow’s reign, will look different this fall.

‘More motivated than ever’: Pittsburgh tattoo shops persevere through pandemic

By Lucas DiBlasi, Staff Writer • August 17, 2020

Despite a faltering economy, many artists said they’ve seen a surprising spike in business, a welcome problem that has nevertheless created difficulties in safely keeping up with demand.

Meet the Editor: Culture

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor • August 17, 2020

If you’re wondering how to enjoy beer festivals from a safe distance, what Pittsburgh’s museums look like during COVID-19 or how the local drag scene has coped with bar shutdowns, you’ve found the right place.

Managing cooking in college

By Anna Ligorio, Staff Writer • August 16, 2020

This semester, don’t let the small space of a dorm or an apartment limit you from creating big things in the kitchen.

Letter From the Editor | Welcome to Pitt — just keep swimming

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • July 24, 2020

If I can offer you one piece of advice during this tumultuous time, it would be to, as Dory put it best, just keep swimming.

ICYMI: Basketball, wrestling performances headline winter break

By Ben Mankowski and Marshall Worth • January 6, 2020

While the student body at large kicked its feet up around the holiday fireplace, Pitt’s winter athletes stayed active as ever over break, notching victories in wrestling, football and men’s basketball.

Opinion | A final semester bucket list before you graduate with regrets

By Grace McGinness, Staff Columnist • January 6, 2020

Here is a list of some of the most essential opportunities graduating students must check off of their bucket list before they toss their caps into the air.

Opinion | I Watched 122 Movies in 2019

By Aidan Segal, For The Pitt News • January 5, 2020

If Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert said, “Film can take us where we cannot go,” then I have been all over the world in the past year.