SGB takes public meetings home
With a bang of the gavel, Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown began the first ever SGB meeting hosted from his dining room. Brown, along with the rest of the board, hosted a test-run of...
View ArticleSGB announces approval of new allocations chair Aboli Kesbhat
Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown kicked off the Tuesday night public meeting by announcing the newly appointed SGB allocations committee chair for the 2020-21 academic year, Aboli...
View ArticleSGB approves 2020-21 board and committee members at final meeting of semester
President Zechariah Brown began the final Student Government Board public meeting of the school year by warning members not to take a screenshot if he started to cry. “If I start to ugly cry, I’m...
View ArticlePitt first-year enrollment for fall exceeds expectations
Pitt’s first-year enrollment is up 17.8% compared to last year, University Senate President Chris Bonneau said at last Wednesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting. Bonneau added that deposits from students...
View ArticleEmergency fund has granted more than $250k to students
From emotional support to storage spaces, members of the Pitt community continue to provide relief in any capacity they can amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. After Pitt moved to online classes in...
View ArticleOakland restaurants adjust to on-site alcohol serving restrictions
Pitt students got a break from quarantine by patronizing Oakland bars in June, but with new regulations from Allegheny County, that may have made their stays at home even longer. After COVID-19 cases...
View ArticlePitt students a-buzz for pollinator preservation
Pitt students will have another reason to wear masks on campus this year — pollen. Pitt earned certification as a Bee Campus USA affiliate last month, the fifth campus in Pennsylvania to earn this...
View ArticlePitt to continue construction on ‘essential’ projects only
As students continue to navigate moving in and attending lectures online, the one sense of familiarity in these unprecedented times may be the relentless noise of construction on Bigelow Boulevard....
View Article‘They kill us here’: Survivor of Uyghur concentration camps recounts torture
Mihrigul Tursun tearfully recalled on Tuesday the torture she suffered in the Uyghur Muslim concentration camps in Xinjiang, China. “I asked why I was in prison. I asked why I was tortured,” Tursun...
View Article‘A pandemic inside of a pandemic’: Panel discusses domestic violence crisis
According to Rhonda Fleming, the director of education and outreach for the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped domestic violence. “There were many...
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