Pitt offers new mandatory anti-racism class for first year students
All Pitt first-year students will now be required to take a course on anti-racism, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced in an email last Monday. The University is offering a one-credit, online course...
View ArticleMaureen Litchveld named new public health dean
One of Pitt’s graduate schools will have a new dean next year. Maureen Lichtveld has been named dean of the Graduate School of Public Health. Lichtveld will start her new position in early January. She...
View ArticlePresidential election hinges on too-early-to-call battleground states
The 2020 presidential election remains too close to call as of early Wednesday morning, with the nail-biter election hinging on the outcome of several midwest swing states, including Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleJoe Biden elected 46th president in historic election
Joe Biden claimed his place Saturday morning as America’s 46th president after surpassing 270 electoral votes, defeating President Donald Trump in a historic high-turnout election, according to The...
View ArticlePittsburghers take to streets to celebrate Biden victory
Pittsburghers danced and marched in the streets of the City’s South Side neighborhood mid-day Saturday after the 2020 presidential election was called for former Vice President Joe Biden. “Allegheny...
View ArticleFaculty express concerns about Pitt-Outlier partnership
Faculty at Pitt’s Oakland campus will no longer be involved in the University’s partnership with education-technology startup Outlier, according to faculty government president Chris Bonneau. Instead,...
View ArticleBoard committee nominates two trustees for vice chairperson
The governance and nominating committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees nominated two board members to serve as vice chairpersons during a brief Tuesday afternoon meeting. The committee nominated trustees...
View ArticleVision slate disqualified from SGB elections after sleepless night of hearings
Two Student Government Board committees removed the Vision slate from Tuesday’s SGB elections ballot shortly before 6 a.m., about two hours before polls opened, saying its members violated campaign...
View Article‘Very exciting, a little intimidating’: Ramanan looks to next year after...
Next year’s Student Government Board president won the race by a two-to-one margin — but not the candidate that many observers had expected heading into election day. Independent presidential candidate...
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The 48 hours that changed an SGB election
Elections every spring for the following year’s Student Government Board are usually full of little fanfare from the student body. That is until SGB’s elections committee convened last Monday at 6 p.m....
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