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Unionized Pitt service workers rally for higher wages amid contract negotiations
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (744+ words) In snowy conditions, Pitt service workers rallied on the corner of Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Avenue to demand better pay and health care benefit packages on Tuesday morning. Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, "which represents around 400 employees at Pitt including…...
Students evacuated from residences on Juliet Street during SWAT standoff
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (661+ words) Multiple Pitt students were evacuated from their residences by SWAT officials when City of Pittsburgh SWAT responded to the 3200 block of Cato and Juliet streets on Monday night." According to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department, the situation arose after the…...
Secret study spots for when you can’t find a seat at the library
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (270+ words) The exterior of Posvar Hall. With midterms quickly approaching, campus is busy with students preparing for exams, practicing presentations and writing essays. Finding the perfect study spot can be difficult, so it's nice to know about locations that many students…...
‘A challenging situation’: Upperclassmen face housing challenges amid enrollment growth
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1229+ words) The Bouquet Gardens apartments, one of several housing accommodations for upperclassmen. After Pitt welcomed its largest first-year class in its history last fall, the upperclassmen housing search on- and off-campus is increasingly competitive, stressful and expensive, according to students." Pitt's…...
Pitt's Claude campus ambassadors promote AI across campus
2+ week, 1+ day ago (846+ words) A man enters, "What should I make for dinner tonight," into Claude for Education. As part of Anthropic's Claude for Education initiative, the company established an ambassadorship program to "empower" its student community. Anthropic chose its first cohort of ambassadors…...
Pitt ranked in top 20 universities for research expenditures
2+ week, 1+ day ago (928+ words) Pitt maintained a top 20 ranking in overall research expenditures among American institutions. In the latest National Science Foundation Higher Education and Research Development Survey, Pitt ranked No. 12 in federally financed research expenditures. For total research expenditures, Pitt came 17th among other…...
Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center spotlights diversity & cultural education in sixth annual Language Coffeehouse
2+ week, 2+ day ago (616+ words) Founded in 1970, the LCTL Center is part of the Department of Linguistics and offers courses in 17 languages such as Hindi, Persian, Yoruba and Vietnamese. Stepping into the coffeehouse, attendees heard the chatter of 30 languages and, along with it, the aromas…...
Senate approves new affinity group, weighs AI integration and survey changes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1107+ words) Jane Caldwell attends the Faculty Assembly on Nov. 29, 2023. At the Feb. 18 Faculty Assembly meeting, the University Senate discussed a new affinity group, changes to teaching surveys and the use of artificial intelligence on Pitt's campus. John Radzilowicz, director of the…...
Applications surge at Pitt Law as AI and federal loan caps alter career prospects
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1140+ words) The Barco Law building. A new era of legal education is arriving as law schools face a surge in applications. As of 2025, total law school application numbers in the U.S. rose over 27% compared to the previous year. According to Pitt professors,…...
‘AI didn't cause this, but AI is revealing it’: Utah professor lectures on AI's effect in higher education
2+ week, 5+ day ago (997+ words) Hollis Robbins gives a lecture in the Barco Law Building on Wednesday. Artificial intelligence has exposed structural flaws in higher education, according to one scholar. Hollis Robbins, a professor of English and special adviser for humanities at the University of…...