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1 month ago | 
pittnews.com | Sarah George |Madeline Ward |Conor Hutchison
10:45 am The Pitt News Sports Desk came together, handed out some superlatives and reached conclusions on important off-season questions the Panthers must address. The 2024-25 Pitt men’s basketball season took fans on the same path all Pittsburgh sports traveled in the last year. The season started blazing hot — Pitt ranked fifth in the NET rankings and eventually No. 18 in the weekly AP Poll. But injuries to key players and blowout losses derailed the season.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Marissa Kelley |Sydney Krasniewski
At its weekly meeting on Tuesday at Nordy’s Place, the Student Government Board introduced several changes it hopes to make over the remainder of the 2024-25 academic year to address student safety and allocations efficiency. Following numerous discrimination-related events on campus last semester and in recent years — including two attacks on Jewish students and rhetorically polarizing events — board member Evan Levasseur announced the charter for a new anti-hate ad-hoc committee.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Bhaskar Chakrabarti
As temperatures continue to lower in Oakland, students try their best to stay warm in wintry conditions. People play and slide down the snowy hills of Schenley Park.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Maya Douge
Despite liking pop, house jazz and all kinds of upbeat sounds that wouldn’t push me deeper into seasonal depression, it seems every winter brings me back to Radiohead. As an artist, Radiohead’s unique and groundbreaking sound has always captivated me.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Sierra O'Neil
A Good Hill to Die On // Food or flopA Good Hill to Die On is a weekly blog touching on the struggles of college students — and whether they’re that big of a deal.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Abby Lipold
At his second presidential inauguration — the first held indoors since Reagan’s in 1984 — Donald Trump addressed the nation for the first time as 47th president of the U.S. “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump said during his speech. The incoming president was sworn in for a second term on Monday, after which he laid out a series of executive orders and policies he intends to implement in office.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward
Arjun Manjunath has been making content on TikTok since 2020, using the income he has made from the app’s Creator Fund to support his tuition and pay his rent. With the recent uncertainty surrounding the app’s future, Manjunath said, “the switch to other apps feels bittersweet.”“I’m taking this ban very close to heart,” Manjunath, a senior marketing major, said. “[TikTok] is literally my career.”On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing the ban on TikTok for 75 days.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward |Ava Nicholas
Coming off four straight sweeps at the Fitzgerald Field House against UNC, Duke, Florida State and Miami, No. 1 Pitt prepares for four crucial ACC games this Thanksgiving week. With a 25-1 overall record and a 15-1 conference record heading into the break, the Panthers are on track to make a strong push for the postseason and have a chance at an ACC Championship. But the Panthers have a tough stretch against four teams with vastly different styles of play and levels of competition.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward
November 21, 2024 Friday, November 8Pitt police assisted City police with an indecent exposure on Ward Street. An individual reported the theft of their iPad at the Old Engineering Hall. Investigation pending. Pitt police assisted Allegheny County Sheriffs with an injunction securing the Panther Pit. Pitt police issued one citation for retail theft at the Book Center. Saturday, November 9Pitt police issued citations for false ID to law enforcement at 718 Devonshire Street.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Madeline Ward
November 21, 2024 Susan Frietsche, executive director and law attorney for the Women’s Law Project, said the future of reproductive rights across the country looks “really bad.”“I don’t want to sugarcoat it,” Frietsche said. “We are in a moment of intense crisis and grave danger in reproductive health. There’s no denying that, but we also are not entirely powerless.
