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Maddy Franklin covers higher education. Email her at madison@publicsource.org

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‘Anti-trans’ speakers are coming to Pitt. Student safety and speech rights collide.

By Emma FoltsMarch 23, 2023March 23, 2023

In an environment of rising rhetoric against transgender people, impending presentations by the College Republicans and Turning Point USA have energized debate on hateful speech on campus.

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Pitt has launched a program to support students in crisis. It’s unclear how well it’s working.

By Emma FoltsMarch 7, 2023March 7, 2023

The university has not yet begun a formal review of the HEART program, which allows mental health professionals to join campus police in responding to some students in crisis.

Posted inPittsburgh

At Pitt, CMU, ‘We’re workers when they want us to be, but then we’re graduate students when they don’t want to pay us’

By Emma FoltsMarch 2, 2023March 2, 2023

Graduate student workers at Pittsburgh’s largest universities join nationwide push for better and more equitable pay.

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Pittsburgh universities are ramping up efforts to tackle food insecurity

By Emma FoltsFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

Food insecurity may impact not only students’ health but also their ability to perform well academically and stay in school.

Chris Girman, an English professor at Point Park University
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ChatGPT could turn writing into ‘technical Mad Libs.’ But could it also spark needed change in higher ed?

By Emma FoltsJanuary 30, 2023January 30, 2023

Several Pittsburgh-area professors are trying to embrace AI in the classroom rather than resist the new wave of technology.

Carlow University President Kathy Humphrey speaks
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What’s driving shifts in higher ed leadership? Social pressures, pandemic exhaustion and declining enrollment

By Emma FoltsJanuary 23, 2023January 23, 2023

Amid leadership changes at six of 11 local higher education institutions, academia looks to spread its benefits beyond the campus boundaries.

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Pitt’s handling of Dior Johnson domestic violence case sends mixed messages about survivor support

By Emma FoltsJanuary 17, 2023November 22, 2024

When the Panthers’ top hoops prospect pleaded guilty to assault and strangulation, Pitt joined the list of universities making controversial calls after athletes err.

University of Pittsburgh freshman Abigail Mendoza
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College students and professors contend with hangover from virtual high school

By Emma FoltsJanuary 9, 2023January 9, 2023

Years normally spent honing study skills instead melted into endless screen time. Universities and their students have had to adapt.

Posted inPittsburgh

Pittsburgh is reeling from gun violence. This program aims to break the cycle.

By Emma Folts and Amelia WingerJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023

A combination of coaching, therapy and help with educational costs is countering the effects of violence with opportunities and unique bonds.

Ananiah Pettis, Isabel Brum, Emilia Schwallie and Alastair McMillan present their capstone
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CMU students call on campus police to improve transparency, disarm officers

By Emma FoltsDecember 9, 2022December 12, 2022

A group of seniors spent months researching campus policing and outlined nine recommendations for improvement in a presentation on Dec. 9.

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