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Kayla Onyango said she’s had at least three phishing attempt emails sent to her Pitt email account since the beginning of the fall semester. “I probably receive an email every month or so. It’s weird because they always look so real, I almost fall for them every time,” Onyango, a first-year finance major, said. “Sometimes...

Faculty Assembly President Robin Kear addressed concerns about the new Dec. 17 winter commencement at its final meeting of the year. “Because this is the first year of this half-year sort of winter commencement, there is flexibility for students to walk in April if they would prefer it,” Kear said. “You can see that communication...

In light of a recent barrage of phishing and scam emails sent to student and faculty accounts, Pitt IT is implementing new security measures to help curb the problem.