First-year students are at a higher risk of experiencing sexual misconduct within their first semester at Pitt, making education and research integral pieces of sexual violence prevention, according to Carrie Benson. Benson said this is one of the many reasons she decided to pursue a Pitt Seed project and strengthen initiatives such as the “Circle.
La’Tasha Mayes, a Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, discussed student activism and “anti-trans” events on Friday in honor of the 50th anniversary of both Pitt’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department and Rainbow Alliance.