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A poem sits in Heinz Chappel.

Heinz Memorial Chapel’s ‘Poetry in Vision & Voice’ exhibition honors life, legacy of janet jai

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer • April 21, 2025

Throughout the month of April, the visual and written works of late artist, writer, activist and community member janet jai have adorned the main hall of Heinz Memorial Chapel. These “PoemArts”, as...

Heinz Chapel docent Karen Sebolt guides participants during the Heinz Chapel Women in the Windows tour.

‘Remember the Ladies’: Heinz Chapel Women in the Windows tour celebrates Women’s History Month

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer • March 24, 2025

In a letter to her husband, John Adams, Abigail Adams asked him to “remember the ladies” as he worked to draft the United States Constitution in 1776. Remembering and celebrating women and their achievements...

The celebration of Mildred Miller Posvar’s life in Heinz Memorial Chapel on Sunday afternoon.

Family and Pitt community celebrate Mildred Miller Posvar’s life

By Adrienne Cahillane, Senior Staff Writer • March 4, 2024

Mildred Miller Posvar held many roles throughout her life — opera singer, professor at Carnegie Mellon University and wife, to name a few. Lisa Posvar Rossi, Mildred’s daughter, said her mother also...

A stained glass window in Heinz Chapel depicting Abigail Adams, wife of U.S. president John Adams, reading a book with him and their child.

Heinz Chapel celebrates Women’s History Month with ‘Women in the Windows’ tour

By Ryleigh Lord, Assistant News Editor • March 21, 2023
Angel Mary Joseph is one of many people who have visited Heinz Memorial Chapel this month for its “Women in the Windows” tour, which highlights different historical women who are memorialized in the chapel’s stained-glass windows.
The Heinz Chapel Choir performs “To Make Music in the Heart” at their Holiday Concert at Heinz Chapel on Dec. 3, 2019.

Holiday concerts return to Heinz Chapel

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, For The Pitt News • December 3, 2021
The Heinz Chapel Choir, Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Choir started to return to their musical holiday concerts on Nov. 30, after a year of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They performed online last year over Zoom without audience members.
First-year students were given LED lanterns to display in their windows to celebrate the 100th annual Lantern Night.

Students celebrate 100th Lantern Night from a distance

By Priya Ray, Staff Writer • August 21, 2020
Lantern Night, one of Pitt’s oldest traditions, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year looked quite different as first-year students placed LED candles in their dorm windows.
Heinz Chapel has cancelled all upcoming spring weddings and events as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Heinz Chapel cancels all weddings through May 31

By Sarah Connor, Contributing Editor • March 23, 2020
In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the Heinz Chapel staff announced that all weddings through May 31 are canceled
Heinz Chapel hosted “Women in Windows” yesterday, a small tour describing women’s depictions in stained glass windows in the chapel to honor Women’s History Month.

Heinz Chapel shines light on women’s history

By Jade Chang, Staff Writer • March 2, 2020
Apart from their historical importance, Emily Dickinson, Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale all share one thing in common — they’re featured figures on the windows of Heinz Chapel.
The Slippery Rock University Percussion Ensemble combined Taiwanese folk music, Radiohead and contemporary a cappella at its performance at Heinz Chapel on Sunday.

Slippery Rock University percussion ensemble rocks Heinz Chapel

By Charlie Taylor, Senior Staff Writer • January 7, 2020
On the surface, Taiwanese folk music, Radiohead and contemporary a cappella represent three vastly different and conflicting styles of music. The Slippery Rock University Percussion Ensemble would beg to differ.
During the interfaith service praising Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday night, art, music and poetry were used to bridge different faiths.

Interfaith musical service pays tribute to MLK

By Neena Hagen, Staff Writer • January 23, 2019
On a cold winter night, about 50 people of different ethnicities, ages and faiths huddled together in the front rows of Heinz Chapel for Pitt’s annual interfaith service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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