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‘Love in Letters’ participants print labors of love on Hillman’s 19th-century press

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • February 16, 2024

Red is the quintessential color of love, festooning the first half of February each year. But according to Megan Massanelli, archives and special collections engagement and outreach librarian for the University...

Editorial | You can lead a horse to Forbes Avenue but you can’t make him use the crosswalk

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 29, 2023

Upon exiting the library, students face an incredibly difficult decision — do they make the Odyssean 10-yard journey to the crosswalk in front of Lawrence Hall, or do they simply cross right there in front of Hillman with no protection against oncoming traffic?

Hillman exhibit highlights Hungarian immigrant steelworkers in Pittsburgh

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer • October 17, 2023

Pitt’s Hungarians in Pittsburgh exhibit features the Cathedral of Learning in a comic book from the 1950s, accident report cards from steel mills, safety glasses from the 1920s, archival newspaper articles...

Satire | If Julie Andrews came to Pitt

By Talia Spillerman, Senior Staff Columnist • February 23, 2023

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‘PRESSED’ exhibit in Hillman Library connects students with Jewish journalism

By Trinity Foster, Staff Writer • February 15, 2023

Artifacts from the “The Jewish Daily Forward,” a 125-year-old independent newspaper, are available to Pitt students through “PRESSED: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward.” The exhibit is running through April in the newly renovated first floor of Hillman Library.

‘Student Voices: Creating a Place of Belonging’ exhibit presented on media wall in Hillman Library

By Elizabeth Primrose, Senior Staff Writer • January 12, 2023

Pitt librarians started a research project last year which enlisted student perspectives on how to improve Pitt’s libraries. The findings are now displayed in an exhibit titled “Student Voices: Creating a Place of Belonging.”

Pitt updates building hours, requires ID for entry to all buildings

By Suln Yun, For The Pitt News • October 9, 2020

Pitt modified many of its buildings' hours to budget for additional study spaces, according to University spokesperson Pat McMahon.

Pitt to continue construction on ‘essential’ projects only

By Anushay Chaudhry, Staff Writer • August 23, 2020

The construction on Bigelow Boulevard is now set to finish its third and final phase in October. It originally had an August completion date, before Welcome Week for incoming first-year students.

Hillman remodel to finish by 2023

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • January 5, 2020

Pitt plans to remodel the second floor after the third floor opens, followed by the first and ground floors. Fourth floor renovations were completed in fall 2018. The renovations are targeted to be finished entirely by 2023.

Hillman pilots late-night campus escorts

By Jessica Steinberg, For The Pitt News • September 12, 2019

After an incident outside of Ruskin Hall in early 2019, the University has introduce security personnel to walk students to their dorms or shuttle stops.