Between the world and E. Maxine Bruhns: Lessons from a life of advocacy
By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor
August 4, 2020
Despite Bruhns’ passing earlier this month at the age of 96, she continues to enrich the Pittsburgh community with the work she completed during her 54-year tenure as the director of Pitt’s Nationality Rooms.
E. Maxine Bruhns, former Nationality Rooms director, dies at 96
By Mary Rose O'Donnell, Acting Editor-in-Chief
July 18, 2020
E. Maxine Bruhns, the former director of Pitt's Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, passed away Friday at 96. Bruhns served as director for over 50 years and retired in January.
Nationality Rooms director Maxine Bruhns retires after 54-year Pitt career
By Martha Layne, Staff Writer
January 27, 2020
Maxine Bruhns, Pitt’s former director of the Nationality Rooms, officially retired on Jan. 1 after a 54-year career at the University.
Q&A: Maxine Bruhns talks about the founder of Mother’s Day
By Saskia Berrios-Thomas / Staff Writer
May 9, 2016
Maxine Bruhns may be best known as the keeper of the Cathedral’s celebrated Nationality Rooms — a post she’s held for more than 50 years. But this Mother’s Day, she found herself reflecting on a different kind of history: her own ancestry. Though not a mother herself, Bruhns, the dire...