Get ready for another public hearing in the continuing saga that has become the test closing of Bigelow Boulevard between the Cathedral of Learning and the William Pitt Union. Pittsburgh City Council on April 22 unanimously voted to conduct a hearing on a bill to study ways of modifying Bigelow to provide Pitt with more […]
Bigelow test closing okayed >
April 25th, 1996New option reviewed for investment policy >
April 25th, 1996In its own small way, Pitt may have helped to topple South Africa's white-minority government. In March 1987, the Board of Trustees voted to purge Pitt's endowment of holdings in companies doing business in the then-racially segregated nation. The ban remained in effect until June 1994, when the trustees rescinded the policy in response to […]
Mary E. Connor >
April 25th, 1996Mary E. Connor, assistant to the director of the Center for Philosophy of Science, died April 15 in Allegheny General Hospital after a 16-month battle with esophageal cancer. Through "sheer grit," Connor, 61, continued working until March 6, according to center director Gerald Massey. Connor brought "not only exceptional ability but uncommon personal warmth and […]