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"If you’ve been on Forbes Avenue in Oakland any time in the last seven years, chances are you’ve seen the Hillman Library under construction. Now, renovations are finally finished and the library is open to the public.
The University of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library quietly opened its asymmetric, three-story glass atrium last month, with its new ground floor addition. ...more
Please join us for a video screening of the short film Learning To Hate, Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room, 340 Hillman Library, 3rd Floor. This film was created by August Wilson Archive Community Artist Scholar, Ulric Joseph. Learning To Hate explores the current racial climate of America through the lens of the past while using Wilson's works as a reference for reflection and black truth. ...more
Please join us for an artist exhibition featuring the work of Imani Batts, a Pittsburgh native with an unwavering commitment to sustainable fashion, on Thursday, June 26, 2025 from 6-8 p.m. at Studio 4. Her new body of work titled Nothing New Under The Sun was inspired by her dedicated research in the August Wilson Archive and plays on themes and characters from King Hedley II and Seven Guitars. ...more
Please join us Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. at Pittsburgh Public Theater for a presentation and exhibit featuring the work of August Wilson Archive Student Research Award Recipient Maria McDill. During her research at the archive, Maria compared scripts from Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean play and explored their evolution and Wilson's creative writing process. She used this information as inspiration for her quilt....more
Education Resources Information Center, or ERIC, is a bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information, including peer-reviewed journals and reports from education organizations. This database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is used by researchers in education and other social sciences fields.
According to the ERIC Help Desk, resources covered by this database will be reduced effective April 24, 2025....more
