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~ 2023 ~
"Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince" - by Jessica Gresko, Associated Press, May 18, 2023
"Codex Sassoon Becomes Most Valuable Manuscript Ever Sold at $38.1m" - Fine Books & Collections, May 18, 2023
"Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning" - by Cade Metz, New York Times, May 16, 2023
"Journalism’s Essential Value" - by A.G. Sulzberger, Columbia Journalism Review, May 15, 2023
"The Met Gala, or When Fashion Consumes Art" - by Natasha Degen, New York Times, May 1, 2023
"Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88" - by Sam Roberts, New York Times, April 28, 2023
"NEH Announces $35.63 Million for 258 Humanities Projects " - National Ensdowment for the Humanities, April 18, 2023
"The Grand History of Westminster Abbey" - by Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, April/May 2023
"Thomas Woltz, Bard of the Soil" - by Mark Rozzo, Town & Country Magazine, April 2023
"Renewing the Promise of Pittsburgh" - by David McCullough, Pittsburgh Quarterly, April 2023
"Locks of Beethoven's hair reveal secret family history and health issues" - by Ashley Strickland, CNN, March 22, 2023
"Get Ready for Pittsburgh Tomorrow" - by Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, March 14, 2023
"The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy" - by Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz and Nico Grant, New York Times, March 8, 2023
"Rafael Viñoly, Global Architect of Landmark Buildings, Dies at 78" - by Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, March 3, 2023
"The August Wilson Archive Opens at Pitt" - by Jason Phox, NEXT Pittsburgh, March 2, 2023
"Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe" - by Carl Zimmer, New York Times, March 1, 2023
"The Great Deaccession Has Begun" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, March 2023
"After Chemical Burn, Farm Owners Worry About a Cherished Way of Life" - by Emily Cochrane, New York Times, Feb. 22, 2023
"Fetterman’s Disclosure of Depression Signals New Openness on Mental Health" - by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Ellen Barry, New York Times, Feb. 17, 2023
"Archives of ‘Lion King’ Choreographer Acquired by Library of Congress" - by Kalia Richardson, New York Times, Feb. 10, 2023
"New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion’s Papers" - by Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, Jan. 26, 2023
"His Star Rising, Youngkin Juggles Local Issues and National Ambition" - by Trip Gabriel, New York Times, Jan. 12, 2023
"Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh’s $2.1 billion philanthropic ship, selects Chris DeCardy as new president" - by Jeremy Reynolds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 10, 2023
"NEH Announces $28.1 Million for 204 Humanities Projects Nationwide" - National Endowment for the Humanities, Jan. 10, 2023
"Pittsburgh’s Gentleman Scholar" - by Maxwell King, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Jan. 9, 2023
"What Do Libraries Do with All Those Books?" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, Jan. 2023