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August 29, 2013, inside & out: a look at pitt’s newest residence hall.

The Nordenberg Hall elevator lobby features digital signage inside the University Place building entrance.

Spacious stairwells facing University Place afford a view of the Cathedral of Learning.

The University’s newest freshman residence, Nordenberg Hall, opened its doors this month to 543 freshmen and 16 resident assistants.

In addition to housing students on floors 3-10, the $59 million building’s street-level space at the corner of University Place and Fifth Avenue is home to the Student Health Pharmacy. Student Health’s Wellness Center incorporates counseling and student health services on the second floor.

PNC Bank is moving across Fifth Avenue later this year to the building’s first floor, making way for a Starbucks in its place. The University has yet to choose a tenant for a 2,500-square-foot retail space along Fifth Avenue in Nordenberg Hall,

A third-floor terrace features space for benches and tables; a portion of the terrace is green roof — a sustainable design feature that earns credits toward a LEED silver designation.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Eli Shorak told the University Times during a media tour of the residence hall earlier this month.

Rooms are furnished with beds, wooden desks and dressers and are equipped with a refrigerator, microwave and flat screen TV — in part to save on wear and tear on the building that can occur when students move large items in and out of the residence halls.

Lounge spaces are designed both as a living room where students can connect with one another informally and as a meeting space where students can gather for presentations. The common areas feature a semicircle of furniture, defined by a low wall that can double as seating. Space for quiet study sits just off each floor’s lounge area.

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Brackenridge Hall

Brackenridge Hall is part of the Schenley Quadrangle. It houses 205 primarily first-year students in four- and five-person suites. Each suite features a MicroFridge and a private bathroom. There are also a few single and double rooms that do not include a MicroFridge. Laundry facilities are located in the penthouse. A resident director and nine resident assistants are on staff for the Schenley Quadrangle. The Schenley Quadrangle Fitness Center is located in Brackenridge Hall and available to all Schenley Quadrangle residents. The Pitt Shop is on the lowest level of Brackenridge, accessible from Forbes Avenue.

Part of the Schenley Quad, Bruce Hall houses 192 first-year students in four and six-person suites. Each suite features a kitchenette with a refrigerator and one or more private bathrooms. Laundry facilities are available on all floors, and residents have access to the Brackenridge Hall Fitness Center. Bruce Hall is home to the Pitt Business First-Year Living Learning Community.

Forbes Street Market and the UPS Store are on the lowest level of Bruce Hall, both accessible from Forbes Avenue.

A Resident Director and nine Resident Assistants are on staff.

Forbes Hall

Located on Forbes Avenue, Forbes Hall houses 232 first-year students in air-conditioned double rooms. Some of the doubles have adjoining semi-private powder rooms. There are communal showers, a kitchenette, and a laundry area on each floor. There are internet e-mail kiosks and a student mail center in the lobby of Forbes Hall. The First-Year Engineering Living Learning Community is located in Forbes Hall. Each wing of Forbes Hall has a study room. A large recreation room with fitness equipment is on the second floor, and a rooftop patio overlooks Forbes Avenue. 

A Resident Director and eight Resident Assistants are on staff.

Holland Hall

Part of Schenley Quad, Holland Hall houses 600 first-year students in single, double, triple, and quadruple accommodations. There is a kitchenette on each floor as well as communal bathrooms and showers. The penthouse features a lounge, study area, and laundry facility, and residents have access to the Brackenridge Hall Fitness Center. 

The University Store on Fifth is on Holland Hall's ground floor, accessible from either Schenley Quad or Fifth Avenue.

A Resident Director and 18 Resident Assistants are on staff.

K. Leroy Irvis Hall, located on the upper campus adjacent to the Petersen Events Center, offers striking views of Oakland. K. Leroy Irvis Hall houses 420 residents, primarily first-year students, in air-conditioned four-person suites and doubles with private baths.

An open lounge and laundry facilities are on every floor. The commons area contains a fitness center, a meeting room, and a student mail center. A new community kitchen is also available for shared resident use, complete with stovetop, oven, refrigerator, and other cooking utilities.

K. Leroy Irvis Hall houses the Upperclass Health Sciences Living Learning Communities. A resident director and seven resident assistants are on staff. 

Litchfield Tower A

Litchfield Tower A houses 664 first-year students in air-conditioned doubles. There are communal bathrooms and showers on each floor. A TV/study lounge is on every third floor. 

Litchfield Tower B

The largest of the three Litchfield Towers, Tower B houses 769 first-year students in air-conditioned double rooms. There are communal bathrooms and showers on each floor. A TV/study lounge is on every third floor.

A Resident Director and 21 Resident Assistants are on staff.

Litchfield Tower C

Tower C houses 435 first-year and upper-class students in air-conditioned single rooms. There are communal bathrooms and showers on each floor. A TV/study lounge is on every third floor. 

A Resident Director and 15 Resident Assistants are on staff.

Lothrop Hall

Located in the heart of the renowned University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Lothrop Hall houses 723 first-year and upper-class students. The building offers single and double rooms, and there is a lounge on every floor. Most rooms are equipped with a sink, and each wing has a communal bathroom and shower on each floor. Additionally, Lothrop Hall has a community kitchen, fitness center, laundry room, and mail center on the lobby level. 

Mark A. Nordenberg Hall

Mark A. Nordenberg Hall houses 559 first-year students in air-conditioned doubles and triples. Each floor offers a large lounge area, smaller study lounges, communal bathrooms, and a laundry room. Special building features include a fitness center and two music practice rooms. The Health and Wellness Center, consisting of Student Health Service and University Counseling Center, is located on the second floor. You can access the Health and Wellness Center from University Place. The University Pharmacy , a PNC bank, and an AT&T store are located on the first floor, accessible from Fifth Avenue.

A Resident Director and 16 Resident Assistants are on staff. 

Sutherland Hall

Adjacent to the Petersen Events Center, Sutherland Hall houses 740 first-year students in air-conditioned doubles with semi-private bathrooms. There is a TV or study lounge on every floor. On the ground floor of each wing, you can find a fitness center, community kitchen, laundry facility, and meeting room. The east and west wings of Sutherland Hall share a newly renovated lobby. The Sutherland Hall Lobby contains fresh food options such as the  Perch at Sutherland dining facility and Campus Coffee & Tea Co. The lobby is also comprised of a convenience store, computer center, student mail center, and Panther Central Express. An additional Panther Central office, Panther Central Express services students Monday through Friday from 10:00am - 6:00pm. 

Sutherland Hall is home to the First-Year University Honors College Living Learning Community. 

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Welcome Back: Nordenberg Hall hopefully the beginning of campuswide changes

By Stephen Suss / Columnist August 19, 2013

The newly built Nordenberg Hall will forever commemorate Pitt’s soon-to-retire chancellor’s legacy, but this honor might go down as the least significant of Mark Nordenberg’s many achievements.

That being said, Nordenberg Hall will be a freshman dormitory more elaborate than any that preceded it and will hopefully signal further changes in student living conditions. The question is, does this new residence hall mark the genesis of a Pitt that offers more and more amenities to its students, or is this new building a unique creation?

Unlike Nordenberg Hall, many of the freshman dorms on Pitt’s campus are old, and with their significant age come some issues. For instance, central air is something many students yearned for in their first year living in dorms such as Lothrop and Holland. Considering Pittsburgh’s dramatic seasonal changes in temperature, students were often left either freezing cold or sweltering hot while living in these halls.

 In addition, Lothrop in particular was also known for being dark and gloomy all year round, despite the weather outside. However, these residence halls and their stark features serve as a sort of rite of passage, with the promise of better living conditions, such as Bouquet Gardens, in the future.

Although the nicer and newer sophomore dorms have the amenities and ambiance that students missed their freshman year, several of these dorms, such as Pennsylvania and Panther halls on the hill, came with the cost of being far from central campus and classes and, well, on a hill.

Nordenberg Hall, in this sense, will even have advantages when compared to sophomore dorms. Like its modern counterparts, it’s  new and has central air, but it’s also conveniently located near the Cathedral and most freshman classes. Students will also have flat-screen TVs provided in their room, something unheard of in previous dorms aside from the newest additions to the Bouquet Gardens complex. In addition, the hall will feature a fitness center, a rec room and an outdoor patio. 

Although many of these features were available to freshmen before, they were never as easily accessible as they will be to the students living in Nordenberg. Pitt has been rising in the ranks academically under the leadership of Chancellor Nordenberg, and his residence hall might signal an important shift in the University’s layout to reflect and add to the strides that have already been made.

Land has always been scarce in Oakland, and as the University has grown it has had to expand in the little space that it could. Forbes Field is what later became Posvar Hall. When the University converted Pitt Stadium to the Petersen Events Center, Pitt’s football team began playing in the Steelers’ Three Rivers Stadium. Where Towers once hosted graduate students, it is now home to mostly freshmen who often move on to converted houses in South Oakland, which once housed immigrant families.

As it’s been, there are few buildings at the University that have not been built over something. Likewise, Nordenberg Hall will replace the old University Place 

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Mark A. Nordenberg Hall

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• Houses 559 men and women
• 8 Floors of Living Accommodations
• ADA accommodations
• TVs, Room Refrigerators and Microwaves in all Rooms
• Fully Air Conditioned in all Rooms
• Communal Showers on each Wing
• Lounges on each Wing
• Large Fitness Center
• Laundry Rooms on every Floor
• Print Station
• 2- Music Booths on 3rd Floor
• 3rd Floor Patio Area
• Student Mailroom
• Indoor Bike Lockers
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• The Wellness Center on the 2nd floor
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Mark A. Nordenberg Hall is our newest residence hall, housing 559 first-year men and women in air-conditioned doubles and triples. Each floor offers two large lounge areas, two smaller study lounges, communal bathrooms, and a laundry room. Special building features include a fitness center, two music practice rooms, a print station, and wireless Internet throughout the building. The Wellness Center, consisting of Student Health and Counseling, will be located on the second floor of the building. Retail space and the University pharmacy are located on the first floor, which is accessible from Fifth Avenue. A resident director, a program coordinator, and 16 resident assistants are on staff in Mark A. Nordenberg Hall.

Basic cable television is provided in each room/suite in every residence hall and each bedroom and/or living room in every apartment-style accommodation. Each residence hall room and apartment-style living bedroom is equipped with an Ethernet connection that links you directly to the University network and the Internet.

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Room Rates** per Semester; per student Triple: $3,300 Double :$3,500 ** Room rates are subject to change.

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On October 26, 2012, the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees passed a resolution at its meeting to name a new residence hall the Mark A. Nordenberg Hall in addition to announcing the establishment of the Mark A. Nordenberg Scholarship Fund for undergraduate students. The surprise proclamations recognized the Chancellor for his continued leadership of the University.

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Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues announces 2024 tour. Get tickets now

A “Night In White Satin” may be coming to you.

This summer, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues is taking his ‘Blue World Tour’ to performing arts centers, music halls, ranches, pavilions and theaters all over North America with Christopher Cross on select dates.

That includes quite a few stops in New York and New Jersey for the 2018 Rock Hall of Fame inductee.

First, the “Tuesday Afternoon” singer is slated to drop into Red Bank, NJ’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on Wednesday, July 3.

After that, he hits Tarrytown, NY’s Tarrytown Music Hall on Friday, July 5, Morristown, NJ’s Mayo Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, July 16 and finally, he’ll deliver the hits at Bethel, NY’s Bethel Woods Center For The Arts on Wednesday, July 17.

“I’m rediscovering songs I have written and sung over the years – some that I only lived with for a few days while they were being recorded,” Hayward said in a press release regarding his last tour, according to All About The Rock .

“Now, I have a chance to experience the feelings that they gave me then, every night on stage, as well as including in our set the favourites that have been milestones on my musical journey. I’m joined by the ‘guitar genius’ that is Mike Dawes, along with Julie Ragins and Karmen Gould, two of the brightest talents in music.”

If you can’t wait to sing along to “Question,” “Your Wildest Dreams,” “The Story In Your Eyes” and so many more Moody Blues classics as well as a few choice cuts from Hayward’s solo catalog, tickets can be yours for all 14 U.S. ‘Blue World’ concerts as soon as today.

Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster for select shows until Friday, April 19, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.

Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.

A complete tour calendar including all dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.

Hayward is currently wrapping up his spring 2024 tour; his most recent gig was at Fort Lauderdale, FL’s Amaturo Theater at The Broward Center on Friday, April 12.

Here’s what he took to the stage that night, according to Set List FM :

01.) “Tuesday Afternoon” (The Moody Blues song)

02.) “Driftwood” (The Moody Blues song)

03.) “Blue World” (The Moody Blues song)

04.) “Living for Love”

05.) “Hope and Pray” (The Moody Blues song)

06.) “The Day We Meet Again / One Lonely Room / Out and In / In My World / Meanwhile”

07.) “Voices in the Sky” (The Moody Blues song)

08.) “The Voice” (The Moody Blues song)

09.) “Forever Autumn” (Jeff Wayne cover)

10.) “Never Comes the Day” (The Moody Blues song)

11.) “Your Wildest Dreams” (The Moody Blues song)

12.) “Question” (The Moody Blues song)

13.) “Nights in White Satin” (The Moody Blues song)

14.) “Blue Guitar” (Justin Hayward & John Lodge cover)

15.) “The Story in Your Eyes” (The Moody Blues song)

16.) “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” (The Moody Blues song)

In addition to the shows with Hayward, Cross will also conduct a nationwide run of his own this year.

If you want to catch the smooth “Sailing” singer live, we recommend checking out Christopher Cross’ 2024 tour schedule .

Hayward joined The Moody Blues way back in 1966.

58 years later, he’s still going strong — as are a number a number of his contemporaries from the free love decade.

Want to see who else is on the road from way back when?

Here are just five of our favorite long-running classic rockers you can catch live this year.

•  Rolling Stones

•  Neil Young

•  Bob Dylan with Robert Plant and Willie Nelson

•  Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band

•  Roger Daltrey

Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of the 52 biggest classic rockers on tour in 2024 to find out.

This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements for your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed Bruce Springsteen and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.

Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase.

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Mark A. Nordenberg Hall

The University’s newest residence hall, opened in fall 2013, is named for Pitt's 17th chancellor, Mark A. Nordenberg, to acknowledge his pivotal role in transforming Pitt. 

The 11-story building houses approximately 560 freshmen in double and triple rooms. The building also includes wellness center space for student health services and the counseling center.

Nordenberg Hall is located in the heart of the Pittsburgh campus, along Fifth Avenue. It is expected to achieve a LEED silver certification for sustainable construction.

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The Cult announce 40th anniversary UK tour for winter 2024

The dates conclude with a stop at London’s Royal Albert Hall

The Cult have announced details of a UK tour, which will celebrate their 40th year as a band. Find upcoming dates and ticket details below.

Announced today (April 16), the shows are set for later this year and will see the iconic ‘80s rock group perform in 10 cities across the country. The dates come in celebration of a huge milestone for Ian Astbury and co., as this year marks four decades since the band formed as we recognise them today – swapping their name from the original title ‘Death Cult’ into ‘The Cult’.

“Following up from the great energy of Death Cult 8323 shows, I’m looking forward to bringing that sense of celebration of the band’s music, and the communion with our fans, to Cult 8424,” guitarist Billy Duffy said of the new announcement. “CFFC. Let the ceremony commence!”

The shows all take place this winter, and kick off on October 21 with an opening night at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester. This is followed the next night with a gig at Swansea Arena (22), followed by stops in Edinburgh (24), Manchester (25), Bristol (27), York (29) and Newcastle (30).

The final run of the new tour dates will take place in the first week of November; including a slot at Guildhall in Portsmouth on the 1st, and a show at Civic Hall in Wolverhampton the following night. The dates wrap up with a closing show at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London on November 4.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (April 19) at 10am BST. Visit here to get tickets and find a full list of tour dates below.

The Cult 2024 tour dates are:

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OCTOBER 21 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall 22– Swansea, Swansea Arena    24 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall  25 – Manchester, O2 Apollo  27 – Bristol, Beacon     29 – York, Barbican 30 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall      

NOVEMBER: 1 – Portsmouth, Guildhall 2 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 4 – London, Royal Albert Hall

The dates for 2024 come following a tour the band embarked on last year, celebrating 40 years since their first formation under the name ‘Death Cult’ .

Taking place around the UK, Ireland and the US, the tour was called ‘Death Cult 8323’ and saw Duffy and Astbury return to play iconic venues they previously performed in at the start of their career.

The live shows focused on Death Cult and their eponymous EPs, and also boasted a setlist that spanned “the three phases of the band, from Southern Death Cult, to Death Cult, and The Cult’s first two albums: ‘Dreamtime’ (1984) and ‘Love’ (1985).”

More recently, Billy Duffy joined Johnny Marr on stage in Frome last summer to play tracks by The Smiths and Depeche Mode .

The on-stage appearance was the latest of the multiple times the two musicians have joined forces, as they both have a long history of playing music together – stemming back to their adolescent years.

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