Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/On this day/May 11
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- (1953) Lothrop Hall, then a nurses' residence, is dedicated on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth with the presentation of a brick from her home.
- (1966) Pitt dedicates the Van de Graaff Accelerator laboratory, which housed the world's first 3-stage particle accelerator.