Editing Cathedral of Learning (section)

==Use==
[[File:CathedralFromSS.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of Learning]]
The basement and floors up to (and including) floor 40 are used for educational purposes, although most floors above 36 house the building's mechanical equipment. These floors include theaters, computer laboratories, language laboratories, classrooms, and departmental offices. The basement contains a [[black box theater]] and the ground floor contains computer labs, language labs, classrooms, and the Cathedral Café food court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/index.html|title=Campus Dining Locations|work=Panther Central: Dining Services|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103064650/http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/index.html|archive-date=January 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://technology.pitt.edu/network-web/computing-labs/lab-hours.html|title=Locations, Equipment, and Hours|work=Information Technology: Computing Services and Systems Development|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814151814/http://technology.pitt.edu/network-web/computing-labs/lab-hours.html|archive-date=August 14, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The lobby, comprising the first through third floors, contains a massive gothic Commons Room that is used as a general study area and for special events and is ringed by three floors of classrooms, including, on the first and third floors, the 31 [[Nationality Rooms]] designed by members of Pittsburgh's ethnic communities in the styles of different nations and ethnic groups. Twenty-nine of these serve as functional classrooms while more conventional classrooms are located on the second floor and elsewhere throughout the building. The first floor also serves as home to the offices of the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor, and other administration offices, as well as the Nationality Rooms Gift Shop. The fourth floor, which was previously home to the main stacks of the [[Hillman Library|university's library]] and the McCarl Center for Nontraditional Student Success,<ref name="McCarl">{{cite web|url=http://www.cgspitt.org/mccarl-center.cfm|title=McCarl Center|year=2007|publisher=College of General Studies, [[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154332/http://www.cgspitt.org/mccarl-center.cfm| archive-date=July 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> now houses a mix of interdisciplinary studies programs. The fifth floor originally housed the main borrowing, reference, and reading rooms of the university library, and now houses the Department of English. The Pitt Humanities Center is housed on the sixth floor. The University's Frederick Honors College is located on the 35th and 36th floors.

The Cathedral of Learning houses the Department of [[Philosophy]],<ref name="Philosophy">{{cite web|url=http://www.philosophy.pitt.edu/|title=Department of Philosophy|date=January 6, 2010|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> {{as of|2009|lc=y}} considered one of the top five in the United States,<ref name="Leitner">{{cite web |url=http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp |archive-url= https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100813142000/http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |title=The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2009: Overall Rankings |last=Leitner |first=Brian |year=2009 |work=The Philosophical Gourmet Report: Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell|Blackwell]] |access-date=August 2, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the Department of [[History and philosophy of science|History and Philosophy of Science]],<ref name="History and Philosophy of Science">{{cite web|url=http://www.hps.pitt.edu/|title=Department of History and Philosophy of Science|date=July 10, 2010|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> consistently ranked at the top of the field.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/breakdown.htm#13l | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20021107005514/http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/breakdown.htm | url-status= dead | archive-date= November 7, 2002 | title= Internet Archive: The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2004-2006: Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics | year=2008 | access-date= March 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/breakdown/breakdown14.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909203521/http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/breakdown/breakdown14.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006-2008:Breakdown:Philosophy of Science |year=2008 |access-date=March 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="philosophylists">{{cite web|url=http://www.philosophylists.info/HPSDepartments.html|title=Graduate Programs in History and Philosophy of Science|year=2005|publisher=philosophylists.info|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122045720/http://www.philosophylists.info/HPSDepartments.html|archive-date=January 22, 2008}}</ref> Other departments in the Cathedral include English, Religious Studies, Theatre Arts, and the School of Social Work which maintains the highest classrooms in the building located on the 23rd floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidde.pitt.edu/classrooms/cl.html|title=Media Enhanced Classrooms - Cathedral of Learning|publisher=Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education, [[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date= August 2, 2010| url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100710203333/http://www.cidde.pitt.edu//classrooms/CL.html|archive-date=July 10, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref group="note">Although there are no classrooms higher than the 23rd floor, classes occasionally meet in rooms on higher floors, either temporarily (e.g., if a normal classroom is temporarily unavailable) or by consensus of the students and instructor if a class is small enough to meet in a professor's personal office or a student lounge.</ref> Floors 38–40 are closed to the general public, as they contain electrical wiring for the building, as well as the Babcock Room, a large conference room on the 40th floor used for meetings, seminars, and special events and which provides a panoramic view of [[Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|downtown Pittsburgh]] and the rest of the university. The 40th floor balcony also houses a nesting pair of [[Peregrine falcon]]s. A view from the top is available via a [[webcam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tour.pitt.edu/cl_cam.html |title=Live Webcams: Cathedral |publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]] |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802022603/http://www.tour.pitt.edu/cl_cam.html |archive-date=August 2, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Golden lights, dubbed "victory lights," surround the outside of the highest floors and are lit following Pitt football wins and other notable victories, giving the upper part of the cathedral an amber glow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.pitt.edu/traditions/#victory|title=Alumni Traditions: Victory Lights|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh|Pitt]] Alumni Association|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref>

The top of the building serves as the site for the transmitter of the student-run radio station [[WPTS-FM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wptsradio.org/?do=about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902163812/http://wptsradio.org/?do=about|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 2, 2011|title=92.1 WPTS Pittsburgh|publisher=WPTS Pittsburgh|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> as well as the amateur radio repeater W3YJ which is run by the Panther Amateur Radio club on a frequency of 443.45&nbsp;MHz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pa-sitrep.com/ohara_repeater.htm|title=PA-SitRep.com (Pennsylvania Situation Report Web Site - O'Hara Township Amateur Radio Emergency Communications 443.45 Repeater)|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8GB2_W3YJ_PARC_Repeater_Pittsburgh_PA|title=W3YJ - PARC Repeater - Pittsburgh, PA - Amateur Radio Repeaters on Waymarking.com|work=[[Waymarking]]|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref>

{| | class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%"
! colspan="5" style="background:#192857; color:white" | <span style="color:white;">Cathedral of Learning Use and Notable Spaces by Floor</span>
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{| cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center" | <span style="color:white;">Floor</span>
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center" | <span style="color:white;">Use</span>
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | Subbasement || style ="border: 0px" | Tunnel to [[Stephen Foster Memorial]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | Basement || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre|Rauh Studio Theatre]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | Ground || style ="border: 0px" | Cathedral Café, Computer labs,<br /> language labs, lecture halls, Testing Center
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 1 || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Commons Room|Commons Room]], [[Nationality Rooms]],<br />[[#Croghan-Schenley Ballroom|Crogan-Schenley Ballroom]],<br />Nationality Rooms Gift Shop,<br />Offices of University Chancellor and Vice Chancellor
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 2 || style ="border: 0px" | Commons Room, class and lecture rooms, [[#Mulert Memorial Room|Mulert Memorial Room]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 3 || style ="border: 0px" | Commons Room, Nationality Rooms,<br />[[#Frick Auditorium|Frick Auditorium]], class and lecture rooms
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 4 || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Cultural Studies, Film Studies, and GSWS program space|Cultural Studies, Film Studies, and GSWS program]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 5 || style ="border: 0px" | English Department, English Commons Room
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 6 || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Humanities Center|Humanities Center]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 7 || style ="border: 0px" | Office of the Chief Information Officer,<br/>IBM 360 display
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 8 || style ="border: 0px" | Office of the Provost
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| align="center" valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center"| <span style="color:white;">Floor</span>
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center"| <span style="color:white;">Use</span>
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 9 || style ="border: 0px" | [[Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences]] main offices
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 10 || style ="border: 0px" | Department of Philosophy
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 11 || style ="border: 0px" | [[Center for Philosophy of Science]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 12 || style ="border: 0px" | Slavic languages, [[#Braun Room|Braun Room]],<br />Nationality Room and Intercultural Exchange Program office
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 13 || style ="border: 0px" | Departments of Hispanic, French, and Italian languages
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 14 || style ="border: 0px" | Department of Communication and<br />[[William Pitt Debating Union]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 15 || style ="border: 0px" | German Language, Classics
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 16 || style ="border: 0px" | [[University of Pittsburgh Stages|Department of Theater Arts]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 17 || style ="border: 0px" | CFO Institutional Research office
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 18 || style ="border: 0px" | Office of the Chief Financial Officer
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 19 || style ="border: 0px" | Financial Information Systems
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 20 || style ="border: 0px" | [[Center on Race and Social Problems]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 21 || style ="border: 0px" | [[University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work|School of Social Work]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 22 || style ="border: 0px" | School of Social Work offices
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 23 || style ="border: 0px" | School of Social Work classrooms
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{| cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center"| <span style="color:white;">Floor</span>
! style ="background: #192857; border: 0px; text-align:center"| <span style="color:white;">Use</span>
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 24 || style ="border: 0px" | Office of University Counsel
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 25 || style ="border: 0px" | Office of University Counsel, Cyber Institute of Law and Politics
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 26 || style ="border: 0px" | Department of Religious Studies
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 27 || style ="border: 0px" | Department of Asian Studies
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 28 || style ="border: 0px" | Department of Linguistics
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 29 || style ="border: 0px" | ROTC
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 30 || style ="border: 0px" | Payment Processing and Financial Records
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 31 || style ="border: 0px" | Financial Information Administration, Accounting Research
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 32 || style ="border: 0px" | IT Business Solutions
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 33 || style ="border: 0px" | Purchasing Services and Supplier Management
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 34 || style ="border: 0px" | Purchasing Services
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 35 || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Frederick Honors College|Frederick Honors College]]
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 36 || style ="border: 0px" | Frederick Honors College
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 37 || style ="border: 0px" | Frederick Honors College
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 38 || style ="border: 0px" | Mechanical
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 39 || style ="border: 0px" | Mechanical
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| style ="padding:0.35em; text-align:center; border: 0px" | 40 || style ="border: 0px" | [[#Babcock Room|Babcock Room]]
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| colspan="5" align="center" | <span style="color:#192857;">Refs:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/archives/?p=39896|title=Restacking the Cathedral of Learning|date=July 21, 2016|first=Kimberly K.|last=Barlow |newspaper=University Times|volume=48|issue=23|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref></span>
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