PITTSBURGH — The trustees of a Pittsburgh women's university have voted to admit undergraduate men for the first time in its 145-year history.

Chatham University says the Thursday vote will allow men to attend undergraduate classes in the fall of 2015.

The school in the Shadyside neighborhood was founded as the Pennsylvania Female College in 1869. Officials say the freshman class has shrunk nearly 50 percent since 2008, and a college that once had more than 700 students could have fewer than 320 within five years unless the school goes co-ed.

Opponents had asked trustees to delay the vote.

HARRISBURG — The largest natural gas industry group in the region is helping to organize a rally in Harrisburg to show support for the industry.The Marcellus Shale Coalition says next Tuesday's event is intended to let legislators and the public know that a diverse group of people support the natural gas boom that began about six years ago.Coalition president David Spigelmyer says there are some very vocal opponents of shale gas drilling, but supporters believe there is a “passionate group of folks” that have benefited from the boom, including landowners, organized labor and consumers.The rally is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Harrisburg and will feature about a dozen speakers. At least one environmental group plans to hold a counter demonstration.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Mark Fields, who helped turn Ford's North American operations into a sales and profit powerhouse, will take over from Alan Mulally as CEO on July 1.Fields, 53, was widely seen as Mulally's heir apparent. He has been Ford's chief operating officer since late 2012, and has been running executive meetings and day-to-day operations.Ford wasn't expected to make the transition until year end, but said it moved up the schedule at Mulally's request.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark says its first-quarter earnings jumped 18 percent as generic drugs and an acquisition helped the drugstore and pharmacy benefits manager weather rough winter storms and a later Easter holiday.It topped profit and revenue expectations, sending shares higher in premarket trading today.The Woonsocket company reaffirmed its 2014 forecast for adjusted earnings of between $4.36 and $4.50 per share.CVS Caremark Corp. earned $1.13 billion, or 95 cents per share.