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‘Most valuable discovery’: Foreign Language and Area Studies scholarship sends students around the world

By Patrick Diana, Staff Writer • February 7, 2024

From Swahili to Irish Gaelic, students who choose to study lesser-known and taught languages are able to reap the benefits of their specialized study through the Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) scholarship.

Pitt to distribute $31.9 million in federal funds to more than 30,000 students

By Natalie Frank and Martha Layne • September 21, 2021

Pitt announced Monday that it will distribute $31.9 million in federal funding to more than 30,000 students, pulling from the $54.7 million it received from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

Editorial: Not enforcing State pension forfeiture laws wastes tax dollars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 3, 2018

It’s no secret that Pennsylvania public schools have a deficit that seems to get larger and larger as the gap in federal funding widens between poor and affluent districts. Many lay off or threaten to...

Editorial: Citizenship question on 2020 census could cut PA funding

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 29, 2018

It’s no secret that for undocumented immigrants and other noncitizens, life can be rough under President Donald Trump’s administration. As of Monday, it just got significantly tougher. The U.S....