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Concerns are being raised that Republicans in the Pennsylvania House could cut state funding for the University of Pittsburgh over two issues – scientific research using fetal tissue and the redistricting process led by Pitt’s former chancellor.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Public comment on maps to redraw state legislative districts ended last night, and chair of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission Mark Nordenberg explains the steps taken to ensure transparency in the process; and the Community College of Allegheny County is welcoming veteran students who qualify for the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program, which is meant to support those unemployed due to COVID-19.
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The task of reshaping Pennsylvania's political maps falls to a small group of legislative insiders, a system that critics worry facilitates backroom deals.
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Mark Nordenberg, the former chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, is the state high court’s appointee and the tie-breaking fifth member of the panel that will redraw boundaries of Pennsylvania’s legislative districts. The state Supreme Court delivered the news Monday.
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“There is probably no bigger issue right now in the higher education arena than the affordability [of a college education],” says the University of…
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“There is probably no bigger issue right now in the higher education arena than the affordability [of a college education],” says the University of…
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After 19 years as the head of the University of Pittsburgh, Mark Nordenberg will step down in August. He made the announcement last year, and Friday he…
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The University of Pittsburgh has tapped a U.S. Commerce Department official to be its next chancellor.Patrick Gallagher, the acting deputy secretary of…