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Top Stories: ➊ – Gov. Shapiro proposes $60M toward performance-based funding for state-related universities (Wednesday), ➋ – Pittsburgh bird flu study finds vaccine potential in antibody effective against mutating influenza (Monday), ➌ – The image rehabilitation of Rickard Rakell (Tuesday), ➍ – Pitt’s History of Art and Architecture Department receives $500K grant to center social justice (Tuesday), ➎ – Corridors of Opportunity: Cranberry keeps racking up "seismic wins" in its ongoing growth (Wednesday)

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Penn State administration announces further cuts to Commonwealth campuses

WESA 2/5 10:30P Sydney Roach | WPSU

Penn State leadership have announced the university’s budget allocations for fiscal year 2026-2027. University Park will see a small overall increase in funding, while the...

Gov. Shapiro proposes $60M toward performance-based funding for state-related universities

WESA 2/4 10:29P Sydney Roach

Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing flat funding for state-related universities, including Penn State. But he is also proposing $60 million for the new “Performance-based Funding...

K-12 immigrant student protections remain strong even as deportations rattle Pittsburgh schools

WESA 2/4 5:25A Jillian Forstadt

Districts like PPS are working to manage fears of deportation by reminding families and staff of the federal and local protections that remain in place.

Pitt’s History of Art and Architecture Department receives $500K grant to center social justice

WESA 2/3 10:30P Gabriela Herring

The University of Pittsburgh will receive a $500,000 Mellon Grant to help the school’s history of art and architecture department shape a more socially just curriculum.

National exam results show struggle to bring Pa. student learning back on track after pandemic

WESA 1/29 6:40A Collin Binkley | Associated Pres

The Pennsylvania fourth graders tested — kindergartners at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — scored lower in both reading and math than fourth graders tested in 2019.

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Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants. Utilities say it's not fair

WESA 2/9 12:00A Marc Levy | Associated Press

Front and center is the data center that Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services, is building next to the Susquehanna nuclear plant in eastern Pennsylvania.

This is your brain on love: Experts explain the science behind the romantic rush

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Health) 2/8 10:30P Allie Miller / For the Pittsburg

The intensity of the romantic experience really overrides your ability to regulate it, says Donald Whiting, chair of AHN s Neuroscience Institute.

Ghosted by your doc? New law aims to weaken restrictive noncompete contracts, keep physicians local

WESA 2/8 12:00A Sarah Boden | Spotlight PA

The rules prevent a health system from pushing dismissed doctors out of town and keeping patients in the dark, but critics say it's still too narrow.

Plant-based pitfalls: When can the vegan diet go wrong?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Health) 2/7 10:30P Hanna Webster / Pittsburgh Post-

Just because it s vegan, doesn t mean it s healthy.

Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreak

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Health) 2/7 7:47A By Jake Offenhartz / Associated

Gov. Kathy Hochul said there is no immediate threat to public health and that the temporary closure of bird markets in the city and its Westchester County and Long Island...

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Two Popular Pittsburgh Restaurants Announce Closure

Good Food Pittsburgh 1/28 3:22A Emily Catalano

It s been a sad week for Pittsburgh restaurant fans. On Friday, Oak Hill Post owners Christian Schulz and Rebecca Nicholson announced they would officially be closing their...

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8 former Steelers in Super Bowl LIX with Eagles and Chiefs

Steelers Wire 2/9 7:52A Andrew Vasquez

As the Super Bowl LIX matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs approaches, several former Pittsburgh Steelers are on the cusp of a Super Bowl ring....

Potential Steelers target receives permission to seek a trade

Steelers Wire 2/9 6:36A Curt Popejoy

Last season the Pittsburgh Steelers were reported to have interest in trading for San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel. The team ultimately didn t finalize a deal...

Steelers in awkward position with pending quarterback market

Steelers Wire 2/9 6:11A Curt Popejoy

There s an old saying that says, If you have two starting quarterbacks, you don t have one. This was true for the Pittsburgh Steelers last season with Russell Wilson and...

5 trade targets the Steelers must consider in 2025 offseason

Steelers Wire 2/9 5:56A Andrew Vasquez

The Pittsburgh Steelers will obviously need to hit big in the 2025 NFL Draft and 2025 free agency , but one key aspect of the offseason will be making a splash in the trade...