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By SUSAN JONES David Brown started as vice chancellor for government relations and advocacy in May and was immediately thrust into the ongoing struggle to secure Pitt’s funding from the state. But Brown, who most recently served as vice president of federal relations for the University of Southern California, took it all in stride.

He will advocate on behalf of the University’s students, faculty and staff at all levels of government.

David Brown has been named the new vice chancellor of Pitt’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy. He starts May 9. Brown succeeds Paul Supowitz, who will become special assistant for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor. Supowitz joined Pitt in 1997 and has held leadership roles in government relations since 2002.

Pennsylvania’s next budget could provide state-related universities — including the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln - with a 5% increase in state funding.

Here are the three things you need to know about his testimony in Harrisburg this month.

A Westmoreland County lawmaker’s attack on the state’s financial relationship with Pitt, Penn State and Temple is drawing blowback from the powerhouse public research universities and their supporters. State Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Hempfield, says he has “ethical” issues with the commonwealth spending about $580 million to support the three universities in

Statements from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) indicate one of its federally funded research projects utilized organs that might have been extracted from live fetuses, several scholars and doctors have said.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addresses an abortion bill she will discusses in the upcoming state of the state address. As the nation marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and President Trump’s term has come to an end, questions remain about how the former administration had addressed congressional concerns surrounding Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s (PPFA) fetal-tissue practices and its lack of action that ultimately prompted criticism from conservatives. Roughly a week ...