Pennsylvania’s state-supported universities escaped the annual budget battle with as much funding as they had this year, avoiding deep cuts that were originally proposed by the governor in February. For the University of Pittsburgh it means 2012-13 funding of $136 million and for Pennsylvania State University it’s $227.7 million, according to the budget signed June 30 by Gov. Tom Corbett. “We are very grateful to the Legislature and the administration for restoring the proposed cut to Pitt’s appropriation for Fiscal Year 2013,” said John Fedele, associate director of news for the University of Pittsburgh, in an email.
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