Three University of Pittsburgh students, including two Dietrich School students, have earned 2025 Boren Awards for International Study, which will fund their study of critical languages abroad in support of their academic and career goals.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and administered by the Institute of International Education, the Boren Awards provide undergraduate and graduate students with funding to study less commonly taught languages in regions critical to U.S. interests around the world. In exchange, recipients commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation.
This year’s winners are:
- Kate McManus, a junior microbiology major in the in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and David C. Frederick Honors College, will study Russian in Estonia.
- Michael Sipper is a senior political science major in the Dietrich School and Frederick Honors College. He will study Turkish in Turkey.
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