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Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Pittsburgh's University Library System also contains the entire EU depository collection, the most extensive collection of public European Community/EU documents and publications in North America.
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Challenges, with three distinct sub-themes further explored over the three-year grant period: Post-Recession Policy Challenges in year one,
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Challenge in year two, and Law and Media in year three. The EUCE at UT-Austin offers students an undergraduate degree and a doctoral portfolio program in European Studies. It is also in the process of developing an M.A. program in European Studies.
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