4 Pitt students were named 2023 Critical Language scholars

Four University of Pittsburgh students have been named 2023 Critical Language scholars, an immersive summer opportunity for American college students to make rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency. Each will spend 8-10 weeks abroad.

Pitt’s winners this year are:

• Jesse Biltz, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, who will study Indonesian in Indonesia.
• Dannial Cardillo, a senior majoring in Chinese in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, is going to Turkey to study Turkish. During his time at Pitt, Cardillo has also won the Boren and Gilman scholarships.
• Jordyn Kamasa, GSPIA, is going to the Middle East to study Arabic.
• Hiba Siddiqui, a junior in the David C. Frederick Honors College and Dietrich School majoring in psychology, will study Urdu in India.

— Terry Rowley