Celebrating Cultural Diversity
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

International Week Event: Cultural Event--Study Abroad Photo Exhibit
- Friday, October 3
Kimbo Art Gallery, William Pitt Union

Come visit the Study Abroad Photo Exhibit! Photos from students who have recently studied or traveled abroad will be on display in the Kimbo Art Gallery on the first floor of the William Pitt Union. Exhibit dates are from Tuesday, September 23 through Friday, October 3, 2008.
Audience: students, faculty and staff
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Study Abroad Office, International Week
For more information, contact Ben Pilcher - 412-383-7165 bjp10@pitt.edu

International Week Event: Roundtable--International Pharmacy Practice: Cultural Differences across Continents Roundtable
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Salk Hall 402

The School of Pharmacy invites you to attend an international pharmacy practice roundtable discussion, whereby student pharmacists and faculty will share their thoughts and international experiences on differences in cultural and professional practice in foreign countries. Also included will be information on how to locate personal study abroad programs, including international pharmacy rotations.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation and the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists
For more information, contact Julie Lauffenburger - J.Lauffen@gmail.com

International Week Event: Lecture--The Eradication of Smallpox: What we should have learned but didn't
3:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

2008 John C. Cutler Memorial Lecture in Global Health presents D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH. The eradication of smallpox was a remarkable victory for international public health. The 10 year program, however, began almost by accident, was predicted to fail even before it started, and repeatedly came close to disaster. Dr. Henderson was director of the World Health Organization's global smallpox eradication campaign (1966-77) and founding director of the Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins University. He is now a distinguished scholar at UPMC's Center for Biosecurity and a professor of public health and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Reception to follow.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Global Studies Program, Graduate School of Public Health
For more information, contact Linda Fletcher - lfletch@pitt.edu

International Week Event: Dinner--International Week Event: Festival--Oakland Restaurant Tour
6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Oakland Area

Sample International cuisine in our own backyard. MUST PURCHASE $10 TICKETS AHEAD at William Pitt Union ticket office (main floor)or OIS
For more information, contact Janine Fisher - jsf10@pitt.edu
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/internationalweek
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: $10.00
Sponsored by: International Week, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, and the Office of International Services

International Week Event: Performance--Steel Pan Drummers
6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union- Ballroom

Steel Pan: Drummers who drum on drums made with steel pans, celebrating the Afro-Caribbean culture
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, International Week, African Student Organization
For more information, contact Sandra Dike - missdike@gmail.com

International Week Event: Lecture--Good Afternoon Africa Lecture Series -- Zimbabwe: Debating Just What Went Wrong
6:00p.m.- 8:00p.m.
WPU Kurtzman Room

With a political system that is in crisis and an economy whose inflation is the highest in the world, many people are asking, just what went wrong in Zimbabwe?
Food and fuel shortages have become common as the government relies more heavily on imports, pushing prices to new heights. The official annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe is more than 4,500%. In practice, this means soaring living costs, for example, the price of a loaf of bread costs 50 times more in cash than it did a year ago. Twenty five percent of the population needs food aid. Unemployment is at 80%. Critics have blamed President Mugabe's policies, especially the seizure of white-owned farms, for ordinary Zimbabweans' hardship. For his part, Mugabe has accused foreign governments of trying to interfere in Zimbabwe's affairs. What do you think? Come join us for a lively discussion and debate of the issues led by a panel of graduate students (Eliada Nwosu, Nosakhere Griffin-El, Sandra Matoushaya) and members of faculty (Cecil Blake and Annamore Matambanadzo).
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: None
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, African Studies Program, International Studies Living Learning Community, International Week, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu

International Week Event: Lecture--From Generation to Generation
9:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union- Kurtzman Room

Matthew Mastarone and other Deloitte & Touche representatives will be speaking about how to get ahead in the job market by learning about the generational differences in the workplace and how business today is changing.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Delta Sigma Pi
For more information, contact Laura Watts - Lew40@pitt.edu