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African Sustainabilty

In March of 2012, the African Studies Program sponsored a conference that explored Africa's challenges in developing the capacity to sustain growth at all levels required to achieve poverty reduction and to produce sustainable development. Learn More >

Tadeu Carneiro and Larry Feick
Visit to Brazil

In May 2012, Larry Feick and members of the Center for Latin American Studies visited key Brazilian partners, including Tadeu Carneiro, Pitt alum and CEO of Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM). CBMM is a major producer of the metal niobium. 

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Beijing Conference

Asian Studies Center Staff Michele Heryford, James Cook, and Jennifer Creamer meet with Madame Lin Xu, Director General of the Hanban, while attending the Confucius Institute conference in Beijing in December 2011. 

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GSC Receives Fulbright Hays

The Global Studies Center and the Consortium for Educational Resources for Islamic Studies will organize a Fulbright Hays study program to Egypt for undergraduate students enrolled in secondary education programs at CERIS institutions.  

Announcements

Inaugural Sheth Awards Presented
The 2012-2013 winners of the Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement and the Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement Award were honored at a reception in the William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Ballroom on November 15, 2012. Learn More »
2012-2013 Carl Malmberg Fellow
The 2012-2013 Carl Malmberg Memorial Scholarship in African Studies has been awarded to Ms. Lindiwe Seotsanyana, a social worker by training. Learn More »
2012-13 H. J. Heinz Foundation Fellows
UCIS pleased to announce the incoming Heinz Fellows for 2012-13: Ms. Dewi Astuti, of Indonesia; Mr. Robert Maina, of Kenya; and Ms. Sun Ran, of China.  Learn More »

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UCIS This Week

Monday, December 3

Symposium -- High School Model EU Simulation
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
WPU Lower Lounge
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Tuesday, December 4

Film -- Weimar Cinema Screenings (German Cinema 1919-1933)
Repeats every week until Tue Dec 11 2012 .
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Lawrence Hall, Room 209
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Thursday, December 6

Lecture Series / Brown Bag -- Avoiding Bad Moves: Relocation, Work/Family Conflict, and Japanese Career Women
Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series
Blaine Connor, Director of Academic Programs, College of General Studies
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
4130 Posvar Hall
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Presentation -- Vernacularity and Alienation
Part of the "Speaking in Tongues" Lecture and Seminar Series
Dr. Philipp Rosemann
4:30 pm
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Friday, December 7

Lecture -- Centripetal Heritage in a Socialist State: Politics of Archaeology and Urbanism in Bucharest, Romania (1953-1971)
Emanuela Grama, Visiting Assistant Professor and Oberlin/Michigan Postdoctoral Fellow
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Department of Anthropology
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Presentation -- Tradition and Deconstruction
Part of the "Speaking in Tongues" Lecture and Seminar Series
Dr. Philipp Rosemann
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Duquesne University
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ucis by the Numbers

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The University of Pittsburgh is home to four federally funded international studies centers under Title VI of the Department of Education. 

1,372
Pitt Students participated in a study abroad experience in 2010-11. 

322
Students received international studies certificates in 2010-11.