Stop by to learn more about international opportunities at Pitt! Discover study abroad/study away options, explore internships, learn languages, find funding, enroll in a graduate or undergraduate certificate program or the Global Distinction, and more!

Meet representatives from the following University Center for International Studies units:

Join us on Tuesday June 20, 2023, 4pm-8pm in Schenley Plaza in Oakland for the return of Pittsburgh’s World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration!

The event will feature performances, speakers, music and dancing. Support local refugee and immigrant owned restaurants and craft vendors. Engage with a variety of community organizations to learn about services in our city. We’re excited to celebrate together!

In this Let's Talk Africa, learn about "Tomorrow's Stars" in Ghana! Providing resources for schools including learning materials, teachers, and student scholarships.

George Weir founded Tomorrow's Stars in 2003 after traveling to Ghana in 2000. Hear his story and what his organization has accomplished!

We're relaunching our book club series! Read "Nightbloom" by Peace Adzo Medie with us and join us for a virtual discussion of the book on July 27th from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Register for the discussion and find where to access the book here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/african-studies-book-club

The Center for African Studies invites you to our yearly Spring Conference! This year's theme is "Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization."

Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.

CAS will have a booth at the World Fair hosted by the Oakland Catholic High School. Our table will have African games (Malmberg Fellow Nete is bringing games from Lesotho) and there will also be presentations given by FLTA Bancy and visiting Amharic professor Meshesha on language/culture in Kenya and Ethiopia, respectively.

Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and death struggles? What some scholars call the “Anthropocene” risks being the new normal – organizing to prevent our demise requires far more… a bottom-up “anthropolitics” grounded in solidarity, seeing and building on the connections between today’s vital movements.

High school outreach visit - Susan and Bancy presented on careers and study abroad opportunities.