Pittsburgh is exploding as an education destination with students from across the globe! Join UCIS and the Asian Studies Center on this month's site visit to WholeRen to learn about their work on integrating and promoting Chinese-American educational opportunities and potential ways that you can get involved.

Derric I. Heck is a Graduate Research and Teaching Associate of the Center for Urban Education housed within the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Diversity Scholar as well as a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow. His research includes a focus on how teachers rationalize and navigate topics of race within the classroom; how the learning environment acts as facilitator of cultural dialogue; and how U.S. teachers engage and utilize the indigenous wisdom and various cultures within Africa as a teaching and learning too.

Join us for the Annual Taste of East Africa event hosted by the Swahili Students Association in collaboration with the African Students Association at Pitt. The event opportunities for the pitt community to sample a variety of East African foods, see performances, and learn about the different cultures of East Africa represented by student organizations on campus.

Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director of the United Nationals Development Program, "Shining a Light on Decision-Making in Public Institutions: Reflections on SDG Data to Fuel Women's Empowerment in the Public Service" followed by a declaration of the goals of the workshops by Dr. Müge Finkel (Global Studies Center 2017-18 Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor, GSPIA), Dr. Melanie Hughes, (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh) and the United Nations Development Program's Pelle Lütken.

For decades, Kenya had been considered the hope of Africa’s democracy. Unfortunately, Kenya’s democratization seems to be accompanied by what are clearly anti-democratic features. Violence, manipulation and rigging of elections, political exclusion, intolerance and blatant attempts to close political spaces for some groups, have been on the increase.

Eric Reidy is a 2012 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (BPHIL International and Area Studies and History). Learn how he prepared for his unique career path and how he goes about covering some of most compelling issues of our time. Based out of Beirut, Lebanon his investigative reporting has taken him around the Mediterranean covering numerous topics in nearly a dozen countries, with a current focus on migration and refugees.

Pittsburgh has hundreds of nonprofits, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies doing international work! Meet with professionals working in a variety of ways to connect Pittsburgh with the world during the UCIS year long series! Learn about opportunities for students to get involved with local organizations, valuable qualities and experiences looked for in potential employees, and ways to prepare for future careers while in school.

Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is emerging as a public health problem and developing countries like Nigeria are not spared from this scourge. For many types of cancer in SSA, the risk of getting cancer or dying from the illness are similar due to late stage diagnosis, lack of treatment and the exorbitant cost of cancer care.

Please join us for an informative presentation:
Microloans, Transitional Justice & Reconciliation in Uganda
By Victoria Nalongo Namusisi
On Wed. Oct. 18 @10:45am in 3911 Posvar Hall

The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe (85 minutes)