UCIS affiliated faculty and staff presented a professional development workshop via videoconferencing for faculty from the Nine University and College International Studies Consortium of Georgia.

Teams of high school students from throughout the Pittsburgh region participated in the annual Pitt Model United Nations simulation.

In Lucky Girl (Algonquin, 2009) Mei-Ling Hopgood tells the story of when her birth family from Taiwan contacted her for the first time when she was in her twenties. The book explores her developing relationship with them and their culture. Her most recent book, How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm (Algonquin, 2012) is a tour of child-rearing practices around the world. Her visit is in connection with Marianne Novy's class, Changing Families in Literature, EngLit 0617.

Open to: Undergraduate students of all levels doing research in the field of Asian Studies (Northeast Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia, as well as the Middle East). For questions about the conference, e-mail Jennifer Murawski at jennm@pitt.edu

Over the past decade, local administrators in China has seen an explosion of reform and innovation. While Beijing still mandates central policies, county-level governments are now free to implement these measures as they see fit. This conference brings together a number of leading scholars from the United States and China to analyze changes in the delivery of education, public health, environmental protection, and cadre selection (voting).

Come to this information session to learn more about the Pitt in the Himalayas program for Fall 2013 (August 26 – Dec 16)! Earn 15 credits in anthropology, biology, sociology, environmental studies, creative writing, women’s studies and religious studies while taking expeditions to glaciers, temples, pilgrimage shrines, wildlife reserves, Himalayan villages, and more! Visit www.study.abroad.pitt/himalayas or contact jsalter@pitt.edu for more information.

The prevailing work on globalization argues that foreign investment reduces corruption, either by competing down monopoly rents or diffusing best practices of corporate governance. However, openness to foreign investment has differential effects on corruption (specifically, petty bribery) even within the same country and under the same domestic institutions over time. Specifically, foreign investment is most closely associated with corruption when firms seek to enter restricted sectors that offer higher rents.

Friday Sessions 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday Sessions 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been widely disseminated around the world. China's heritage in this regard has become a part of world heritage. The purpose of the conference will be to examine how TCM changes in diaspora contexts. The overall framework will be set within medical anthropology and the study of pluralism and symbiosis between different medical approaches to problems of curing and healing sicknesses, biomedical and worldwide. Ritual aspects of treatments will be included in the conference purview.

Urbanized is about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world's population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking. The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic and economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns.

Few people know the fascinating history of tea growing and making. This intriguing documentary aims to change that by following renowned tea importer David Lee Hoffman as he scours the far-flung corners of China to find the richest teas on earth. Tea making is an art and tradition that goes back generations in the East, and Hoffman makes it his goal to bring to the rest of the world the exquisite teas produced by struggling small farmers. This film will be accompanies by a tea tasting featuring Chinese teas and dessert after the screening.