Interested in teaching English abroad after graduation? Looking for work and volunteer positions either at home or abroad? Want to make a difference in the lives of others with your skills gained at Pitt? Please join us to discuss your options with alums from the Peace Corps, English Program in Korea (EPIK), Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, Americorps, Teach for America, and the Fulbright Scholarship Program.

Presenters include:

Michael Batty, Chair, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London on Models and Complexity, John de Boer, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations University Center for Policy Research on Fragile Cities, Enrique Desmond Arias, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University on Organized Violence and Hybrid Governance in Latin America

Pitt Model UN is a simulation of the sessions of the United Nations. This is an opportunity for high school students to apply prior research and studies in a “real-world” context and practice diplomacy, negotiating, and resolution writing. The 2016 event is the 20th annual Pitt Model UN conference.

In 1994, over 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed by their neighbors. In 2003, over 80% of the perpetrators were released back into the communities they once sought to destroy. In 2016, over 61% of the population is under the age of 24.
Join us as we discuss the role of debate in healing and preparing the "wounded generation" to lead Rwanda. Champion debaters from Rwanda will be debating Pitt students on the topic, "In the aftermath of genocide, forgiveness is more important than justice." There will be an audience Q&A period. Open & free to all.

Le Thi Binh is Community Solutions Program Fellow and a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh IISE. She holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has also worked extensively with many different organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, Vietnam Skills for Employment Project funded by the Canadian Government, and Open Resources Workshop funded by UNESCO Vietnam.

Come to this session and learn about opportunities to serve in the Health Sector all over the world. Get questions answered and gain perspective on Peace Corps service from returned Health Volunteers.

PIA 2551 Gender and Development & PIA 2096 Capstone: Poverty and Inequality invite you to join them for a presentation by Dr. Dina El Naggar, Former Project Director, FGM Free Village Model Project, UNDP and Senior Communications Officer at The World Bank Office of Integrity Vice Presidency. Light refreshments will be served.

Laurence Roth is professor of English and Jewish Studies at Susquehanna University where he directs the Jewish and Israel Studies Program and is also co-chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing. He is the author of Inspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories (2004) and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures (2014).

A special screening of a new documentary that looks at New York City's gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, exploring two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea intersection – 10th Avenue and 26th Street. On one side of the avenue, the Chelsea-Elliot Houses have provided low-income public housing to residents for decades. Their neighbor across the avenue since 2012 is Avenues: The World School, a costly private school. What happens when kids from both of these worlds attempt to cross the divide? (2015, Director: Marc Levin; 74 mins.)