This is an exciting time to be an educator. Knowledge is becoming accessible to more and more people. This includes students in the classroom. With the use of technology, students are no longer limited to a text book or video to learn. A culmination of world knowledge is literally at their fingertips.

A weekend mini course at CMU open to any full-time undergraduate or graduate student at Pitt. The course introduces students from all academic majors, both undergraduate and graduate, to the socio-political significance and artistic merits of film. Through screenings of acclaimed, international features and documentaries, through class discussions, and through workshops with award-winning filmmakers, students gain a basic foundation for film analysis.

This is an exciting time to be an educator. Knowledge is becoming accessible to more and more people. This includes students in the classroom. With the use of technology, students are no longer limited to a text book or video to learn. A culmination of world knowledge is literally at their fingertips.
One of the challenges in doing this is figuring out what to use and how to use it. With the internet, there seems to be an information overload at times that leaves a teacher tired and confused. This workshop is going to address how technology can enhance your classroom pedagogy.

Political Process and Effect of Performance-Based Funding Examples in the United States - Shuo Wang, IISE Visiting Scholar
The Employability of Ph.D. Graduates in the United States: A Case Study of the University of Pittsburgh - Xueshuang Wang, IISE Visiting Scholar
A Comparative Study of the Market Economy Impact on Higher Education in Turkey and the United States - Abdullah Bagci, IISE Visiting Scholar

Cody Corliss is a war crimes prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) where he is part of trial team prosecuting Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws and customs of war. Mr. Corliss is an expert on international truth commissions and his work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and legal journals throughout the United States.

Attorney Nery Ramati is a partner in Gaby Lasky and Partners Law Office, a leading human rights firm in Israel specializing in freedom of expression and protest. he has represented Palestinian, Israeli, and international human rights and anti-occupation activists in the military and civil courts since 2008. He has also provided legal counsel various organizations engaged in documenting and protesting human rights abuses and violations of international law by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Please join us as five Pitt Law LLM students discuss the legal systems and related issues and developments in their home countries:
Bashir Alghussein (Palestine)
Rafal Jasim (Iraq)
Nevena Jevremovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
James Ochieng (Kenya)
Yevhenii Shatskyi (Ukraine)

Students selected for the International Career Toolkit Series trip to Washington D.C. are required to attend a one-hour session on creating a 30-second elevator speech. This is an important skill to develop and will be utilized during the trip. Any student is welcome to participate, regardless if they are going on the Washington DC networking trip.

We eagerly seeking your feedback on how we can strengthen Pitt's commitment to international education and expand our global reach.

The University has recently developed the Plan for Pitt: Making a Difference Together, Academic Years 2016-2020. The University Center for International Studies (UCIS) has been tasked with engaging the Pitt community in conversations on how we might align a university-wide global plan with strategies and objectives identified in the Strategic Plan for Pitt.