Refreshments will be served.
Learn more about the Peace Crops and the application process.
This is a webinar style event with Guest Speaker: David Miliband, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee.
Students are invited to bring their own lunch, listen to the discussion and comment and ask questions in real time.
Afterwards. Professor Andy Pugh, Interim Director of the Center for Disaster Management, will lead a Q&A with students.
Come to this faculty event to discover the many programs and services we offer to support your teaching and research.
Graduate students only.
Meet and greet hosted by Contemporaneity, the History of Art and Architecture department's peer-reviewed journal. All graduate students are welcome to attend and find out more about the editorial process.
Contemporaneity s editorial board is open to graduate students in any department at the University of Pittsburgh. Joining the editorial team is a great way to gain editing experience across disciplines, to learn about the publishing process, and to meet grads.
Russia Today is a one-credit (Pitt)/ three-unit (CMU) mini course, consisting of 14 hours of classes over a weekend, with a major paper assignment to be completed for credit. This course is created for undergraduate and graduate students. However, K-12 educators, business and community members are welcome to attend all or sections of the course for free. The course will open with two keynote lectures on Friday evening on an overview of the issues. This will be followed by instructional lectures on Saturday on the various themes by experts in the fields.
The Global Studies Center invites you to join the discussion of the ongoing refugee crisis around the Mediterranean. Our guest experts will speak on the causes of displacement, the European response, and the refugee experience and will take your questions!
The presentation will focus on Human Security and Human Rights — Are these streams of work complementary or competitive?
Join AID Pitt and the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition for a discussion on the connection between climate change and the Syrian refugee crisis. We'll be discussing the latest developments in the refugee crisis in Europe as well as explore the drought that sent Syria into a civil war that's so far displaced more than 9 million and led to the deaths of more than 200,000. For more information and the reading list, please follow, https://www.facebook.com/events/610159095789606.
Hear stories of people who are directly intervening to solve urgent global problems. Through their high impact volunteer work, Greg and Janet Smith help communities around the world in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene. Mark Dixon is a filmmaker and climate presenter who has devoted himself to raising awareness about the collective crisis represented by global warming. Come be inspired by their stories about what they do, why they do it, and what we can learn from it!
