Join us on Tuesday June 20, 2023, 4pm-8pm in Schenley Plaza in Oakland for the return of Pittsburgh’s World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration!

The event will feature performances, speakers, music and dancing. Support local refugee and immigrant owned restaurants and craft vendors. Engage with a variety of community organizations to learn about services in our city. We’re excited to celebrate together!

Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.

Global Literary Encounters book discussions are pre-lecture discussions that align with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lecture's Ten Evenings series. Global Literary Encounters puts prominent world authors and their work in a global perspective in order to provide additional insight on writers and engaging issues. Join us as we discuss Haniya Yanagihara's "To Paradise."

Our facilitator is Dr. Mary Rauktis, Research Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh.

This IRB information session is helpful to determine if you are conducting human subject research under the jurisdiction of the University of Pittsburgh IRB as well as stey-by-step instructions on how to apply for approval.

So, you're going abroad this summer? Join us to learn about how to come home more than a phone full of photos to share your experience!

So, you're going abroad this summer? Join us to learn about how to come home more than a phone full of photos to share your experience!

So, you're going abroad this summer? Join us to learn about how to come home more than a phone full of photos to share your experience!

Hear first-hand accounts from journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous as he discusses his work in elevating the realities of those fighting for justice. His discussion will be followed by a screening of his documentary on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera journalist based in the occupied West Bank, and a Q&A session with attendees. Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist who has reported from across the Arab world, the United States, and internationally.

In the sixth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Run for It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom by author Marcelo d'Salete. This graphic novel tells unforgettable stories about Afro-Brazilian slaves who rebelled against oppression.