With a dragon tattoo blazoned across her left arm, Kim Hye-Yoon plays the headstrong heroine who, after her dad falls into a coma following a suspicious accident, doggedly seeks answers despite mounting resistance from a variety of corrupt forces. Faced with the additional pressures of tending to her father’s restaurant, taking care of her younger brother, and completing mandatory work training following a short prison stay, our heroine is forced to grow up fast. Simultaneously a vehicle for social critique, a coming-of-age story, and a gripping thriller, The Girl on a Bulldozer is driven by Kim’s visceral, charismatic performance, which won her the 2022 Screen International Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival.

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Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Eye award for best documentary, All That Breathes chronicles the story of two brothers who form a makeshift bird hospital to care for the thousands of black kite—the species of bird they have both fallen in love with—that drop daily due to New Delhi’s heavily polluted skies. Through this specific story, the film paints an unflinching but tender portrait of the city—and of India in general, which has experienced political unrest since the country’s recent turn toward Hindu majoritarianism—as a fraught ecology in which humans, animals, and environments of various kinds are deeply interconnected.

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Wearing radiant orange and a photogenic smile, our protagonist is a successful influencer promoting a product line called “Happiness”—an emotion supposedly guaranteed for the women consumers she is targeting. That said, blissfully composed exteriors belie a brutal reality of abuse, in not just her own home but that of her newlywed daughter. Winner of the Panorama Audience Award for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, Askar Uzbayev’s searing, chilling portrait of domestic violence confronts viewers with the systemic misogyny in contemporary Kazakhstan.

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Having just moved from Beijing, elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb Snyder), a writer who seems to blame him for her own paralyzing inability to focus. But when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a local school, his desire to make a meaningful connection comes to fruition in the most unexpected of ways. Co-written by collaborator James Schamus, PUSHING HANDS was selected by the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival and won three Golden Horse Awards, paving the way for Lee’s worldwide success with films such as CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Presented in a new 2K restoration.

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Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between the pair quickly turns sour. However, when they find themselves targeted by the yakuza, the girls quickly realise that they will have to find a way to work together.

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Directed by Panah Panahi, son of the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Hit the Road presents a tonally elusive but ultimately crowd-pleasing spin on the Iranian road-trip movie, swinging from comedy to tragedy as it tracks a family’s drive across the Iranian countryside. The vehicle’s passengers—two middle-aged parents, one reticent older son at the wheel, and a chatty, karaoke-belting six-year-old son in the back—form the film’s narrative and emotional core, riveting attention and winning hearts as the purpose of their journey is gradually revealed.

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The White Vault is a found footage horror fiction podcast created by K.A. Statz that features an international cast and crew, with special ties to the University of Pittsburgh. Noted for its diverse cast, immersive soundscape, and multi-lingual approach to storytelling, The White Vault has won the 2018 HEAR Now: Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, and it has been a 2019 & 2020 Webby Award Honoree for Best Original Music / Sound Design in Podcasting. Join members of The White Vault cast and crew to discuss the inspiration for and origins of the show, the lore and mythos involved in world-building, and the importance of inclusion and diversity to the show.

The purpose of the Student Club Coalition is to give clubs related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporas, an opportunity to be officially related to and involved with CLAS, providing mutual support for student engagement. The Student Club Coalition is designed to help students develop a voice for what's important to them, to assist them in that endeavor, and to help them acquire funding for those projects and goals. The member clubs work together to support each other and their goals, and to build friendships and community along the way.

Join members of The White Vault, as well as some podcasters from the University of Pittsburgh, to discuss the technical side of podcasting. Topics will include creating immersive soundscapes, overcoming common technical pitfalls, issues of audio accessibility, and more. Please bring your own questions and issues, too. Students interested in taking part in the Horror Studies Working Group Podcasting Competition are especially encouraged to take part.

To attend this lecture via Zoom, please register here.

This intensive, two-part program incorporates a cross-cultural homestay with individualized field study. The program is open to undergraduates of any major at the University of Pittsburgh with sufficient Spanish language proficiency and an interest in Latin American culture. The 15-20 students selected for the program will enroll in a preparatory seminar on campus during the spring of 2023, and then travel to the host country where they will study, live with a host family, and carry out an independent field project during the summer.

Abstract: There has been much recent attention paid to the relationship between Buddhism and medicine, especially in regard to numerous studies of the application of mindfulness as an efficacious therapy for everything from depression to schizophrenia. Despite the many comprehensive surveys of Buddhist medical literature across Asia, there remains a paucity of studies on the history of the institutional connections between Buddhist monasteries and the care for the “insane” from the premodern period to the present. This talk aims to introduce the long hidden history of the role monasteries played in this care up through the birth of modern mental institutions in East Asia. (Continuing medical education credit will be available.)

Unwell is a gothic horror podcast set in a small town in Ohio, created by HartLife NFP. A podcast with conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice, Unwell demonstrates how the horror genre can be a tool for explore issues of identity, health, disability, time, and nostalgia. Unwell was named the Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama in the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards, and has won four 2020 Audio Verse awards, including Production, Writing for a Production, Director of a Production (Jeffrey Nils Gardner), and Supporting Actor in a Production (Marsha Harman as Dot). Join members of Unwell cast and crew to discuss the origins of the show, the lore and mythos involved in world-building, and the importance of inclusion and diversity to the show.

Join members of Unwell, as well as members of Pitt’s Welcomed by Design podcast, to discuss the technical side of podcasting. Topics will include creating immersive soundscapes, overcoming common technical pitfalls, issues of audio accessibility, inclusion, and more. Please bring your own questions and issues, too. Students interested in taking part in the Horror Studies Working Group Podcasting Competition are especially encouraged to take part.

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

Queer theory seeks not only to interrogate issues of sexuality and gender, but also issues of class, race, ability, health, and identity. Horror offers the perfect genre to frame these discussions in a way that allows for creative self-expression, emotional release, and finding community. Come join an expanded panel of creators to discuss how horror is changing the landscape of theory. This event will feature cast and crew members from The White Vault and Unwell podcasts, the University of Pittsburgh's Welcomed by Design podcast, and members of the Horror Studies Working Group in a lively and informative discussion about horror as a force for change and transformation.

Nicola Foote is Dean of the David C. Frederick Honors College, Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner Chair in Honors Education, and Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Nicola Foote is a scholar with research interests in race and state formation in Ecuador, Caribbean migration to South America, histories of reproductive health care access in Florida and human-animal relations in the Galapagos Islands. She holds a PhD in history from University College London, a master’s degree from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London and a bachelor’s degree in history of the Americas, also from University College London.

The Horror Studies Working Group at the University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for all those looking to study horror, and to recognize the power of horror as a social force. Join several members of the Horror Studies Working Group to learn more about their cutting-edge research that combines theory, scholarship, and a love of horror, and to learn about some of the most intriguing trends in modern Horror Studies.

Join the Global Studies Center and learn about our certificate programs, programming and more! Have the chance to speak to our academic advisor, Elaine Linn about how you can receive a Global Studies Certificate! Stop by to chat with snacks and refreshments.

To attend this lecture via Zoom, please register here.

When thinking of German businesses, we usually mean West German ones. To add nuance to this perspective, this event will focus on two successful East German companies that had to restart after 1989 when Communism fell and the German government privatized thousands of companies. While some did not succeed, the numerous stories of those that thrived are often overlooked.
Moderator: Jan Musenkamp, University of Pittsburgh

Panelist:
Wendy Carlin, University College of London.
Florian Mezger from Carl Zeiss

Students will have to opportunity to question the companies about internship opportunities.

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

Monthly book club hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies. Discussions are in Portuguese. All are welcome!

A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH Victoria Smolkina, Wesleyan University AND Georgiy Kasianov, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

REEES Fall 2022 series, The Specter in the Present: Trauma and its Legacies in Eurasia, will explore the place of trauma in Eurasia society in four interviews that pair scholars to discuss social and clinical trauma, victimhood, historical memory, and the politics of history in the region.

This event is part of a larger series

To attend this remote lecture, please register here.

It's never too late or too early to be planning for future years. Join the six UCIS centers and learn tips for applications from program representatives and faculty decision makers from the Dietrich School A&S, Graduate School of Public Health, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the School of Education.

First-year students enrolled in the Academic Foundations Community: Europe traveled to Washington, D.C., to learn more about Europe and the EU. They visited a Vermeer exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, enjoyed Norwegian cuisine, and met with the EU Delegation to the US and the Embassy of Portugal.

This working group will meet in person every three weeks for the 2022-2023 academic year to discuss new scholarship about Eurasian borderlands. Faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates are welcome to join. No prior expertise in Eurasia is necessary.

The Working Group on Comparative Slavery (Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh) invites you to the international conference Plantation Societies in Comparative Perspective at the University of Pittsburgh on October 14-15, 2022. View program: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/plantationsocieties

The Working Group on Comparative Slavery (Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh) invites you to the international conference Plantation Societies in Comparative Perspective at the University of Pittsburgh on October 14-15, 2022. View program: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/plantationsocieties

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Through this discussion, we hope to shed light on the devastating effects of the war in Ukraine as the conflict erases the nations' sense of identity in the public realm- the cities, villages, streets, parks, and other spaces that help define the life of a place and its people. Presented by Dr. Sofia Dyak.

The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is thrilled to welcome back students, staff, and the Pittsburgh community for the 40th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival!

The Festival has had many years of success and every year it seems to improve in the number and quality of groups that participate and the scope of media coverage. As the Latino and Hispanic population in Pittsburgh continues to grow, it makes the Festival one of the largest gatherings of Latinos in Western Pennsylvania. The mission of the festival is to showcase the cultures of Latin America in Pittsburgh and to inform the students and the general public of the resources that can be found in Pittsburgh.

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Join us to celebrate the East European region through culture, cuisine, and live performances here at Pitt. We will be hosting numerous food vendors, local acts, student/academic organizations, and local diaspora organizations. Take part in the region's traditions! Experience the festive music, delicious cuisines, and traditional dances of Eastern Europe and its surrounding regions.This event is co-hosted by the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies! Come and learn about amazing traditions! Enjoy the music and dancing from 12pm-4 pm on Sunday, October 16th in The Cathedral of Learning Commons Room at the University of Pittsburgh!

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

The OIS Symposium is held every year to help educate and train the Pitt faculty and staff about important issues related to immigration and our Pitt international community.

Since the opening of Japan’s borders to the West in the late nineteenth century, the kimono has become a dynamic and evolving source of inspiration for global fashion design, particularly in the West. It has had an impact on early haute couture and influenced the “Japanese Fashion Revolution” of the 1980s, as well as the work of contemporary fashion designers. This presentation will examine the kimono as a sophisticated garment that has continually influenced the evolution of fashion.

Melissa Marra-Alvarez is curator of education and research at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) where she has curated several exhibitions including, Minimalism/Maximalism (2019), Force of Nature (2017) and co-curated Head to Toe (2021) and Fashion & Politics (2009). Marra-Alvarez is co-editor of the publications Food and Fashion (Bloomsbury, 2022) and ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design, (Bloomsbury, 2023) and co-authored Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch (Yale University Press, 2015) with MFIT director Dr. Valerie Steele. Her research interests include twenty and twenty-first century fashion with an emphasis on fashion and culture, fashion and sustainability, and the study of fashion in relation to the natural sciences. Marra-Alvarez holds a M.A. in Museum Studies: Fashion and Textile History from The Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Join us for International Speed Friending! Whether you’re an international student at Pitt looking to make American friends in Pittsburgh or a native speaker of English interested in meeting people from different cultures, this FREE event hosted by the English Language Institute is perfect for you!  If you’ve ever heard of “Speed Dating,” this is similar. The only difference is that the objective here is to make friends. Refreshments will be served and prizes will be raffled off!

Please register in advance by October 15. Space is limited. If all seats are filled, you will be put on a waiting list. If you show up without registering in advance, seats might be available at that time, but there is no guarantee.

Contact rom17@pitt.edu if you have any questions.

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Enjoy some international food from local food trucks on the WPU Plaza!

Info session for potential Pitt to You Ambassadors to learn about the program. Join us over free lunch (pizza!) to find out what you can gain from the Pitt to You program.

Join us for a poster session by NRIEP scholarship recipients showcasing the study programs, internships, and research they pursued during their Summer 2022 global learning experiences.

#internationalweek #iweek #nationalityrooms #nriep #nriepcommunityofscholars

This International Speed Friending activity will be held entirely online on a platform/website called Gatheround. International students and students from all of Pitt’s campuses will be placed into “game rooms” where they will use virtual cards to answer fun and interesting questions to get to know each other. Prizes will be raffled off, too! Both audio and video are required to participate on the Gatheround platform.

Space is limited, so all participants must register in advance by Oct. 16. Participants will receive an email on October 17 with login information.

Contact rom17@pitt.edu if you have any questions.

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October.

Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders.

The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation.

Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

On Wednesday, October 19, UCIS will hold the third annual Global Competence Certificate Celebration Ceremony. This event will recognize faculty and staff who have completed all the requirements for the Global Competence Certificate, part of the Faculty and Staff Development Program offered by Human Resources. Refreshments will be provided. Invitations will be sent. Faculty and Staff interested in the Global Competence Certificate Program can learn more at: https://www.hr.pitt.edu/current-employees/learning-development/fsdp/global

During this information session, the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs (NRIEP) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) will share details about funding opportunities available to undergraduates.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK4TnHVAI8YMaU-vZN_OBKdAIzobGZ...

Join the Global Studies Center and the Department of Sociology for a panel discussion on the ongoing protests in Iran and their global implications for social movements against state-sanctioned oppression, transnational power structures, and bodily control. To tune in virtually on Zoom, register clicking the link above.

Please join us at this information session to learn more about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in room 4130 Posvar Hall, on the 4th floor of W. Wesley Posvar Hall.

Join the Pitt Study Abroad Young Alumni Council (SAYAC) to test your knowledge of the world, and maybe inspire your next trip abroad! Topics include gastronomy, world history, global politics, and more. You must register in advance in order to participate. Please do so at the registration link. Registration will end on Monday, October 17 at 11:59 PM.

The event will take place over Zoom, but teams should get together in-person to answer the questions and elect a Team Captain to be the person who selects the answer for your team. Kahoot gives points to the team who not only answers correctly but also in the quickest amount of time.”

Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October.

Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders.

The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation.

Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

When a person arrives in the United States as a refugee, they have material needs: housing, food, transportation, healthcare, and employment, to name a few. Social needs are less visible but equally important: people need community to thrive and experience emotional and physical well-being. Hello Neighbor’s mission is to support refugees by pairing them with neighbors dedicated to building ongoing, supportive relationships. This approach can create a sense of community for refugees and volunteers alike, but can also involve complications such as cultural differences, language barriers, or an imbalance of power. This workshop will explore the question: How can volunteers interacting with people who have refugee status form genuine and healthy relationships? The session will also provide an overview of the refugee resettlement process in the U.S. and include practical tips for communicating with non-English speakers.

We will also be collecting items during the week to be donated to Hello Neighbor to support refugee and immigrant families in Pittsburgh. Visit the Civic Action Week website for more details.

Mariana Muaze is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and author of the book “Memórias da Viscondessa: família e poder no Brasil Império” (Zahar, 2008), which won the Jorge Zahar Prize and National Archives Research Award in 2007. She is a co-editor of the books: “O Vale do Paraíba e o Império do Brasil nos quadros da Segunda Escravidão” (7 Letras, 2015) and “Segunda Escravidão e o Império do Brasil em Perspectiva Histórica” (Casa Leiria, 2020), with Ricardo Salles, and "O 15 de Novembro e a queda da Monarquia” (Chão, 2019) with Keila Grinberg, and have different articles about slavery, gender, family and childhood in Brazil Empire.

Over the past decades, Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society.

These changing ideas, I will argue, created incentives and opportunities for new parties, particularly on the populist right, to change their own platforms and appeals in ways that helped reshape how citizens viewed themselves and their relationships with their fellow citizens.

In this first installment of the 2022 Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Sabrina Jones & Marc Mauer’s Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling, a complex story of four decades of prison expansion and its corrosive effect on generation of Americans and its implications for American democracy.

GILS is a reading group for K-16 educators to literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. This year’s theme is Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text.

Hear firsthand from practitioner, Whitney Abbott, who has chosen to follow a less common path in healthcare with the goal of decreasing neonatal and maternal mortality. Whitney is currently working as a Nurse Midwife for the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, Oklahoma with Registered Nurse Status since 2007. More information about Whitney can be found on her website.

On October 20th, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Latin American Graduate Student Organization and AddVerse Poesia will screen Cancion sin nombre (2019) at 6:00PM in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125). Pizza will be provided!

Synopsis: Based on harrowing true events, Song Without a Name tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society.

The International Student Career Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2022. The conference includes four dynamic sessions over the course of two days.

Thursday's panels include:

Smart Strategies for the Job and Internship Search

Thursday, October 20, 6-7p.m. ET  

Learn about the career center’s changes to a virtual format, job and internship search advice and more helpful career tips.  

Employment Options for International Students

Thursday, October 20, 7-8 p.m. ET  

An Immigration Specialist from the Student Team in OIS will explain the types of employment students are eligible to accept while in F-1 and J-1 status. This will include information about on-campus employment, curricular practical training (CPT), optional practical training (OPT), and Academic Training (AT).

Register for these and Friday's panels at the registration link.

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

The International Student Career Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2022. The conference includes four dynamic sessions over the course of two days.

Friday's panels include:

Alumni and Employer Panel

Friday, October 21, 9-10 a.m. ET  

Meet alumni who used to be international students at Pitt just like you. They have experienced internships, job applications, the visa process, and work life and can answer your questions.

Immigration Attorney Session

Friday, October 21, 10-11 a.m. ET 

Learn about the legal aspects of working in the US through this session with an Immigration Attorney. 

Register for these and Thursday's panels with the registration link.

Abstract: Dr. Aronson recounts that “in this informal talk, I will focus on a few of the many ethical and moral dilemmas that I’ve faced working at the intersection of social science-oriented research and human rights practice for the past fifteen-plus years. Examples include my obligations to people I am interviewing about very painful moments in their lives (i.e., the deaths of loved ones); feelings of recurring regret (though I’m not even sure that’s the right word) about advancing my own career through the gathering and analysis of other peoples’ suffering; and, more generally, my responsibilities to the people I interact with who are in far more precarious positions than I am. Part of what I hope to accomplish during our hour together is just to clarify the actual ethical principles that underlie what I experience as feelings or thoughts that ‘keep me up at night.’”

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Organized by the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, join a volunteer project on Saturday, October 22 as part of Civic Action Week. Pitt students, faculty, and staff can volunteer with a variety of organizations.

Commentators:
Teemu Ruskola (University of Pittsburgh)
Carla Nappi (University of Pittsburgh)
Shayne Clarke (McMaster)
Xin Wen (Princeton)

Faculty and graduate students interested in attending please email cul3@pitt.edu

Celtic Culture Celebration!

Join us as we showcase unique aspects of the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish cultures. Enjoy a presentation of each room and videos of each culture's history, art, music, poetry, dance, and more!

Out of the Classroom Curriculum Credit (OCC) is offered for student attendees who register.

This event will also have a live stream option for individuals to participate virtually if they are unable to attend in-person.

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

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

The Latinx Connect conference (October 27-29) aims to move us beyond “celebrating” Latinxs, instead calling for empowerment and justice for the Latinx community, which faces numerous disparities in U.S. society, particularly those at the intersections of Latinx identity (e.g., Afro-Latinxs, Indigenous Latinxs, queer and Trans* Latinxs, undocumented Latinxs).

As the largest pan-ethnic group in the United States, Latinxs are extremely diverse by race, language, immigration, and experiences along the diaspora, which creates opportunity for dialogue. The Latinx Connect conference will provide a space to learn with each other.

The 3-day conference, free and open to all, will bring together students, educators, community leaders, political advocates, and others to dialogue about Latinx identities, histories, cultures, and contemporary issues. Participants will discuss what it means to be Latinx/a/o/e/Hispanic in relation to intersectional identities, education, immigration, public health, arts & culture, history, and other topical areas.

The conference will also serve as a culminating experience for Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, recognized annually from September 15 - October 15 to acknowledge the history, culture, and contributions of Americans who identify as Hispanic/Latinx.

Latinx Connect is organized and sponsored by a grassroots transdisciplinary and cross-institutional group of educators and community leaders based in Pittsburgh.

The conference is generously supported by the University of Pittsburgh's Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the Hispanic Latinx Professional Association (HLPA), Community College of Allegheny County, University Center for International Studies (UCIS), and La Roche University."

Make your own papel picado! Papel picado, loosely translated as “perforated paper,” is a folk art technique practiced in Mexico. Color-ful pieces of cut paper are strung to flutter in the wind during many holiday celebrations, including Día de los Muertos, Christmas, Easter, and personal ceremonies such as weddings and christenings. Specific color schemes are tied to each of these holidays.