Events in UCIS

Thursday, March 30 until Saturday, April 1

(All day) Conference
SUNY MEU 2023
Location:
New York, NY
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and European Union Center of Excellence along with SUNY Institute for European Union Studies
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SUNYMEU is a simulation of the end of the six-month presidency of the Council. SUNYMEU simulates the agreement of Council Conclusions, which in the EU serves to guide the EU institutions (the Commission, the Council, and the European Parliament) over the next several months. SUNYMEU 2023 simulates the Swedish Presidency (January-June 2023). SUNYMEU is open to all undergraduate and graduate students from anywhere in the world.

The University of Pittsburgh will send a team of students to this simulation.

Saturday, April 1

12:00 pm Exhibit
Make a Marc
Location:
Brightspace Room, Energy Innovation Center 1435 Bedford Avenue
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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This exhibit will take place from 12-3pm and 5-9pm on Saturday, April 1st. Opening remarks will begin at 7:30pm.

Marc Fogel-- a 61-year-old history teacher from Pennsylvania who taught in Moscow at the Anglo-American School-- was taken into custody by Russian authorities in August 2021 and sentenced to 14 years in prison for the possession of medical marijuana. 80 Pittsburgh creatives and counting have committed to "Making a Marc" to shed light on Fogel and other detainees. As hostage negotiations are ongoing amidst Russia's war against Ukraine, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies invites the Pitt community to support this initiative by Pittsburgh's community of creatives. Artist Tom Mosser has been collaborating with Sasha Phillips, one of the Fogel family attorneys to make this day happen with the support of Marc's family.