The Governor’s School for Global and International Studies provides high-school sophomores and juniors with the tools to understand these changes through a four-week residential program on the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus. Students learn to think globally, develop their oral and written communication skills, and study critical languages with distinguished faculty and guests and a diverse group of students from across the state. The program’s unique curriculum and residential environment encourage students to engage with the world in a fun, intense, and immersive way. The knowledge and relationships they build will last a lifetime.

Dr. Chris Bannister is visiting Pitt as a Summer Research Scholar to conduct research using the Barbara Sloan European Union Document Collection on the UK's application for membership in the EC over the period 1968 to 1973. He received a master’s and doctorate in History and Civilization from the European University Institute. He also has a BA and a Master of Letters in History from Newcastle University. He served as a Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Manchester from 2017 to 2019. Since 2019 he has been the EU Research Coordinator in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) of the government of the United Kingdom, where he oversees numerous projects looking at the contemporary European Union and its relationship with the UK.

Dr. Chris Bannister is visiting Pitt as a Summer Research Scholar to conduct research using the Barbara Sloan European Union Document Collection on the UK's application for membership in the EC over the period 1968 to 1973. He received a master’s and doctorate in History and Civilization from the European University Institute. He also has a BA and a Master of Letters in History from Newcastle University. He served as a Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Manchester from 2017 to 2019. Since 2019 he has been the EU Research Coordinator in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) of the government of the United Kingdom, where he oversees numerous projects looking at the contemporary European Union and its relationship with the UK.