Events in UCIS

Tuesday, October 29 until Tuesday, November 5

(All day) Student Club Activity
Día de los Muertos
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Hub along with Spanish Club
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Join the Spanish Club for a celebration of Day of the Dead with crafts and a presentation, and gain an insight into Mexican culture!

Friday, November 1

2:00 pm Presentation
Global Health Case Competition: Final Round Case Presentation
Location:
1501 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center along with School of Public Health's Center for Global Health and School of Nursing
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The Pitt community is invited to attend presentations by the top four teams participating in the 2024 Global Health Case Competition. The 4 teams were selected from 13 teams who presented their videos and Powerpoints for an initial round of screening. The four top teams will give 15 minute presentations in front of a panel of judges responding to the following prompt:

“present a comprehensive strategy to address the need for prosthetics and accompanying rehabilitation for amputees among the refugee populations in Jordan. Teams should consider and demonstrate potential sustainability, including quality and timeliness, an equitable accessibility of their approach. Be sure that strategies demonstrated cultural sensitivity of the refugee population’s particular needs and living situations. The plan should be able to be implemented over three years with a budget of $5 million USD. You will be presenting your proposed strategy to representatives from the Jordanian government and a large private foundation who will select and fund the best proposal. Each team will have the discretion to select the in-country location and health care setting to implement their propose strategy.”

4:00 pm Student Club Activity
Kya Baat Hai!
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Kya Baat Hai!
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Join undergraduate Pitt students for a conversation hour to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences.

Kya Baat Hai will meet weekly, on Fridays, during the 2024-2025 academic year, EXCEPT on the following dates:
September 20
September 27
December 20
December 27
January 3

6:00 pm Student Club Activity
Addverse
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Addverse Poesia
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Join Addverse, a transcultural, multilingual, and intergenerational poetry organization, for weekly meetings in the Global Hub