The University Center for International Studies cordially invites students graduating in Spring and Summer 2025 to celebrate their academic achievements and receive their credentials at the University Center for International Studies’ Graduation Ceremony in the Charity Randall Theater followed by a reception in the Schenley Plaza Tent.

Graduating students should look for their personal email invitations from the University Center for International Studies to RSVP and contact their UCIS academic advisor with any questions about the event. For additional details, please contact Laura Daversa at Laura.Daversa@pitt.edu

Reception to follow the ceremony at 2:30pm in the Schenley Plaza Tent.

The Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh and Cultural Communications Alliance (CCA) are pleased to announce that this year’s competition will collaborate with Sarris Candies, with a focus on Quebec, Canada. The competition introduces international business concepts to students by using an international case competition. The Global Studies Center and CCA work with Pittsburgh area high school teachers to introduce international business concepts to their students by using an international case competition.

The New East Film Symposium is a non-commercial academic event organized by Pitt graduate students since 1999. This year’s focus is documentary cinema from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. The screenings explore the unstable borders and volatile experiences of “home” in war’s aftermath and of ethno-national violence in the region.

This reading group for K-16 educators explores 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. The Session 4 book is K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee.

NURSE UNSEEN explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses who risked their lives on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic while facing a resurgence of anti-Asian hate in the streets.

Lafayette Recollects A theatrical performance by Benjamin Goldman of the American History Theatre of Philadelphia honors the 200th Anniversary of Lafayette’s 1825 visit to Pittsburgh. As the last living General of the Revolutionary War, Lafayette was invited in 1824-25 to tour the United States in the hopes that his appearance could unify the young nation during a period of deep division. The lecture, as well as other weekend events in the region, are part of a year-long nationwide commemoration of Lafayette’s grand tour. A traveling exhibit will be on display in the Cloisters from 3:30 pm.

Free and open to the public. https://lafayette200.org/

Sponsored by the American Friends of LaFayette Association, the French Nationality Room Committee, and the Centre Francophone de Pittsburgh.