The Celebrate Africa Festival brings students, faculty, and staff together with the vibrant African diaspora community in Pittsburgh. There is food, song & dance, artisans, children's activities, and more! It is a wonderful opportunity to engage with the diversity of Africa and the Pittsburgh community, as well as network with local African organizations and businesses.
Find the full schedule of events and vendor list here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/celebrate-africa-2024
Week of May 4, 2025 in UCIS
Friday, September 20 until Saturday, September 20
Tuesday, May 6
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.
Thursday, May 8 until Saturday, May 10
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.