The federal funding supports such GSP initiatives as:
* Increasing opportunities for scholarship through research and conference support for 40 global studies scholars and cosponsorship of four major conferences on global issues;
* Expanding interdisciplinary course offerings in global health and the addition of global content to at least 20 courses, including 12 in Pitt’s professional schools;
* Opportunities for the advanced study of less commonly taught languages, specifically Turkish, Swahili, and Persian (Farsi);
* Developing a new global-studies-themed historical library collection at Pitt that’s accessible to the public;
* Offering both graduate and undergraduate Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu;
* Global studies and language pedagogy training via professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers and postsecondary faculty; and
* Increasing global content in two targeted school districts serving a combined K-12 student population of approximately 27,000.
For more information about the Global Studies Program, go to www.ucis.pitt.edu/global.
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