The University of Pittsburgh's Global Studies Program was established in 2001 as a joint project of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), under then-UCIS Director William Brustein and then-GSPIA Dean Carolyn Ban. At that time, Global Studies was envisioned as a way of furthering Pitt’s goal to “expand our global focus by increasing international study and research opportunities.” For its first several years of existence, the Global Studies Program was under the immediate purv... read more
