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Assistant Professor awarded Global Academic Partnership for migration research initiative

A team co-led by SPIA Assistant Professor Andrea Peña-Vasquez will receive funding from the Pitt Global Studies Center for research on regularization and migration policy.

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SPIA Brings Public Policy to Pittsburgh's WYEP Summer Music Festival

The School of Public and International Affairs served up frozen treats alongside meaningful conversations about public policy at this years WYEP Summer Music Festival.

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Professor experiences conflict firsthand during Academic Exchange trip

Professor Ilia Murtazashvili was in Israel as part of the Academic Exchange program when war broke out last month.