WT Podcasts

Winchester Thurston Advisory Board

Drawn from a diverse range of fields and backgrounds, the Winchester Thurston School Advisory Board is comprised of leaders in civic and political life, education, youth and human development, nonprofit management and foundations, the arts, science and technology, business and commerce, health and wellness, ethics, and international issues. Its overarching purpose will be to help the school envision itself in the year 2020-looking well beyond the current, exploring societal topics and issues important in their effect on schools.

LISTEN: The Inaugural Meeting of the WT Advisory Board

WT China Lectures

China plays a vital role in the global community. Understanding China and its relevance to our own lives is essential to understanding world events as well as our own society's future - locally and nationally. Winchester Thurston School and the Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center sponsored a six-week lecture series to bridge the gap between the Great Wall and the Terrible Towel.

Pittsburgh and China: Building and Sustaining Economic Opportunities
Sky Foerster, President, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Roger Cranville, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
LISTEN: Schuyler Foerster and Roger Cranville speak at the final China lecture.

China's Economic Boom: Where Is It Headed, What are the Consequences?
Thomas Rawski, Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh
LISTEN: Thomas Rawski speaks at the fifth China lecture.

New Art from Old China: Recent Archaeological Recovery and Chinese Art History
Katheryn Linduff, Department of Anthropology and UCIS Research Professor, Ancient Chinese and Eurasian Art and Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh
LISTEN: Katheryn Linduff speaks at the fourth China lecture.

The Development of China and India: Implications for the United States
Siddharth Chandra, Director, University Center for International Studies Asian Studies Center and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
LISTEN: Siddharth Chandra speaks at the third China lecture.

Higher Education in China: Tradition and Adaptation
W. James Jacob, Acting Director of the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) and Visiting Assistant Professor; John Weidman, Former Director of IISE, Chair of the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, and Professor of Education and of Sociology
LISTEN: John Weidman and James Jacob speak in the second China lecture.

Understanding China: Five Essential Themes
Diana Marston Wood, Coordinator, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) University of Pittsburgh, Asian Studies Center
LISTEN: Diana Wood speaks at Winchester Thurston School in the first of six China lectures.