Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Pitt student groups

This year, Feb. 1 marks the arrival of the Lunar New Year, which originated in China thousands of years ago but is also celebrated in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and elsewhere.

While Asia remains the epicenter of these festivities, you’ll often see red lanterns, crimson envelopes, sticky rice cakes and other traditions pop up all over the world, including at Pitt. Here's how groups at the University are marking the new year through the middle of February:

• Feb. 2: The Asian Studies Center and the Global Hub are hosting a celebration with crafts, refreshments and performances at the Global Hub on the first floor of Posvar Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.
• Feb. 8: From 9-10 a.m. ET, the Institute for International Studies in Education is hosting a virtual celebration with opportunities to tell your own story about the Lunar New Year and win prizes. Co-sponsors include the Asian Studies Center and the School of Education’s Council of Graduate Students in Education.
• Feb. 12: the Chinese American Student Association and the Vietnamese Student Association are hosting their own Lunar New Year celebration. Contact casaatpitt [at] gmail.com or vsapittsburgh [at] gmail.com for more information.

— Justin P. Jones