Collaboration on Global Health lecture and discussion with Dr. Gene Bukhman of Partners in Health and Dr. Hilarie Cranmer of Emergency as they discuss the challenges and rewards of international NGO collaboration (Mae-Ling Lokko '10, Talya Peltzman '10, Kai Andrews '10)
Past Events
February 21, 2008
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Mass poverty is one of the world’s most pressing problems and daunting challenges. The compelling facts are well known:
February 6, 2008
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Lunch with Asraf Ghani, Former Minister of Finance of Afghanistan and Director of the Institute for State Effectiveness, on "The Future of Kosovo: Challenges and Opportunities"
January 28, 2008
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"The Moral Instinct" group discussion, led by Austin Siadek '10
December 5, 2007
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Host Fireside Chat on "Ethics of International Travel for Undergraduate Learning" featuring Dean James Glaser, Prof. Rosalind Shaw, and Prof. Edward Kutsoati.
November 17, 2007
Cabot Auditorium | Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
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Host "Health Disparities & Higher Education" daylong symposium for students, community members, and public health leaders to explore issues of local and national health inequity, coordinated by Synaptic Scholar Morissa Sobelson '09
November 6, 2007
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Presentations by Synaptic Scholar recipients of the 2007 Summer Scholars Program grants and 2007 Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prizes.
October 18, 2007
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Discussion with New York Times Magazine Political Journalist Matt Bai about his new book "The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics"
October 16, 2007
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Dinner with Benjamin Pogrund, former Deputy Editor of The Daily Rand (South Africa), sub-editor of the Independent (London) and editor of the World Paper (Boston).
October 16, 2007
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Lunch with journalist, author and educator Mort Rosenblum on his latest book "Escaping Plato's Cave: How America's Blindness to the Rest of the World Threatens Our Survival"