 On Monday October 24th, The Poverty and Power Research Initiative (PPRI) held its first speaker event of the PPRI Speaker Series for 2011 revolving around the theme of "Media and its Relations with Power Structures". PPRI presented Mr.Fernando Berguido, a current Nieman Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and publisher of the newspaper La Prensa in Panama. Mr. Berguido lead a discussion...
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IGL News|November 28, 2011
- Programs : Poverty and Power Research Initiative
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IGL News|November 28, 2011
- Programs : Special Programs
On October 23rd, Acting Together held the event "Join the Conversation" in the Granoff Music Building. "Join the Conversation" featured performances by groups Libana and Medicine Wheel, featuring Tufts Drama Professor Barbara Wallace Grossman as MC. The goal of the film screen, discussion and performances was to explore how performance arts can help community peace building efforts.Â
Acting Together documents the efforts of courageous...
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IGL News|November 22, 2011Published November 1, 2011In the heart of Libya's ragtag rebellion
When revolution sparked in Libya this past February, I spent a month in the eastern part of the country as the correspondent for GlobalPost, the Boston-based international news site. I had come to...
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IGL News|November 22, 2011November 22, 2011Barnum 008 | 3:00pm5:30pm
Tuesday, November...
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IGL News|August 17, 2011- Programs : Exposure
Samuel James, the inaugural recipient of the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism from the Institute for Global Leadership and VII Photo Agency, had his photos on ...
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IGL News|May 20, 2011The Institute is excited to congratulate Adam Levy (pictured at left in the photo) who has been named a recipient of the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship supported by the U.S. State Department.
A national competition, the Fellowshipprepares students academically and professionally to enter the United States Foreign Service. The Fellowship provides financial support, mentorship,...
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IGL News|May 12, 2011The photo has already become iconic - senior members of the Obama Administration national security team gathered in the White House Situation Room, eyes fixated on the unfolding raid against Osama Bin Laden's compound.
While most of those in the room are well-known by the public and within the Administration there has been much blog discussion and speculation about a certain "mystery... -
IGL News|May 12, 2011On May 7th, 2011, the President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, accepted the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Award from the Institute for Global Leadership's Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Initiative.
The award was presented to President Barzani by Robert Bendetson, Co-Chair of the Institute's External Advisory...
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IGL News|May 11, 2011
On Wednesday May 4th, the Synaptic Scholars Program held its annual End of Year Presentations event, in which the scholars described their personal projects and the progress they have made over the past year. See below for a description of each Scholar's project.
For more information about the Synaptic Scholars Program, please visit:
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IGL News|May 11, 2011
Four students from the Institute for Global Leadership are currently attending the 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum and blogging about their experiences live from the conference. The Oslo Freedom Forum is "an intimate gathering where remarkable individuals come together to address the world's most challenging humanitarian issues." It seeks to bring humanitarian issues to the top of the global agenda,...