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Program News|January 29, 2013
- Programs : International Resilience Program
Professor Astier M. Almedom (PI) and Professor George A. Bonanno (PI) have been awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant to develop methods and tools for measuring community resilience to extreme events. This research...

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Tufts Double Jumbo Mentors Students at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Program News|September 21, 2012
- Programs : EPIIC (Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship)
As part of the EPIIC “Conflict in the 21^st Century” symposium in February 2012, EPIIC for the first time dedicated one of its breakout sessions to gathering experts and students in thinking about the following year's theme on global health and security. One of the leaders of the session was Ezra Barzilay, an alumnus of both Tufts undergraduate and medical schools and a Commander in the US Public Health Service as...

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Stories from Myanmar: PNDP Students Explore the Re-Emerging Country

Program News|September 21, 2012
- Programs : Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice
Myanmar sits at a crossroads, between the oppression of the last decades and the recent promise of an opening society; between its isolation and the possibility of rejoining the international community; and between the rising geographical powers of China and India. After decades under severe authoritarian military rule, virtually closed off to the outside world, Myanmar is just starting to see an influx of international visitors and...

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We Are All BUILD

Program News|September 21, 2012
- Programs : Building Understanding through International Learning and Development (BUILD)
“We are all BUILD,” mused Janani Duraisamy, reflecting upon her position as Learning Center administrator for the past year.

Janani is a student and resident of the village of Thottiyapatti, a bustling hamlet of about 300 people located approximately three kilometers from the larger village of Thenur in rural Perambular, Tamil Nadu, India.

For the past two years, the IGL’s BUILD: India program has been working with the NGO...

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Zahra’s Paradise- A Graphic Novel Explores Iran’s Political Problems

Program News|February 9, 2012
- Programs : Alumni Program
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012: ‘Zahra’s Paradise’ is the new graphic novel by an Iranian-American author. He tells host Marco Werman how he created a webstrip based on the images streaming out of the Iranian protests in 2009. Listen to the full story at Soundcloud.com.

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EPIIC 2011-2012: Conflict in the 21st Century

Program News|June 22, 2011
- Programs : EPIIC (Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship)
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00-5:30pm, Barnum 008
Bi-monthly Discussion Sessions TBA...

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Congratulations to Jacqueline Kingfield, recipient of a Boren Fellowship

Program News|May 16, 2011
- Programs : International Resilience Program
Jacqueline Kingfield has won a Boren Fellowship for a year in India where she will be studying Urdu as part of completing her MALD degree at the Fletcher School.

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Congratulations to Tiffany Castillo

Program News|April 28, 2011
- Programs : International Resilience Program
Graduating senior Tiffany Castillo has won the Thomas F. Black Jr Memorial Scholarship of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation. Tiffany will be attending Boston College Law School in the Fall.

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Congratulations to Chloé Rousseau

Program News|April 28, 2011
- Programs : International Resilience Program
Graduating senior Chloé Rousseau was awarded the Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship on April 15th. Chloé will be pursuing her master's in public health studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Fall.

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Resilience program featured in Fletcher YouTube Chanel

Program News|March 25, 2011
- Programs : International Resilience Program
Professor Almedom and her colleagues/students at the Fltecher School answer informal questions on the study of resilience and the details of publishing in the Resilience journal.

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