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| NewsNorthwestern begins preparation process for Chinese study abroad program - May 3, 2012Ten Northwestern students will begin their preparation for a new summer study abroad program in China this Friday. The students will travel to China this summer to study sustainable energy as part of the WanxiangFellows Program.
The program, created last year as part of President Barack Obama’s 100,000 Strong Initiative, will send students to Beijing for four weeks to take classes at Peking University before they transition to Wanxiang Polytechnic College in Hangzhou, China for an “intensive immersion program,” said Karey Fuhs, assistant director of International Program Development at the NU Study Abroad Office. At Wanxiang, the students will work with local faculty on projects related to environmental sustainability, said Fuhs. Read on...
Source: The Daily Northwestern Northwestern IPD Study Abroad Photo Exhibit at Norris NU Galleria - April 16-22, 2012Step outside of Evanston for a few moments, and explore the wider world without leaving campus! Stop by the NU Galleria this week (April 16-22) on the ground floor of Norris, and admire some of the most amazing snapshots from our students abroad! "Like" your favorite picture(s) on our Facebook page and enter to win a gift certificate to amazon.com! The winner will be announced on our Facebook page the week after the exhibit. Students study abroad earlier, in student-friendly cities - March 1, 2012Whether concerned about securing internships or looking to expand their educational boundaries, Northwestern students are heading overseas after their freshman and sophomore years, following a national trend of students studying abroad earlier in their college careers.
According to a USA TODAY College article published last week, more students are choosing to study abroad during their freshman and sophomore years. A separate study by QS, a website that promotes networking between universities and businesses, found students are also opting to study abroad in the Top 50 Best Student Cities, a list including Paris and London as the most student-friendly destinations.
Weinberg sophomore Nikhil Bhagwat chose to study abroad the summer after his freshman year in 2011. As an economics major, Bhagwat said he thought China was the ideal place for him, given the country's growing economy. Bhagwat attended NU's Political & Economic Development Summer Program because the classes interested him the most, he said. Read on...
Source: The Daily Northwestern IPD sends Global Health Minor to Case Competition at Emory - February 1, 2012For the past three years, Emory University’s Global Health Institute has held a Global Health Case Competition, which allows twenty multi-disciplinary teams from universities across the US to compete and design solutions in response to a global health dilemma based on real-world problems. In March of this year, NU will send a multi-disciplinary team of students representing the Feinberg School of Education, Kellogg School of Management, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Christopher Miller, an undergraduate psychology major and global health minor through IPD, as well as a member of GlobeMed, will be the youngest among the group. Participation in the competition is a tremendous opportunity for Northwestern to provide a unique educational experience on global health that would involve students from multiple disciplines and schools working collaboratively in a team on a national stage. This dovetails nicely with the direction of the new strategic plan, which makes global health a top priority at NU and cites existing projects that rely on “collaborative efforts (that) draw on our expertise across many disciplines: science, medicine, business, engineering, communications and the social sciences.” The 2012 team is being sponsored by FSM’s Center for Global Health, Weinberg’s Office of International Program Development, and FSM’s Vice Dean for Education. Read more... Paul Farmer to Speak at Graduation - January 30, 2012Paul Farmer, physician, anthropologist and Harvard professor, known worldwide for his pioneering work in global health -- particularly in Haiti -- will speak at Northwestern University’s 154th commencement. Northwestern’s 2012 commencement ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 15, at the University’s Ryan Field. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., is the co-founder of Partners In Health, the international humanitarian organization dedicated to working with communities to fight disease and to deliver health care in resource-poor areas of the world.
Read more... Fall 2011 IPD Photo Contest Winners! - January 23, 2012When we think of France, images of the Tour Eifel against clear skies and toasty cafes along the Seine come to mind. This year, students on the Critical Theory, Literature, & Media, European Union Studies, and Public Health in Europe programs of IPD did not disappoint in displaying the quintessence of France. However, many of these photos move beyond the clichéd and challenge the viewer to observe France through a distinct eye. Juxtaposing stoic buildings, students captured vibrant energy and characteristic passion of the French bringing a culture to life. From soaring building facades to delicate toy soldiers, these moments in time titillate the Francophile in us all.
Congratulations to the Photo Contest winners and a big thanks to all who submitted!
To see the winners and more, follow this link. Northwestern students to assess Evanston health needs through survey - January 19, 2012Northwestern students enrolled in Introduction to International Public Health will administer a citywide survey to assess Evanston's community health needs. The survey is part of the Evanston Health Department's five-year plan to improve the city's health services. Read more... New Best Paper in the Critical Theory Program Award goes to Medill Junior Ryan Lafferty - January 16, 2012Congratulations to Ryan Lafferty, 2011 Critical Theory, Literature & Media in Paris participant for receiving the Best Paper in the Critical Theory Program Award, for his paper: "Atget’s Animation of Stillness: The Life of the Still." Ryan will be recognized at the Alice Kaplan Institute's colloquium entitled "Dialogue: The Origins and Disappearance of the Humanities," on Tuesday, February 21 at 4:30 in Harris 108.
This award celebrates the establishment of the new "Paris Program in Critical Theory, Literature, and the Media," and is sponsored by the Office for International Program Development (IPD), The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, and the French Interdisciplinary Group. IPD Cuba Study Program grows... - January 11, 2012When Weinberg senior Hannah Jahnke stepped off the plane to study abroad last summer, she was greeted by a large billboard making an accusation rarely heard back home. The sign, placed directly outside the Havana airport, denounced Americans as terrorists. Read more...
Source: Daily Northwestern Engineering Alum Sean Campbell-Massa advices: "Try global health, try study abroad." - December 7, 2011For biomedical engineering alumnus Sean Campbell-Massa, the opportunity to study abroad through CIGHT came as a surprise. “When I was a junior, I was looking at getting my requirements done for graduation--seeing what other options were out there. But then I found out about Professor Kelso’s program in Cape Town.”
“Before that, I hadn’t even thought study abroad was an option.”
For Campbell-Massa, however, the experience was transformative. “I had done the McCormick co-op program, working with Medtronic. And it was great—I didn’t really know what engineering was like in industry and the work was certainly valuable and important. But I also had some interest in possibly going to medical school that I wanted to try out.”
CIGHT’s Global Health Technologies program gave Campbell-Massa the opportunity to test the waters. While in Cape Town, Campbell-Massa studied health infrastructure in the developing world, participating in research for the government health department and redesigning hospital beds to make them cost-effective for local manufacturers. Read more...
Source: McCormick CIGHT News HIV/AIDS In Africa and Beyond: The Story the Media Missed - December 1, 2011South African author, journalist, scholar to discuss HIV/AIDS pandemic
With approximately one in eight people HIV-positive, South Africa is at the epicenter of the world’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. On Thursday, Dec. 1, Jonny Steinberg -- a South African author, journalist and scholar who has written extensively about the pandemic -- will speak at Northwestern University. His presentation is part of the Gertrude and G.D. Crain Jr. Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Program of African Studies. Read more... Study abroad and escape the NU 'bubble' - November 18, 2011With reading week and finals nearly upon us, the end of Fall Quarter is nigh. Before you know it, you'll be trudging through snow and waking up for class in near-darkness. That's the bad news. The good news is that early January is also a time to make decisions about studying abroad next year. You can still dream of Barcelona or Beijing, of Quito or Cairo. Options for NU students abound. Read more... Kuwait Science Fair joins up with NU - November 14, 2011 In an effort to increase its global outreach, Northwestern has partnered with the Kuwait Science Fair, offering a four-year undergraduate tuition scholarship to the first place winner. "We are interested in internationalizing the student body. We would assume that the winner of the science fair in Kuwait would be a good candidate to come to Northwestern," says Devora Grynspan, Director of the Office of International Program Develpment. Read more... Working to improve lives: Northwestern's Global Health Program - November 3, 2011 Every quarter, Global Health Studies minors and participants on IPD Programs create tangible change. With dedication and innovative skill, students are working directly with professors, researchers, and doctors toward progress. Check out this video on the Global Health Portal to learn more. Halting pandemics in their tracks: EpidemicIQ - October 28, 2011Imagine knowing of an infectious outbreak moments after it happens--before the WHO, before the press, before the world. That is now a reality through former Global Health Studies alumni Lalith Poleppedi's work with Global Viral Forecasting, a San Francisco non-profit whose stated purpose is develop a global system to prevent pandemics. As part of IPD's new "Report From the Field" Speaker Series, students had the opportunity to hear about Lalith's groundbreaking work in the global health arena. Read more... Spring and Summer 2011 IPD Program Photo Contest Winners - October 26, 2011A serene scape of Chilean mountains, a child's call to action, a prayer to Buddha--these are just a few subjects from the stunning photos of this year's Spring and Summer IPD Photo Contest winners. Through the lens of the viewer, we are invited to partake in a colorful journey spanning the world. Moments of silence and excitement are poetically captured illustrating the heart of culture. We are moved to feel. This past spring and summer, IPD offered four trips in total to South Africa, Chile, China, and Cuba. Students had the opportunity to study a variety of subjects spanning from pulic health practicums to local languages and identity.
Congratulations to the Photo Contest winners and a big thanks to all who submitted! 'Contagion' echoes the reality of public health outbreaks - October 24, 2011Anyone who sees the Hollywood thriller “Contagion” may be a little on edge. In the film an unknown pathogen moves from Hong Kong to Chicago before globetrotting in a ruthless killing spree. The medical community struggles to contain it and find a cure as the world panics, falling into chaos.
Could an epidemic like “Contagion” really happen?
Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, led a discussion at Northwestern University about “Contagion” and how the government handles health outbreaks at an event sponsored by IPD Office, Environmental Policy and Culture Program, International Studies, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Evanston Health Department. Read more... Students Will Study Green Technology in China - August 25, 2011A group of 12 to 20 Northwestern University students will travel each of the next five years to China to study the development of clean energy technologies in China, thanks to a gift from the Wanxiang America Corporation, based in Elgin, Ill. According to Dévora Grynspan, director of International Program Development at Northwestern, “The Wanxiang Fellows Program will support the design of a new program for students interested in environmental issues, from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These students are often underrepresented in international programs because of the lack of professionally relevant opportunities abroad. The Wanxiang Fellows Program is an important step in addressing this need.” Read more... NU students help shape the future of Evanston public health - July 8, 2011Public health in Chicago is not getting better, according to infectious disease expert and Northwestern University associate professor Rebecca Wurtz. But, in Evanston change is on the horizon, thanks to a recent partnership between Wurtz’s Introduction to Public Health class and the Evanston Health Department. Read more... GlobeMed Co-Founder and Global Health Studies Alumn Peter Luckow wins Echoing Green Fellowship - June 5, 2011Global Health Studies Alumns in the News: Congratulations to GlobeMed Co-Founder and Global Health Studies Alumn Peter Luckow ('09) of Tiyatien Health for winning the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship!! HIV/AIDS in Global Perspective: New Fall Course (Anthro 390-0-25) - June 2, 2011Sign-up for a new Global Health elective: HIV/AIDS was first described as a syndrome in 1981. By 2000, AIDS was the leading infectious cause of adult death in the world. Over the past 30 years, more than 50 million people have been infected with the HIV virus. We know how to prevent HIV infection, yet over 2 million new cases of HIV infection occur every year. Why? This course offers a broad overview of the epidemiological, social, cultural, political, and economic factors shaping the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a global perspective. We will explore the politics and personal experiences of HIV/AIDS in the USA, Africa, India, Brazil, Cuba, and elsewhere (although approximately 50% of the case studies will come from Africa). In addition, we will use an anthropological perspective to analyze specific topics such as: stigma, ARVs (anti-retroviral therapy), human rights and social justice, gender, LGBT issues, AIDS vaccine, research ethics, commercial sex work, activism, AIDS exceptionalism, medical male circumcision as prevention, etc. We will discuss influential NGOs and global organizations responsible for setting the AIDS research, prevention, and treatment agendas, and debate the role of humanitarianism and student service learning in fighting HIV/AIDS today. IPD Study Abroad Coordinator Karey Fuhs comments on new regulations for educational travel to Cuba - May 31, 2011IPD study abroad coordinator Karey Fuhs was quoted in an article published by "The Chronicle of Higher Education". The article describes how the easing of travel regulations to Cuba will offer various opportunities for educational study abroad programming. IPD has recently launched a new Public Health in Cuba program, with the first group of students going to Cuba this summer. Read more.. Former IPD Public Health in Uganda student wins Princeton in Africa Fellowship - May 23, 2011Senior Julie Kornfeld won a Princeton in Africa Fellowship to work in Uganda next year with the Lutheran World Federation. The social policy major is passionate about international human rights, especially related to forced migration in the conflict zones of East Africa. Not only did she study abroad in Uganda through Northwestern’s International Program Development program, but she also traveled to Ethiopia for work on her senior honors thesis. Read on...
Source: SESP News IPD “Global Healthcare Technologies in South Africa” program moved to Winter quarter - April 29, 2011IPD’s “Global Healthcare Technologies in South Africa” program has been moved from Spring Quarter to Winter Quarter, beginning this coming Winter Quarter 2011. This program is exclusively designed for engineering students and offers a hands-on experience in developing and managing technology infrastructure to improve health outcomes in resource-poor environments, particularly the townships of Cape Town. The program application deadline is September 26, 2011, and an info session will be held on Thursday, May 5 at 5:00 pm in Tech E133. For more information on the program, click here. Save the Date: NU Global Health Week 2011 - February 7, 2011
Northwestern University Global Health Week 2011: Northwestern in the World will be held April 5-8, 2011. The week will highlight the various global health activities taking place throughout the Northwestern community and its international institutional partners. Faculty, physicians and researchers from around the world, including France, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and many more, will participate in NU Global Health Week 2011More information, including an agenda and speakers bios, will be available shortly at Northwestern's Global Health Portal IPD "Public Health in Mexico" program relocated to CHILE from Summer 2011 - February 4, 2011IPD's "Public Health in Mexico" program will take place in Santiago, Chile this summer quarter 2011 instead of Mexico City. For more information on the new program "Public Health in Chile" click here. New IPD Summer Program in Cuba - January 21, 2011A new Northwestern IPD program: "Public Health in Cuba", has just been approved for this coming summer 2011. Applications are due March 2, 2011. Various fellowships are available. Click here for more information on the program and on how to apply. Observations of American Travelers in South Africa - January 19, 2011Kathryn Mathers, a visiting scholar in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, came to speak to a group of Northwestern students, staff, and faculty on Wednesday, January 19, to discuss her new book: Travel, Humanitariansim, and becoming American in Africa. Mathers described how encounters with Africans lead to a problematic desire to save Africa, which in turn is then seen as a way to to resolve the tensions between aspirations for a globally responsible America and the current reality of its geopolitical role. Brown Professor Discusses Bioethics, Islam and Organ Transplants in Egypt - January 11, 2011Sherine Hamdy, a Brown University anthropologist, visited Northwestern University on Tuesday, January 11, to talk about her new book Our Bodies Belong to God: Bioethics, Islam and Organ Transplants in Egypt. According to Hamdy the going rate for kidneys in Egypt in circa 2006 was approximately $5000. It might not sound like much, but in a country where poverty is high, organ traffickers are persuasive and poor preventative care raises demand—the choice is complicated. Enter Islam into the equation and you’ve got what amounts to a series of puzzles, according to Hamdy. NU Global Health Reporter Lauren Everitt discusses Hamdy's lecture on her blog: Kidneys for sale? Sherine Hamdy discusses her new book on Egypt’s ethical debate over organ transplantation Pulitzer Prize Winner David Oshinsky's Lecture on "Polio: An American Story" - Nov. 5, 2010Professor Oshinsky, a distinguished scholar in residence at New York University, came to Northwestern on Friday, Nov. 5, to speak about his Pulitzer Prize winning book "Polio:An American Story," in which he details the terrifying 1940s and 1950s polio outbreak in the United States and the race to find a cure. Global Health Alumni Returned to Campus to Talk about their Careers - Nov. 3, 2010As part of the Center for Civic Engagement and One Book One Northwestern's Civically Engaged Young Alumni Week, the IPD Office presented five young and successful alumni who have found their career path in the field of global health. They talked about their careers and lives in general, and how their studies at Northwestern University have shaped who and where they are today. New Approved IPD Programs in Germany, China, France - Nov. 1, 2010Check out the new programs on our website: Contemporary Berlin: Culture, Identity & Citizenship, China: Mind, Brain & Education, Paris: Critical Theory, Literature, and Media New Approved Exchange Programs in Europe - Nov. 1, 2010Exchange Programs in two wonderful cities in Europe, Milan and Istanbul, have been approved! Check out the new exchange opportunities on our website:Bocconi University (Milan), Koç University (Istanbul). You will be able to take courses taught in English at both schools!
Global Health Lecture on Kuru: An Epidemic - Oct. 25, 2010Shirley Lindenbaum, a cultural anthropologist whose areas of research include the study of "Kauu" in Papua New Guinea, cholera in Bangladesh, and HIV/AIDS in the United States, came to talk about her research on Kuru. Kuru is a fatal neurological disease believed to be transmitted through cannibalism. The lecture was held at Swift Hall with great success and was followed by reception. IPD Fellowship Research Symposium - Oct. 21, 2010Students had a special opportunity to meet fellowship winners and listen to presentations on various Global Health research projects. Students presented research projects from Ghana, Uganda, India, and the Philippines. Many students as well as faculty members came to listen to the fellowship winners' impressive presentations. |
