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New Pardee Publication: The Need for New Paradigms in Public Health
Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for New Paradigms in Global Health Cancer is the leading global cause of death, and has been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide, which are projected to account for roughly 80 percent of global cancer diagnoses by 2030. Much like the inadequate […]
Join Us in Welcoming Cynthia O. Ezeani, WARA’s New Associate Director
Cynthia O. Ezeani joined the ASC community in October as the Associate Director for Programs & Development at the West African Research Association. Cynthia is an alumna of the BU School of Law, where she earned her Masters in International Banking and Finance Law (LLM) in 2013. More recently, in 2015, she was awarded a […]
African Diaspora and Remittances: New CFLP Policy Report
Hundreds of billions of dollars are transmitted as private remittances globally every year. Remittances follow migration, and the ongoing global refugee crisis inevitably will lead to more need for migrants to send funds back to their homelands. Nowhere is the role of diaspora in sustaining local livelihoods and supporting national development as evident as in […]
Groundwater Potentials in Arid Land of Chad Interpretation of Recent Space Images and Field Surveys
In July 2015, the Center for Remote Sensing began a two-year research project to map potential groundwater resources for use in urban and agricultural development in the landlocked Republic of Chad in north Africa. More
The Afars: Eritrea’s Forgotten Refugees
From Dan Connell, Visiting Researcher, BU African Studies Center Thousands of refugees have made their way to eastern Ethiopia across Eritrea’s porous southern borders in recent years. Many traveled by foot through the Danakil Depression, one of the lowest and hottest places on earth. Others slipped across the heavily militarized frontier with Djibouti. Still others […]
Into Africa – Three BU Grad Students & Their Research
For many decades, Boston University’s African Studies Center (ASC) has produced top scholars in the field. Now part of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, the ASC trains students in multiple African languages and academic disciplines. In the last two years, eleven BU doctoral students have conducted field research in Africa through the ASC, with eight of them […]
Jillian Jaeger, FLAS Awardee named Inaugural Newman Award Winner
As the inaugural Newman Fellow, Jaeger will delve into patterns of voting in US mayoral races to determine which factors attract voters to minority and immigrant candidates. Her interest in the subject grew out of her studies of partisanship, political behavior, and incorporation of minorities and immigrants in the United States and Western Europe. “I […]
BU International Service Learning Program in Ghana – Now Accepting Applications
The BU Sargent College Service Learning Program offers our students a unique opportunity to participate in faculty led service-learning experiences which promote health education, empower communities, and cultivate educated compassionate global citizens. Students will have the opportunity to leverage their classroom knowledge to assist health care providers and community health workers in delivering basic healthcare […]
The Road Ends in Djibouti For Some–Dan Connell Interviews Eritrean Refugees
Temperatures were pushing 115˚ when we reached the crest of a rocky hill overlooking Ali Addeh, a desolate refugee camp on Djibouti’s southern border with Ethiopia and Somalia. Clumps of dull brown scrub dotted the ochre hills. Nothing stirred. Once past the guard at the gate, we wound our way through a warren of houses […]