BU hosting 1st Annual Global Health Sector Interdisciplinary Case Competition…be part of the team!
BU will host its 1st Annual Global Health Sector Interdisciplinary Case Competition Sponsored by DePuy Spine (a Johnson & Johnson Company) and the Health Sector Management Program this fall.
Students interested in competing will need to form interdisciplinary teams with other BU graduate students. The following rules apply to any BU team:
The teams will consist of four students, with some combination of at least two full or part time MBAs and one or two graduate students from Public Health, Medicine, Engineering and/or Law. Executive MBAs are not allowed to be part of the team and the team must include at least one non MBA student. Students pursuing a dual degree such as an MBA/MD, MBA/MPH, etc. qualify as a non MBA student.
In the fall BU will hold an internal case competition to select a team to represent the University at the inter-university competition.
http://www.bu.edu/casecomp/health/
Internal Case Competition: Saturday-Sunday; Oct. 6th & 7th
Actual Case Competition: Thursday, Friday, Saturday; Nov. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
So mark your calendars and get excited! If you have any questions or for addition information you can email Sam Schweizer (Health Care Case Competition Student Chairman) at svs@bu.edu.
IH Reflections From the Field: Monitoring and Evaluation Work With the Indigenous Populations of Guatemala, May 1st at 5pm
We will be providing dinner. Please RSVP here!
Haru Matsuri: Japan Spring Festival in Boston Sunday, April 29th
Sunday, April 29th will be the "Greater Boston Area Cherry Blossom Festival." Learn more about it here!
BUSPH Alumna Etsuko Chida, from Japan, visited us in February to talk about her relief efforts after the tsunami in Japan. She has sent goods and information about current relief efforts to be sold and distributed at this event. This is a great Sunday activity!
Massachusetts Share Fair is recruiting students from BU for a summer job opportunity
Summer Jobs with Massachusetts Fair Share
Corporations and their CEOs are currently paying a smaller percentage of taxes than the average working American family earning $50,000 a year. If everyone paid their fair share in this country, we could be creating millions of jobs. That's why we're launching a huge, national campaign to give every American a fair shot. We are hiring full-time staff here in the Boston area to build the grassroots support it will take to win this campaign.
Fair Share Alliance works to provide every American with a fair shot at a good job, a secure future and a strong voice in our democracy. But powerful, entrenched interests are gaming the system to their benefit, while denying everyone else a fair shot. We need to stand up to the 1% and their allies in Congress that block progress at every turn. However, changing the status quo won't be easy. It's going to take a movement of active citizens mobilizing the public to fight for real solutions that will create good jobs and a fair economy. It's going to take YOU!
JOIN OUR FIGHT FOR A FAIR ECONOMY TODAY.
Call CHRIS at 617-332-3694 TODAY to set up an interview and to hear more about positions that are available.
Fair Share Alliance is working to demand an economy that works for all of us. We're looking for paid activists to help us generate the grassroots support it will take to win, by engaging people at the door in communities across the state. Rapid promotion is available, as we are working to expand our presence quickly in the next year. Visit our website to learn more and apply online. http://fairsharealliance.org/jobs/campaign-jobs.
Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday Campaign…how you can help!
The USAID and UNICEF-led Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday campaign officially kicked off Monday April 23rd! The campaign aims to engage the public & raise awareness leading up to the June Call to Action for Child Survival here in Washington DC, advocating for an end to preventable child deaths within a generation. For public health students, the campaign is a great way to lend your voice to a growing movement to use the tools at our fingertips (most of which can fit in a backpack) to continue to reduce child mortality.
Please post your own fifth birthday photo along with a birthday wish for children around the world to the campaign site. You can learn more about the campaign in this short videographic from the team at USAID, and (if you're looking for inspiration) check out these submissions from the famous & not-so-famous (including a BUSPH alumna) that have already been uploaded to the site.
If you have any questions about the campaign, please feel free to reach out to alumna Amanda Makulec at amakulec@jsi.com, who is a member of the campaign's External Engagement Working Group. The best way to get involved is by uploading your photo & asking your friends and family to do the same. Thanks for your support!
The YES Project at Tufts is looking for BUSPH students to fill out a quick survey about career goals and achievements!
Researchers at Tufts University would like to learn more about your career development experiences.
The Young Entrepreneurs Study (YES) (http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchYes.htm) is a cutting-edge longitudinal study concerned with career achievements, purpose, and character attributes among young adults in the United States.
Please follow the link provided in order to complete the survey: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/757536/YES-Project-Survey
If you are between the ages of 18 and 24, we hope you will complete this brief survey, even if you are still deciding on your career path. It should take no more than 30 minutes. Your responses are strictly confidential. The answers you provide will be for the YES Project only and will not be used for any other purpose. By participating in this study you will be entered into a raffle, conducted at the end of each wave of data collection, for a chance to win one of 20 iPads.
Thank you for your participation.
Best regards,
The YES Project
Conversation with President in Residence Rupiah Banda May 3rd
An invitation to all Boston University Students
The African Studies Center invites you to join President in Residence Rupiah Banda, former president of Zambia and President-in-Residence at BU’s African Presidential Center, for an informal conversation.
Date: May 3, 2012
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Place: African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, Room 505
Light refreshments will be available.
IH773 Fundraiser – Eat at Andre’s Cafe to support Bikes Not Bombs! Friday, April 27th
Grab a bite to eat at Andre's Cafe any time between 11AM-9PM on Friday April 27th. Andre's will be donating 5% of all sales on Friday to Bikes Not Bombs, a local non profit that works to empower people by using bikes as a vehicle for social change.
Specifically, we are raising money for BNB's Amuru Village Health Team Program that is working to increase health worker mobility via bikes. To lean more about BNB and their work check out their website: http://bikesnotbombs.org/amuru
Andre's Cafe allows you to Eat In, Take Out, Order Online & even does Office Catering!
phone: (617) 267-9599
website: www.andrescafe.net
Paid Summer Research Assistant Position Available With The Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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This is an online temporary (May to August 2012) position with excellent learning opportunities and $ 1200 honorarium. Review of the applications will begin immediately.
To apply: Please send your resume and covering letter to resume@yarikadeh.org.
