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About the organization: Swasti is a health resource centre, that seeks to enhance health and well being through innovation, particularly for the marginalized. Swasti works aim to advance health by mobilizing communities to better address healthcare priorities, and by improving the efficiencies and effectiveness of organizations in the health sector. We... More
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... More
We will be providing dinner. Please RSVP here!
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
ResearchAssistant_Intern_JobDescription 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.
Please RSVP here!
The Future of Nigeria Friends of Africa International is co-sponsoring a JFK Jnr Forum event on "The Future of Nigeria" with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics and the Future of Diplomacy Project on Monday April 23, 2012 starting at 6pm. A Panel Conversation on "The Future of Nigeria" with: Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye Nigerian... More
Improving the quality of pediatric hospital care in: Esteli, Nicaragua. The Director of Pediatrics at Esteli Hospital seeks students to conduct a patient/family satisfaction survey and assist in the creation of sustainable database to track pediatric hospital admissions and outcomes. Experience in survey design and qualitative interviewing are helpful but not... More
We will be having burritos from El Triunfo...please RSVP here!
