By Keith Gerald Davis III
Two Professors Win Fulbright Awards
Samuel Hammer will go to Sri Lanka; Meg Tyler to Belfast
Student Spotlight: Kelberer in HuffPo on Jordan Refugees
Vicky Kelberer, a graduate student at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, penned an article for the Huffington Post on the heartbreaking conditions endured by Jordan’s urban refugees, which she witnessed as part of a research trip to that country in June 2015.
The Irish in Boston, in Song, Literature, and Politics
Interdisciplinary class finds parallels to today’s immigrant groups
Additional Schooling Cuts Risk of HIV Infection in Botswana
Extra school years spent past grade 9 in Botswana substantially cut the risk of HIV infection—especially in girls—a new SPH study shows.
Mobile App Improves Prenatal Care in Nigeria
A mobile phone app that records client information, recommends treatment approaches, and provides health counseling messages improves the quality of prenatal care provided by community health workers, according to a new study conducted in Nigeria.
Student Spotlight: Abou-Raad Wins Case Scholarship
When Michelle Abou-Raad applied for the Harold C. Case Scholarship in February, she was focusing on completing her studies in Geneva and Istanbul. She didn’t think she would be selected for one of Boston University’s highest student honors.
Professor Wins Guggenheim
Susan Eckstein, a professor in Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been awarded the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her research on what she calls “Cuban immigration exceptionalism.”
Miller Invited to be Fellow of Atlantic Council
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was invited by the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. to join as a non-resident fellow beginning in 2015.
Celebrating Japan’s Most Famous Artist
MFA offers breathtaking Hokusai exhibition
Asia Scholar Awarded Taiwan Fellowship
Grant F. Rhode, a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Asia, has been awarded a Taiwan Fellowship to research and write on Taiwan’s approach to disputes in the East and South China Seas.
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