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WTO on the brink, needs a rethink
Kevin P Gallagher is a professor of international relations at Boston University where he co-directs the Global Economic Governance Initiative.
POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?
While the initial estimates of the Haiyan death toll of 10,000 have been revised downward, images instantaneously transmitted around the world of bodies in trees, burial trenches packed with lime-sprinkled body bags (some heartbreakingly small), and families picking through rubble for the most basic needs of sustenance cannot fail to catch the attention of the world.
Passage to India
When it was organized 32 years ago, the BU India Club (BUIC) hoped to bring together people of South Asian descent from around the Boston area to meet and network. Today, BUIC is the largest cultural group on campus, with more than 250 active members and over 1,000 alumni.
The club hosts meetings, community service events, dinners, basketball tournaments, and festivals. But its flagship events are the cultural shows members stage each fall and spring. This year’s fall festival, Rangeela, drew a crowd of several hundred. The event showcased Indian dance teams performing classical Indian dance, as well as other styles, such as garba raas, bhangra, and hip-hop fusion. The Hindi-fusion a cappella group Suno also performed.
International BU students get a taste of first Thanksgiving meal
For Americans, Thanksgiving is an annual celebration of food and family. However, many people around the world have never experienced the holiday—or its hearty flavors. The Boston Globe profiled several MET International students as they sampled turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin tarts, and more.
Embassy Row: Delusions of U.S.-Pakistan relationship
"After 66 years of bilateral ties, U.S.-Pakistani relations are still based on delusions — and [CAS Professor] Husain Haqqani is on a campaign to correct the diplomatic self-deceptions."
University’s Health, Clinical Rankings Climb
For the second year in a row, BU’s health and medical education programs have been named among the top 100 worldwide in the 2013–2014 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, conducted by Thomson Reuters. The influential survey ranked BU 22nd for clinical, preclinical, and health programs, an advancement from 29th place last year.
Touching Beauty Hooked on the beauty of Chinese art, CAS alum is respected expert at Christie’s
Christie’s senior international director of Chinese works of art and ceramics, Athena Zonars (CAS’82), is captivated by the beauty of the pieces she sells for the auction house.
Renegotiating Bilateral Treaties Should not Scare off Investors
Back in the early 1990s, a newly unshackled South Africa wanted to send a strong signal to financial markets that the country was not hostile to foreign capital.
Doctoral Students Earn Fulbrights for Study in Africa
The U.S. Department of Education (DoE) announced recently that Karl Hass, a PhD candidate in musicology, and Benjamin Twagira, a PhD candidate in history, are being awarded a total of $85,000 in Fulbright-Hayes dissertation fellowships to pursue the research for their dissertations in Ghana and London.
Fulbright Starts Efforts to Help Alumni Keep Global Ties
Boston University has been listed as one of this year’s Fulbright Program “top producers!” in the Research Institution category. Top producing institutions in were highlighted in the October 28th edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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