For some students at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University,taking advantage of one of the University’s numerous study abroad opportunities is their first chance to travel abroad and interact with different cultures. But for Jessica Depies, things were a little different. “Growing up, my mother was a flight attendant for […]
At an altitude of 11,000 feet, 14 Sargent College students spent two weeks this summer learning that not all ailments call for Advil and MRIs. At least not in Peru. The undergrad and grad students, studying various disciplines, learned about the country’s reliance on traditional, homeopathic medicines, and about its transition to modern health care […]
Tyler Boone, PhD candidate in Political Science I used my $1,000 LASP Travel Grant to do an election observation mission in El Salvador during their elections for President in 2014. I completed an election observation mission as well as had informal conversations with ordinary Salvadorans on the relationships they had with their political parties in […]