listen to the audio here

Amb. Richard C. Holbrooke, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will receive a 2010 Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award on Thursday, March 4 at 1:30pm in Barnum 008.  His talk is on "Managing the Most Pressing Challenges of Our Time: Reflections on U.S. Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategy."

 Astier Almedom's thoughts on resilience in Haiti in the aftermath of the most devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010.

More Info: http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2010/02_1/features/02/

RESPE Member Ashley Allison reports in GlobalPost from the Dominican Republic about the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. 

More Info: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/study-abroad/100113/next-door-dr-they-feel-oceans-apart

Photographs by VII
January 21 – April 4, 2010
Public Opening Reception: Thursday, January 28, 5:30-8pm
Remarks by VII photographers at 6:30pm

MEDFORD, MA – The Tufts University Art Gallery, Tufts’ Institute for Global Leadership, and VII Photo Agency proudly present Questions Without Answers, a major photography exhibition on view at the Tufts University Art Gallery from January 21 through April 4, 2010.

Eight students from the New Initiative For Middle East Peace departed today for NIMEP's annual fact-finding mission, this year traveling to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The trip is an opportunity for these students to conduct professional-caliber research in a real-world setting. Each student will be producing a paper on the topic of their choice, ranging from a security studies look at tensions in the Persian Gulf to the current condition of  medical education in the Gulf nations.

The Tufts New Initiative For Middle East Peace (NIMEP) is happy to announce the launching of its new student-run blog through the Tufts Roundtable. The blog will present student opinions on breaking news events, contemporary issues and topics, as well as summaries of our weekly dialogue sessions. Students will be encouraged to write about a topic of their own choosing, presenting personal analysis and offering policy prescriptions when applicable.

This Award, a $2,500 stipend, has been established by the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University and its Exposure program to promote the creation of documentary work with a social purpose.  Named in honor of Alexandra Boulat, a co-founder of VII Photo Agency, it has been created to acknowledge the inspiration and mentorship she provided to Exposure and its students.

“Tejiendo los lienzos del desarrollo: Peace and Development in a Tumultuous Guatemala” is a faculty-student collaborative exhibition out of the Tufts University Anthropology Department and the student-let program, BUILD out of the Institute for Global Leadership.

 Happy Birthday Sherman!

From your friends and colleagues at the IGL

(image of Sherman Teichman celebrating his birthday)

The Institute mourns the passing of David Cartagena, senior streetworker of the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island. His was one of the most humane and inspirational voices we have ever welcomed in our 25 years. His role as a peacemaker in his community and in the world is so important.