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Jan 15
Achieving Flow

Empowering students from the inside out: designing the achieving flow course by Andrea Mejia (F21)

by tuftsigl

Last summer, I worked as a Research Assistant to Edward DeMore, a board member for the Institute for Global Leadership, on an incredible project aiming to create a course about how neuroscience and meditation can help to achieve flow in life. The team consisted of four members, including Dr.

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Jan 13
EWB

Tufts Engineers Without Borders Covid-19 Response by Vicky Yang (E24)

by tuftsigl

This semester Tufts Engineers Without Borders has looked quite different from previous semesters, but we have managed to continue working hard on our projects via Zoom, and have even thrown in a few fun remote events into the mix.

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Jan 12
ALLIES

The 75th Anniversary of WWII by Jackson Lubke (A’23)

by tuftsigl

In October, ALLIES had the distinct pleasure to host Professor Marc Gallicchio from Villanova University. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, our theme for this week was a dive into the relations between the United States of America and East Asia, post-World War II.

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Jan 10
IGL Global Fellows

A Review of Political Science Research Design: University of California, Berkeley Joint Project on the Categorization of Trauma-based Findings by Jay-Miguel Fonticella (A22)

by tuftsigl

My previous courses in psychology and community health at Tufts University cultivated my interest in the social sciences research process. While ongoing research continues to develop our understanding of social phenomena, I have found myself questioning the consistency across published experiments.

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Jan 10

2020 ROTC Panel by Ravi Patel (A23)

by Chris Burke

In October, ALLIES held its annual ROTC speaker event in a virtual setting. This year, ALLIES had the distinct honor of hosting Dean Diane Ryan of Tufts’ Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life as the speaker. The event focused on learning about Dean Ryan’s 29 years in the Army and her experiences transitioning to civilian life.

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Jan 08
ALLIES

Peace-Building in a Pandemic by Nitya Nadgir (A’23)

by tuftsigl

In November, Tufts ALLIES welcomed IGL Alumna Britt Sloan, a former member of Mercy Corps and an ALLIES alum, and Sharon Ogbogu, a Program Officer with Mercy Corps to a virtual discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on peacebuilding efforts in Nigeria and how the socio-political conflict in African states has detracted from the fight aga

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