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Jun 06
Global Research

Getting to the interview is half the challenge in Lebanon by Eliza Davis (A'18)

by tuftsigl

I woke up at 6:30am and cursed Mekano Rental Car. I’d tried to pick up a car the day before but had a misunderstanding with the service driver and ended up arriving five minutes past closing. I’d left Fourn el Chebbeck with half an hour to spare but had ended up in the wrong part of Bourj Hammoud, stuck in traffic.

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Jun 05

Day Zero: Water Crisis in South Africa by Jonathan Keenan (F'19)

by tuftsigl

Cape Town is at the center of a major El-Nino-triggered drought, which began in Southern Africa in 2015 and continues today as annual rainfall in the region had decreased by as much as 75 percent.

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Jun 04

David Rawson Memorial Lecture by Dr. William Overholt by Peter de Guzman

by tuftsigl

SURGE held its annual China-U.S. Symposium on April 13th-14th. This symposium was composed of four panels, a lecture, and a keynote speech by Singaporean Ambassador to the United States Dr. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri.

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Jun 01
EWB

Global Access to Decentralized Fabrication by Vincent Hwang and Jordan Hindes

by tuftsigl

Tufts Engineers Without Borders organized a talk in April as part of the Institute of Global Leadership’s Migration Series. The talk, “Global Access to Decentralized Fabrication”, was given by Engineering’s Professor of the Practice Jean-Michel Molenaar.

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May 31
Amnesty International

Jamnesty! Music for Human Rights 2018 by Driston Galvao and Jared Cohn

by tuftsigl

In April, Tufts Amnesty International hosted its annual Jamnesty! Music for Human Rights concert. The event was designed to celebrate the year’s human rights achievements as well as to highlight and take action on additional Amnesty campaigns.

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May 30

Project Linda-Jamii in Kenya by Maureen Kalimba Isimbi

by tuftsigl

I plan to volunteer or learn something new every spring break. During my 2017 spring break, I had the opportunity to visit Israeli and Palestinian territories with a group of Tufts students called Visions of Peace that is sponsored by Tufts Hillel.

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