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Mar 08
BUILD Latin America

Discussion on Gender and Justice in Latin American Development with Sebastián Molano

by mdillard

BUILD: Latin America co-hosted a speaker event with Amnesty International and Students Helping Honduras on March 2nd, 2017. The speaker, Sebastián Molano, is a Fletcher graduate and has extensive experience doing development work in many Latin American countries.

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Mar 01
Energy and Power

12th annual Tufts Energy Conference (TEC) on Innovation for Global Energy Access

by mdillard

On Saturday, February 11th, nearly 300 energy professionals and students gathered to participate in the 12th annual Tufts Energy Conference (TEC). The theme of TEC 2017 was Innovation for Global Energy Access.

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Feb 23
EPIIC

EPIIC Symposium "The World of Tomorrow: Order and Chaos in the 21st Century"

by heatherbarry

The Institute for Global Leadership held its 32nd Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium on "The World of Tomorrow: Order and Chaos in the 21st Century" from February 23-25, 2017.  Panelists included Adm. James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School; Amb. R. Nicholas Burns; Amb.

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Feb 22
NIMEP

NIMEP Met With Iranian Journalist Yeganeh Rezaian to Discuss Freedom of the Press

by mdillard

On Wednesday, 2/22, members of the Tufts New Initiative for Middle Eastern Peace and other Tufts students met with Yeganeh Rezaian to discuss U.S.-Iranian relations under Trump and freedom of the press. Yeganeh is an Iranian journalist who worked in the country until her 2014 arrest, along with her husband, on charges of espionage.

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Jan 20
NIMEP

Meeting with Tunisian Leaders and Entrepreneurs

by mdillard

On Monday we had a meeting scheduled with the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID). Mia and Nesi went to a morning meeting at the CSID while Jenny worked on her own project from the hotel since CSID’s focus was not related to her research.

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Jan 10
NIMEP

NIMEP Research and Exploration in Tunisia by Mia Ellis

by mdillard

We traveled to Tunis, Tunisia this winter break through the New Initiative for Middle Eastern Peace’s annual research trip program. Each member of our trip is focusing on a different research topic.

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