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by Hilary Rosenthal
34 weeks ago
The triangular-shaped state of Tasmania is not very large, and much of it is outback or farmed land. The devil is difficult to spot outside of captivity, but the animals' geographic movements in recent years have been easier to track, which has...
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by Hilary Rosenthal
34 weeks ago
Along with the efforts to provide insurance populations of Devils and isolate the ones with Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), many experiments are being undertaken to understand the tumor's growth and develop an antibiotic solution. Studies in...
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by Linh Dao
34 weeks ago
I had such a hard time trying to “summarize” my CKP experience. Creating and managing the Creative Kid Project has influenced me in so many ways that any “final report” seems unlikely to do it justice. Thanks to CKP, I have gained so many valuable...
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by Keith Brown
34 weeks ago
The film 300 turns five this year and to mark the occasion, Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute will screen the film and host a discussion among faculty and students about the film—as it did in 2008. Back then I contributed in person to the...
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by Sarah Forman
34 weeks ago
“It looks just like the Epcott version!” I excitedly told my dad over the phone. I was describing Toulouse, a lovely city in the south of France where I’ll be living for the next few weeks. After the anti-American protests at the U.S. Embassy in...
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by Hilary Rosenthal
35 weeks ago
Menna Jones, Australian Research Council Fellow at University of Tasmania, discusses the concept of "biosecurity" and the devils in captivity:
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by Sarah Forman
35 weeks ago
I tend to subscribe to a relatively liberal and open version of Judaism. Indeed, my services of choice at Brown RISD Hillel involve a few dozen students sitting barefoot in a circle to sing psalms and talk about their feelings on Friday nights. I'm...
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by Felice Feit
35 weeks ago
In the wake of the recent violence in Tunisia, my mind is running. I am not scared for my safety — both because of the placid and privileged area we live in and because all of my experiences here have been so far from what happened on...
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by Sarah Forman
36 weeks ago
I was sitting on the train to Tunis this afternoon, hoping to witness some part of the non-violent protests that have been popping up in the city over the last few days in response to an anti-Islamic American film (admittedly, not my smartest move...
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by Sarah Forman
36 weeks ago
I woke up with a jarring headline splashed across my computer this morning: U.S. embassy and consulate attacked in Egypt and Libya. One, and then four, Americans confirmed dead.
Reports spilled in quickly, and by now the internet is filled with news...
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by Austin Miller
36 weeks ago
The national Argentine government, under President Christina Fernando de Kirchner, confirmed the elimination of all funding for the Buenos Aires subway. The confirmation is in accordance with the deal signed with Mauricio Macri, the city's mayor, in...
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by Sarah Forman
36 weeks ago
I've been in Tunisia barely a week, and already I've attended my second wedding. This time, my host parents' niece is tying the knot, so all the women in her family went to the hamaam -- a bath house -- together to celebrate this afternoon....
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by Katie Gannett
36 weeks ago
I arrived back in the States at the end of July, having completed an incredible year as an intern in Soweto with Grassroot Soccer. I absolutely loved the experience—the programs and coaches, energizers and snaps, beauty and vibrancy, friends...
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by Katie Gannett
36 weeks ago
I wanted to share with you another story I wrote before completing my internship year in Soweto. It was amazing getting the parental perspective!
On a Friday afternoon at Shomang Primary, Nompumelelo Semelane proudly looked on as her daughter...
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by Mike Johnson
36 weeks ago
Large-scale land-development projects have been consuming the agriculture-dependent villages that surround India’s capital. As a Royce Fellow, I studied this phenomenon by talking to activists, government officials, affected farmers, lawyers and...
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by Marc Briz
36 weeks ago
The Londoner sitting next to me on the plane asked if I had any Arab background--no, I'm just American with Italian and Cuban parents. He commented on how surprising it was I would ever study the Middle East.
At first, it was out of a desire to...
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by Sarah Forman
37 weeks ago
In Tunisia at least, people tend not to get married during Ramadan — a holy month of communal fasting. But in the weeks immediately following Ramadan, weddings abound. Nearly every evening as I’ve walked along the streets in Sidi Bou Said — a suburb...
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by Carolina Barry Laso
37 weeks ago
As my internship comes to an end I will try to evaluate how in these past three months our work has made a difference in the way in which public policies are being implemented in the community of Vidigal. The process has been and is still a very...
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by Tram Bui
38 weeks ago
If I were to redefine the term "crazy," it would encompass all that happened yesterday at clinic.
We started heading to Ba Tri (a rural district in Ben Tre) at around 7AM. I only had four hours of sleep the night before, and I could barely move my...
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by Koji Masutani
38 weeks ago
Fidel was in his 30's when he took over Cuba. This means he was, by far, the youngest leader of the 3 leaders directly involved in the Cuban missile crisis. By almost every measure, this is astonishing, no?
Is it okay to briefly, with shine, and...
