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Heller Admissions Information Sessions
Join Heller Admissions Staff and Faculty to learn more about applying to Heller and the Heller School experience. All sessions are held from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Zinner Forum, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
Masters' Info Sessions
Monday, October 6, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
PhD Info Sessions
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Also join us on the road!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
6:30-8 p.m.
Brandeis House, 12 East 77th Street
Between Madison and Fifth Avenues
Thursday, November 13, 2008
6:30-8 p.m.
Hosted by the America's Promise Alliance
1110 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 900
A short walk from the McPherson Square metro stop
Stop by our table at an upcoming graduate school fair.
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October, 2008
Heller Faculty and Alum Present on Infectious Disease China
Assistant Director of the MS program, Dr. Joan Kaufman and MA/SID '05 alum Xiaoqing Lu served as panelists at a conference hosted by the
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C. The conference, entitled "China's Capacity to Manage Infectious Diseases
and its Global Implications" presented the findings of prominent experts commissioned by the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies through
a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The meeting examined challenges and opportunities for managing infectious diseases in China,
the global implications, and China's health diplomacy, as well as address potential ways to engage China as a net donor on global health. Dr.
Kaufman's presentation, "Infectious Disease in China at the Beginning of the 21st Century" and Ms. Lu's presentation "The
Challenge of TB Resurgence in China" were part of a session on the current status and specific challenges of infectious diseases in
the country. Ms. Lu is a research associate under the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS.
Click here to see the website.
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October, 2008
SID Student Receives Federal Grant for Practicum Project
While completing her six-month practicum with the Forgotten People Community Development Corporation on the Navajo Native American Reservation
in Arizona, Rita Monastersky-Sebastian, MA/SID '09 negotiated an Environmental Justice Small Grant through the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Community Development Corporation has been rewarded $20,000 to work on safe drinking water and toxic substance control. This is the first
time a student on a practicum has negotiated and received a federal grant to support their work.
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September, 2008
Heller School Welcomes New Assistant Dean
The Masters Program in Sustainable International Development is proud to welcome Dr. Cristina Espinosa as the new assistant
dean of academics and assistant professor of gender and development. Dr. Espinosa graduated from the Universidad Católica in
Lima, Peru (BA in Social Sciences) and spent the next 20 years as a researcher working for different institutions on issues as
diverse as: gender, migration and livelihoods, gender, livelihoods and decision making, education in population, and sustainable
development in the Peruvian highlands, coast, and Amazon. After receiving her PhD from the University of Florida, she worked at
the IUCN for four years coordinating the Global Social Policy Program. In August of 2006, Dr. Espinosa joined the Institute for
the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, ISLAC, as their Interim Associate Director.
Dr. Espinosa's publications include books like Unveiling Differences, Finding a Balance published by IUCN in 2004 (Spanish
version was published in 2002), Migracion, Familia y Socializacion: los cortadores de cana de azucar de Patapo-Pucala, published in
Lima in 1987, and several articles and book chapters.
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September, 2008
Heller School Welcomes Visiting Professor from Israel
Dr. Benjamin Gidron joins Heller and Hornstein Professional Jewish Leadership Program as a visiting professor for the Fall 2008 semester.
Dr. Gidron is an expert in nonprofit/nongovernmental/third sector organizations management and policy. He has been studying these topics
for the past 25 years, with a focus on Israel. He was the Founding President of the International Society for Third Sector Research
(ISTR), based at Johns Hopkins University, between 1992 and1996. At his home university, Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva,
Dr. Gidron is Director of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research, Professor and Director of the Nonprofit Organization Management
program at the Guilford Glazer School of Business and Management, and the David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair for Community Development.
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July, 2008
Alum's Work on Wildlife Management Published by FAO
Julius N. Mbotiji, SID '02 travelled to Libreville, Gabon for the 13th Session of the Forestry and Wildlife Commission for Africa in March,
2002, to present a paper as part of his second-year practicum with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Accra, Ghana.
The paper, entitled "Sustainable Utilization of Wildlife: Case of the Bushmeat Crisis," has recently been published by the FAO.
Click here to see the website.
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July, 2008
Alum Takes Country Director Position with Peace Corps
Dorothea Hertzberg, SID '07, is the new Associate Peace Corps Country Director for Ethiopia. She will be starting her work in Addis Adaba soon.
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July, 2008
SID Faculty Member Appointed as Expert on Addressing Muslim Alienation after 9/11
Mari Fitzduff, Director of the Masters Program in Coexistence and Conflict at Brandeis University, has been appointed as an Expert for the United Nations Alliance
of Civilizations (UNAOC). The Alliance is a group of high-level experts formed by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to explore the roots of polarization between
societies and cultures today and to recommend a practical program of action to address this issue.
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July, 2008
Alum Explores New Challenges with USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives
After three and half years working with USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in Venezuela supporting local civil society, Joel Hirst, SID '03
has become the Country Representative for OTI's Uganda program.
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July, 2008
Heller Joins the Brandeis Office of Global Affairs and Coexistence Program to Host Students from The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi
From July 8 to 10, the Brandeis Office of Global Affairs will co-host 11 mid-career Masters students from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) located in Delhi, India. Led by R.K. Pachauri, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, TERI is one of the world's premier research institutions in environmental, energy, and development studies. The students will be taking module courses taught by Brandeis faculty from the Coexistence & Conflict and Sustainable International Development programs. This initiative is part of the Office of Global Affairs larger efforts to strengthen Brandeis University's networks to key regions of the world.
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June, 2008
SID Alum Joins Word Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Team
Elizabeth Petheo, SID '06, has joined the Agriculture and Rural Development team of the World Bank in Washington D.C. to help countries develop, share, and apply global and local knowledge to meet their development challenges. As part of her position, Elizabeth leads the World Bank's annual Development Marketplace, a unique competitive grant that funds innovative, early-stage development projects from civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, foundations, academic institutions, and businesses.
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June, 2008
Visiting Scholar Returns To Home University To Lead Development Institute
Rhoderick Samonte, SID '06, returns to the University of Saint La Salle in Bacolod City, The Philippines to lead a new institute on development. After receiving his Masters degree, Rhoderick stayed at Heller for two years as a Visiting Scholar in the SID programs. An excellent street organizer and development practitioner, Rhoderick looks forward to sharing what he learned at Heller in to his home University.
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June, 2008
SID Alum Takes Position with Education Development Center
Kevin Corbin, SID '05, has become Deputy Chief of Party for the Education Development Center's projects in the Philippines.
This non-governmental organization designs, develops, delivers, and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world's
most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic development. Kevin will be working to manage the technical and operational
aspects of a large USAID-funded education project.
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May 12-16, 2008
The Masters in Sustainable International Development Capstone Week
May 12-16, the MA Program in Sustainable International Development holds its Capstone Week. Over 80 second year students will present key findings
from the second year projects in panel sessions organized like a professional conference. Panel session topics include microfinance, natural resource
management, remittances and migration, gender, touris amd development, and rights based approaches to development.
Events open with a Keynote Address by Dr. Calestous Juma: "Seizing the Future: Making Change Happen", on Monday, May 12, at 10:30 am in the Zinner Forum.
Calestous Juma is known for his problem-solving approaches and as a champion of science and technology in development. In a recent book, Professor Juma
urges developing countries to focus on learning and knowledge as the key to achieving development goals.
Professor Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School at Harvard, and Director of the Science, Technology and
Innovation Project. He has published widely in academic journals and in public fora on the Global knowledge economy, Africa, the role of higher
education, science, technology and the environment. He holds a Ph.D in science and technology policy studies.
The panel Sessions and the Opening Session are open to the public.
Click here to see the schedule.
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May, 2008
MA/SID Student Awarded by The World Bank for Contributions to Women and Children in the World
Fanny Howard, SID '09, has been awarded one of nine worldwide awards from the World Bank's Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund which recognizes contributions to children and women in the world.
Click here to see the website.
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May, 2008
MA/SID Students Awarded Boren Fellowships
Stacy Alboher, SID '09, and Jessie Babcock, MBA '09, have been awarded National Security Education Program's (NSEP) David L. Boren Fellowships to add an important international and language component to their graduate education at the Heller School.
Click here to learn more about the Boren Fellowship.
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May, 2008
SID Program Director Delivers Keynote Address on the Right to Water
Professor Laurence Simon gave keynote speech at the Water for People's 3rd Annual Gala at Fenway Park on May 10th, 2008. Speaking to audience of water and sanitation engineers, Dr. Simon hailed the organization's role in addressing the basic human right to clean water.
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April, 2008
Students Visit Local Water Company to Understand the Right to Water
The Milford Town Crier covered a student trip to the Milford Water Company's Echo Lake reservoir and Dilla Street filtration plant to learn about the logistics of providing communities with a safe and reliable water supply as part of the SID program's "Right to Water" course.
Click here to see the article.
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April, 2008
Heller Faculty Receives "Lifetime Achievement Award" from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sajed Kamal received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England Region, on April 22, 2008, at Boston's historic
Faneuil Hall. Professor Kamal has worked for sustainable energy for more than 25 years. He has been a lecturer and consultant on renewable energy in the U.S.,
Latin America, Europe and Africa. He is now president of the International Consortium for Energy Development, a Boston nonprofit; board member of the Boston
Area Solar Energy Association; member of the Union of Concerned Scientists and founder of Solar Fenway Boston.
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Click here to read at article from The Fenway News on Professor Kamal's work.
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