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The itinerary in Washington was organized by . Rubens Medina, the Law Librarian of Congress; Bryan Bachner; Leon Scioscia, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian; Alisa Carrel, of the Law Library of Congress; and Professors Stephen Wermiel and Daniel Marcus of the Washington College of Law at American University. In February 2007, the international legal scholars of the Law Library of Congress participated in the EPIIC symposium, “Global Crises: Governance and Intervention.” Professor Michael Glennon of the Fletcher School helped prepare the student for the simulations. Support for the National Security and Civil Liberties Program was provided by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education and the Merrin Family Fund. Tufts Chapter of Physicians for Human Rights This year, the IGL initiated a Tufts Chapters of Physicians for Human Rights that extended beyond the medical school to include undergraduates. The first effort of this new chapter was to hold a pre-conference event before the annual Physicians for Human Rights Student Conference in November. The day featured two panels and two photography presentations (coordinated by EXPOSURE). The first panel looked at “Avian Flu and Risk Analysis” and featured David Dapice, Professor of Economics at Tufts University; David Gute, Professor of Civil Engineering at Tufts University; Bela Matyas, Director of the Massachusetts State Epidemiology Program; and Elena Naumova, Director of the “Tufts Initiative for Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases” at the Tufts School of Medicine. The second panel focused on “Past Pandemics and Lessons Learned: SARS and HIV/AIDS”, and featured Panther Alier, a Sudanese refugee and Board Member of the Sudanese Education Fund; Edith Balbach, Director of the Community Health Program at Tufts; Anne De Groot, Director of the TB/HIV Lab, Brown University; George Saperstein, Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. The two photography presentations were: “Perilous Light: Photography and the Ethics of Representing Suffering from a Distance” by Fuyuki Kurasawa, associate professor of sociology at York University in Toronto; and a compilation of the work on global health of the photographers from the VII photo agency: Alexandra Boulat (Paris), Ron Haviv (Darfur), Gary Knight (India), John Stanmeyer (Indonesia), and James Nachtwey (Agent Orange). Next Steps for Students Following graduation or during their summer break, the students that the IGL works with pursue a broad range of interesting opportunities, a number of which are arranged or inspired by the Institute. A sample of plans for graduating seniors: • Working for Projects for Peace in Kiribati • Fulbright Scholarship to Argentina • Working on Governor Bill Richardson’s Presidential Campaign • Dutko Fellowship at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC • Program Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York • Research Associate at the Stockholm Environmental Institute • Pursuing an M.A. in French Language and Civilization through New York University in Paris • Working at the Mexican Institute for Family and Population Research (IMIFAP) in Mexico City • Humanity in Action Fellowship in the Netherlands, Summer 2007 60 Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University
• Pursuing an M.A. through The Johns Hopkins University and the Peace Corps, 2008-2011 • Fulbright Scholarship to Bosnia-Herzegovina • Working in Tokyo as an Associate Consultant for Bain & Company • Pursuing a J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School • International Center for Conciliation (ICfC) Fellow and Project Manager in Phnom Penh, Cambodia • Yearlong intensive Chinese language study in Shanghai • Editorial Intern, Washinton Bureau, Orange County Register • Internship with NGO GARIWO in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina • Internship with Africa Action in Washington, DC A sample of plans for returning students: • Conducting thesis research in Kampala and Northern Uganda – a gender analysis of transitional justice mechanisms • Working for Democrats Abroad and Club de Madrid • Tufts Summer Scholar with an internship at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School • Internship with Greenbelt Alliance downtown doing greenbelt analysis, GIS mapping and policy planning • Studying Arabic in Yemen • Participating in US Air Force ROTC training • Internship with USAID • Internship with the American Jewish Committee • Conducting research in Bosnia Herzegovina on “Accountability and Rule of Law Culture in the Republika Srpska” through the International Relations Borghesani Prize • Working at the World Council for Corporate Governance • Volunteering at a Glenmary Mission Camp for foster children in Mississippi • Internship in Siuna, Nicaragua doing research with a women’s organization gathering information on violence against domestic workers • Researching migration issues in Nepal and on the US-Mexico border: looking at Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees in Nepal and doing a comparative analysis of immigration issues with undocumented migrants from Mexico • Working for a financial planning firm in Shanghai • Volunteering at China Care in Beijing • Internship with the Foreign Policy Association in New York • Internship with Save a Child’s Heart in Tel Aviv, Israel • Working on a documentary film in Uganda • Internship with Lux Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in renewable energy and nanotechnology • Internship with the Inter-American Foundation in Arlington, VA Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University 61
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