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      • 03/12/2013
        The most important global health initiative you have never heard about
        Last June, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new partnership to address the persistent burden of maternal mortality, called Saving Mothers, Giving Life. The ambitious program aimed to reduce maternal mortality by 50% in 8 districts in Zambia and Uganda in just one year.
        – Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
      • 09/11/2012
        Pinterest and Global Health

        I try to keep up – or even ahead – with trends in technology and social media. I own almost every product Apple has ever made, including a Mac laptop that dates before the MacBook (and that still works by the way).
        – Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
        • 02/14/2013
          Thriving, Not Just Surviving
          In an article from CNN, Catherine Mbengue, a trustee of the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and former senior UNICEF official, discusses a new report from Harvard entitled “Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving“.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 02/01/2013
          IPSA Spring General Meeting
          Thursday, February 7th, 3:30 – 5:00pm Mulberry Conference Room – Puck Building The International Public Service Association will be holding its spring general meeting next Thursday, February 7th at 3:30pm.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 12/12/2012
          Hope for the Aspiring Aid Worker
          As someone who hasn’t followed the most straight and narrow path of international development work, I was happy to see this aid worker also took a winding road.  Cathy Ayer from IRS shares how she fell into aid work and give tips to those of us coming straight out of graduate school.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 12/05/2012
          Africa: The next global economic story – By Omoruyi Austin Aigbe
          An excerpt from WSAFA President Omoruyi Austin Aigbe’s blog: http://omoruyiaigbe.blogspot.com/2012/12/africa-next-global-economic-story.html Many scholars in Africa have always noted that the Africa’s colonial legacy has contributed to the socioeconomic, security and political challenges, the tension and hostility among the many ethnic groups, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 11/20/2012
          Global Kitchen
          By Pete Freeman Fellow Wagnerd, Ryan Brown (Class of ’12), and I have started an organization called Global Kitchen along with current Steinhardt Food Studies student, Leah Selim. Global Kitchen (GlobalKitchenNY.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 10/16/2012
          Peacemakers In Action
          Last Tuesday, IPSA, the Asian Pacific American Student Alliance, and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding hosted “Peacemakers In Action”, a presentation by two grassroots activists honored by the Tanenbaum center for their work advancing peace in regions torn by ethnic and religious conflict.
          – IPSA @ Wagner
        • 10/15/2012
          Business is not the bad guy. Then again, sometimes it is.
          From Wagner’s Conflict, Security and Development Series: Fall 2012. By Ashley Nichole Kolaya AT NYU WAGNER, WE SPEND a lot of time discussing topics like urbanization, infrastructure, social policy, and citizen security.
          – IPSA @ Wagner