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There are two things that are bound to happen at every meal abroad. First, my friends and I will inevitably joke about how beautiful everyone is in Buenos Aires. Second, we have to gush over how incredible our meal is. These are unavoidable pieces of living in a gorgeous, bustling city where dulce de leche [...]
The following pictures were taken by Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow Melissa Donze ’12. Melissa worked in and around Bangalore with MILANA, a small organization founded by HIV-positive women that offers psycho-social support, nutritional and home-based counseling, familial and children’s services, prevention and outreach work, as well as advocacy for the rights of those living with HIV.
Students who partook in the Summer 2011 Brandeis in The Hague Program had astounding, life-changing experiences. They explored first-hand how international courts confront a range of global problems–meeting with judges, advocates, and academic specialists for a broad survey of the international legal process. Below are a few quotes from participants that demonstrate this amazing journey. [...]
David Wilkerson ’12 is a 2011 Brandeis-India Fellow who spent this summer in Bangalore, India. He is majoring in the Premedical Program and Anthropology with a minor in South Asian Studies. The piece below is an entry from his journal. 16 June 2011 I’ve been quite busy the last couple of days. Most of this [...]
The entry below is by Terry Li ’14. Terry is a Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow who worked in Dharamsala, India this summer with Love Volunteers. As a Chinese student, I spent ten years studying at government schools in China. Since elementary school, our teachers told us that Tibet was, and would always be, part of China. [...]
This article has been reposted, by permission, from Samantha Grosser ’12′s blog “a redhead in India”. Click here to see the original entry. You can also view her final presentation here. Over the summer I worked at John Paul Slum Development Project, an NGO that strives to “enhance the lives of the downtrodden in Pune.” [...]
This article has been reposted, by permission, from the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life website. You can view the original article here. June 1, 2011 The 2011 Sorensen Fellows are spending eight weeks “in the field” this summer, grappling with conflict resolution, death, disability, education, migration, and poverty. They return to Brandeis [...]
Maya Grant ’13 is a Theater major and HSSP minor. This summer, she studied abroad in Santiago, Dominican Republic. As this week comes to an end I only have a couple of more days left to spend with my host family. Over the past seven weeks they have been the best “Familia Anfitriona” that I [...]
The entry below is by Chenyu “Terry” Li ’14. Terry is a Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow who worked in Dharamsala, India this summer with Love Volunteers. You can see photos from Terry’s explorations in India here. I would never expect my experience in India to be this exciting yet meaningful. It was not my first time [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from Samantha Grosser ’12′s blog “a redhead in India”. Click here to see the original entry. After two weeks and two days in India, the best way I can describe this experience is in one word: crazy. When I arrived in Mumbai, I was struck by the heat [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from Jessica Christian’s blog “Masala Chat”. Click here to see the original entry. Approximately 70,000 children are affected by HIV in India. The numbers for adults are even higher. As a leading nation in HIV transmission, India is at odds with its urge to grow and yet its [...]
This post is by Alie Tawah ’11, a Health: Science, Society & Policy and Biology double-major. Alie was a a Hiatt WOW Fellow who interned in Cameroon in July 2009. It has been two years since I began my story of my experience in Cameroon. I gave an introduction then disappeared from this site and [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from President Fred Lawrence’s blog “Brandeis First”. Click here to see the original entry. As the sun set over the Old City of Jerusalem this evening, I reflected on all that our Brandeis delegation has accomplished here in just two weeks. It is rare for one experience to [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from President Fred Lawrence’s blog “Brandeis First”. Click here to see the original entry. This morning we made our way — not without misadventure due to a dead battery — from the city of Haifa to the Tel Aviv suburb of Rehovot, where we visited another of Israel’s [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from President Fred Lawrence’s blog “Brandeis First”. Click here to see the original entry. The deep connections between Boston and Haifa hold great potential for Brandeis and our engagement in Israel – this has been clear in multiple ways during our time in this beautiful city on the [...]
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