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Last week, Professor Allyala Krishna Nandakumar presented a lecture titled, “Global Health Spending: Learning to Do More with Less. ” The lecture was one of a series known as “Tuesday Talks,” a lecture series held by the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The lecture room was fully attended by faculty, staff, students, and [...]
Major/Minor: International and Global Studies and Biology major, Peace and Coexistence Studies and Women and Gender Studies minor Year of Graduation: 2013 Hometown: Tokyo, Japan, but lived in eight countries including the United States Previous Education: Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong and George Mason High School, Falls Church, VA Clubs/Organizations: Students Crossing Boundaries, Community Advisor, Sorensen Fellow, [...]
This profile is reposted, by permission, from the International Business School. Click here to read the original profile. Going Global with Goldman Sachs: Investing in Human Resources Degree/Year of Graduation: Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance, 2010 Current employment: Human Capital Management Analyst, Goldman Sachs Previous experience: Barclays Capital, McLagan Partners, Clean Water Action [...]
Major: B.A. in Psychology and East Asian Studies, minor in Business Year of Graduation: 2013 Hometown: Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China Previous School: Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong Clubs and Activities: Davis Scholar, Voices of Praise, ICC representative of the Mixed-Heritage Club, member of South East Asian Club, works at [...]
Having been involved with Western forms of music since I was five, the presentation “Pathos, Subtleties and Passion: Korean Contemporary-Traditional Music & Dance” on Friday, March 4 completely surprised me, reminding me of the myriad of opportunities Brandeis students have to be exposed to traditions and practices completely outside of anything we have experienced before. [...]
College students are so lucky these days. There are more and more affordable opportunities to study abroad, and the most affordable of all: have an international experience right here in the U.S. by befriending an international student! That’s what I did. My experiences with international students in my undergrad years changed my life. They are [...]
This profile was originally posted here. Brandeis alum gives IBS student real world business experience Jack Jia MBA ’11 knew he wanted an internship in China for the summer, but he did not know he would find success with Tony Chang, PhD ’83, a Brandeis alum and loyal supporter. “We were able to get close [...]
Major: B.A. in Economics and Mathematics Year of Graduation: 2011 Home Town: Suzhou, China Previous School: Raffles Junior College, Singapore Clubs & Activities: Investment Club (2009-2010), Internship with McKinsey’s North American Knowledge Center (Fall 2010), Teaching Assistant (2010), Research Assistant (2008-2010), Internship at Cornerstone Research (Summer 2010) “Brandeis is a top college in the United [...]
Wednesday night was the first event of this year’s Open Doors program. Sponsored by the International Students and Scholars Office, the program matches up new international students with faculty, staff, and community members who are interested in supporting them during their first year on campus (and for many of them, their first time living in [...]
This guest post on comparative nutrition practices is from Jennifer Lin ’09, who just spent the past year in Japan as a participant in the prestigious Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. Previously, Jennifer also lent her talents as communications assistant in the Office of Global Affairs at Brandeis. Lunchtime! I imagine that most of [...]
Jacob Bockelmann graduated from Brandeis in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Economics, with a minor in business. After taking a class on globalization taught by Professor Thomas Friedman, Jacob gained a new perspective on global issues. Upon his graduation, he decided to spend his first several months out of college traveling [...]
Melissa Branzburg is a first year candidate in the MBA program. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism and Japanese. As a junior, she traveled for 13 months in Japan, including a 3 month stay in rural Japan studying Japanese puppetry and 10 month stay in [...]
Leo Marcus is another one of our student contributors from the International Business School. Originally from New York City, he went to Indiana University as an undergraduate, majoring in Psychology. Upon completion of his Bachelors degree, he took some time off and traveled to France. Leo was able to learn to speak the French language [...]
This post is from Prof. Detlev Suderow ’70 (International Business School), who just returned from co-leading the 2009 Alumni Travel Program to China. The 2009 Brandeis Alumni Association Alumni Travel program trip was a tremendous success with 27 Brandeis community participants, including 16 Brandeis alumni, who sojourned in China from June 10 – 23 led [...]
Major: East Asian Studies Study Abroad: Overseas Chinese Youth Language Training (Taiwan), study tour (China), CET Academic Programs (Hangzhou, China) Clubs and Activities: Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection, co-chair of the Intercultural Center programming board, Office of Global Affairs employee Blog Post: Nutrition for Kids: Morsels from Japan (September 2010) “Arriving in China was a whole [...]
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