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Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

Date: Friday, June 12, 2009
Locations: Manhattan: Paris Theater and IFC Center
Brooklyn: BAM Rose Cinemas

After 5 years of following the incredible Youssou Ndour (3 continents/25 countries!), our film Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love will be released in the United States beginning: Friday, June 12 at the Paris Theater and IFC Center in Manhattan, BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn...

FaceBook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20862148780
Twitter: www.twitter.com/YoussouNdourDoc
Trailer: www.ibringwhatilove.com
YouTube: www.Youtube.com/YoussouNdourDoc

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  Application deadline: Friday, May 15
  
  The call for applications to the Columbia-Sciences Po Visiting Professorship is now open. One member of the Columbia faculty will be selected to spend one semester at Sciences Po in 2010. The position is open to all faculty of Columbia University interested in—but not limited to—the general areas of International Affairs and Public Policy. The visiting faculty member will continue to receive his/her salary from Columbia University and will also receive a stipend to cover additional expenses incurred while teaching at Sciences Po.
  
  Please download the call for applications for your convenience at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alliance/visiting.html
  
  In 2009, the two Alliance visiting professors are Christophe Jaffrelot (Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po) and Andrew Gelman (Professor of Statistics and Political Science, SIPA, Columbia). In 2008, the two visiting professors were Ghassan Salame (Professor of International Relations, Sciences Po) and Arvind Panagariya (Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University).
  
  Columbia University and Sciences Po (Paris) are involved in a long term partnership under the Alliance Program, which fosters academic collaboration between the two institutions. This yearly transatlantic exchange of faculty is yet another expansion of their diverse joint endeavors.
  
  
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• 2009 Leitner Student Fellowship
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• Summer 2009 & Academic Year 2009-10
  Africa - Foreign Language & Area Studies FLAS Fellowships
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  2. Innovation for Sustainable Development: Local Case Studies from Africa presents and analyzes a careful selection of local level sustainable development initiatives in Africa, in such areas as Enhancement of Agriculture and Fisheries, Water Management, Protection of Ecosystems, Health Improvement, and Sustainable Tourism.