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"Innovating for Development"
This month, One Laptop Per Child announced plans to begin shipping a tablet computer to developing nations around the world. But is One Laptop Per Child a utopian dream? In the fall/winter issue of the
Journal of International Affairs, authors Mark Warschauer and Morgan Ames point out the dilemma of seeking high-tech solutions to poverty.
The issue's launch coincided with a “Thought Leadership Forum” featuring leading thinkers on technology and global poverty. Other topics include climate change adaptation, humanitarian patents for medicines, and the environmental impact of nuclear power.
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Urban Planning and American Competitiveness
Adolfo Carrion Jr., regional director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, discussed the Obama administration’s strategy for cities in a conversation with SIPA students. Carrion said urban planning can have an impact on America's competitiveness, and connected low-income housing and education to the nation's global economic position.
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A Revolution in the Management of TB
Dual degree alumna Lakshmi Sundaram (MIA/MPH ’03) works on policy and advocacy issues at FIND – Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics – in Geneva, Switzerland. FIND has developed new technology to improve the diagnosis and care of tuberculosis patients in poor and developing countries. The test was endorsed in December by the World Health Organization.
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Sundaram says of her dual degree experience: “I wanted to do something in the international sphere, and started thinking about public health as well. SIPA offered a great combination of the two. It gave me the foundation for all I’ve done since SIPA.” Watch her interview
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Faculty In the News
Rodolfo de la Garza writes "Arizona's Ugly Political History,"
WNYC
Dorian Warren: “New GOP Scapegoat: Public Workers,”
MSNBC
Scott Barrett says "think small" when solving the world's problems,
Boston Globe
Sharyn O’Halloran addresses New York City’s snow preparations,
New York Times
John Mutter one year after the Haiti earthquake: "Earthquakes don't kill people. Bad buildings kill people."
TIME
Stephen Goldsmith: “Hands-On Job Has Deputy Mayor Taking His Lumps,"
New York Times
Rashid Khalidi on the stalemate in the Middle East,
Charlie Rose
Lucius Riccio writes “New Yorkers, Stop Complaining About the Snow,"
NY Daily News
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