Oct. 18: Global Practicum Information Session

The Global Programs Office is offering an information session on global practicums for Summer 2023.

The session will take place October 18 at noon in Hillman 120 and online. If you would like to attend online, please email Tammy Orahood for the Zoom link at orahood@wustl.edu.

Oct. 5: Field-Based Courses Information Session

The Global Programs Office is offering an information session for Field-Based Courses that will be offered in May 2023 including, Sustainability, Health and Development in Costa Rica; Gender, Physical Activity and Urban Design in Berlin; and Addressing Social Stigma in a Global Context: A Sociopolitical Study of LGBTQ+ Experiences in Brazil.

The session will take place October 5 at noon in Goldfarb 124 and online. If you would like to attend online, please email Tammy Orahood for the Zoom link at orahood@wustl.edu.

Higher Education’s Leading Role in Tackling Global Challenges

Higher Education’s Leading Role in Tackling Global Challenges, featuring Dr. Victoria Galan-Muros, Chief of Research and Analysis at UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education. Dr. Galan-Muros is a Wells Fargo Advisors Visiting Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

OPT Workshops

The Office for International Students and Scholars at Washington University is hosting a series of online OPT workshops for international students on F-1 visas to learn how to apply for OPT and maintain their F-1 status while on OPT. The workshop is for students graduating in the next six months.

Dr. Carolyn Lesorogol Publishes Book: Conservation and Community in Kenya

About Conservation and Community in Kenya: Milking the Elephant This book, based on mixed-method anthropological research conducted in Samburu County, Kenya, demonstrates that, counter to simple narratives promising benefits, community-based wildlife conservancies (CBCs) are complex social institutions layered on pre-existing land use practices with differential impacts for members. Through in-depth research in three communities, Carolyn […]

Lancet Global Health Series: Urban design, transport, and health

In this follow-up series, published in The Lancet Global Health, the Series authors, led by Billie Giles-Corti, show how the indicators can guide decisions about what must change to create healthy and sustainable cities and how research can be used to guide urban policy to achieve urban and population health.

Understanding Afghanistan: Insights from the New York Times’ Carlotta Gall

Watch the webinar recording here.

Carlotta Gall covered Afghanistan and Pakistan for the New York Times from 2001 to 2011. She has since continued covering Middle East events as the New York Times correspondent in Tunisia and currently is based in Turkey. In this conversation, Carlotta shares a unique perspective on the 20 years of war.