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UNC Center for Global Initiatives We're heading to Asheville, NC next weekend (Nov. 14th) for the Visualizing Human Rights conference held this year at UNC-Asheville. Full conference schedule via the link below.
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UNC Center for Global Initiatives Today's photo, which will be featured in our 2010 CGI calendar, was taken in Berlin, Germany by communications undergrad Annalee Harkins. An appropriate photo to kick off the weekend?
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Farai Chideya Visits UNC To Discuss Digital Divide.
She will discuss how advancing technology aims to create communities
among those dispersed throughout the world and how technology can
inadvertently continue to create a racial divide.
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Cultural critic and founder of blog PopandPolitics.com, Farai Chideya will speak this evening at UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone for Black Culture and History to discuss race and new media.
UNC Center for Global Initiatives Here's another winning image from our photo contest. Titled “Taking My Chances” this photo was taken in Medina, Saudi Arabia by undergraduate Journalism student Nushmia Khan. It's CGI staff favorite.
UNC Center for Global Initiatives UNC Philosophy department alum Bela Fishbeyn is the photographer of CGI Calendar image, #5 taken in Terezin, Czech Republic titled “Departure.”
UNC Center for Global Initiatives Sociology and Spanish Undergraduate student Forest Woodward took today’s photo of the day titled “Walk of Penitence.” The photo was taken in Sevilla ,Spain and will be featured in our 2010 Calendar.
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"Global Language Monitor ranks the top 200 colleges and universities
according to their appearances in the global print and electronic
media, the Internet, blogs and social media....In its most recent ranking, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill vaulted to ninth from 17th."
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited,
UNC Center for Global Initiatives Carolina for Kibera: Local->National->Global->National->Local
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UNC Center for Global Initiatives In the coming days, CGI will be announcing the winners of our 2009 International Photography Contest. Photos will be exhibited in the Global Education Center starting Monday, November 16th. These photos will also be featured in our 2010 Calendar. Here's image #3, a photo by Public Health graduate student Daniel Cothran taken in Karnataka, India.
UNC Center for Global Initiatives Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program: This grant is only available to Ph.D. candidates who wish to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies (does not include projects focusing on Western Europe). Duration of grants is 6-12 months. The grant pr...ovides travel expenses, maintenance allowance for the grantee and his/her dependents, tuition, books and other research related expenses and health insurance. Deadline: Nov. 12th
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Deadline: CAMPUS DEADLINE -Thursday, November 12, 2009 by 5:00 pm The federal deadline is December 1, 2009 but applicants MUST meet the campus deadline to be eligible for this award.