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student-led effort across facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness,
and action on international development.
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CUPID EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. CUPID ANNUAL ALUMNI EVENT
The Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID) is pleased
to invite you to our Annual Alumni Event taking place Monday, March 26, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at L'Oubli Gourmet Bar.
Free and open to both students and alumni of any discipline, this year's keynote speaker
is Gerald Martone, Director of Humanitarian Affairs, International
Rescue Committee. This event is a great networking opportunity for all
and the perfect time to become better
acquainted with peers and colleagues from the international development
world. Come mix and mingle and enjoy appetizers and wine in a
delightful venue!
WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2012
6:00 PM - 9:00PM
WHERE: L'Oubli Gourmet Bar
188 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Gerald Martone, Director of Humanitarian Affairs,
International Rescue Committee
*We welcome Columbia alumni and students with an international interest to this
networking event. This is the perfect time to become better acquainted with peers and
colleagues from the international development world. Come mix and mingle as well as enjoy
appetizers and wine in a delightful venue!
*The event is free. We welcome alumni and students of any discipline to
join us!
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Call
for Submissions: The CUPID
Journal
CUPID is actively looking for student photography and writing to be
featured in
the inaugural CUPID Journal; a multimedia online platform for graduate
and
undergraduate students at Columbia to showcase their international
experiences
and personal views of issues pertaining to international development.
The goal
of the journal is to promote a cross-cultural dialogue that engages
students
throughout the various schools at Columbia. We are currently accepting
photography entries and opinion or academic writing that is 1500 words
or less,
and reflects one or more aspects of CUPID?s theme of Dialogue,
Awareness and
Action. Please submit entries to cupidjournal2011@gmail.com
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Recent Events
February 11, 2011
CUPID 2011 Conference on Internal Displacement
December 8, 2010
The Effects of Climate Change on Human Development, Scientific Advancements and Journalism
November 30, 2010
CUPID & ICAP World AIDS Day Event
October 28, 2010
The Price of Stones
October 18, 2010
First General Body Meeting
October 13, 2010
Women of Burma on Building Peace
September 15, 2010
CUPID's Kick-off Event
Past Events
April 30,
2010
Development
in 2010:
CUPID's Annual Alumni Event
April
26, 2010
Final
General Body
Meeting
April 1,
2010
"Unlocking
the Power
of Collaboration and Technology for Development?"
March
30, 2010
Sustainable
Development & the Built Environment?
March 29, 2010
General Body Meeting
March 24, 2010
Columbia Grad Students for Haiti Mixer
March 4,
2010
Public
Health & Human
Rights: Translating Research to Advocacy
February 24, 2010
Blinded
by Open Arms
Film Screening
February 18, 2010
Lost Childhoods: A Conversation about Child Domestic
Servitude in
Haiti--Haiti Emergency Relief Fundraiser
February 12, 2010
CUPID's
Annual
Conference: Health: A Universal Dialect(ic)? Access to Health in
the
Developing World
Special thank you to this year's Conference Committee members:
UrmiChoera
AyanoFuruya
Anne Gaspers
Sue Gu
Doreen Kagarama Rebecca May
Nicole
Minhovets
Dominik Paris
Eric Peterson
Niels Peterson
Rana Sartawi
Pamela Suneja
Julia Shu-HuaWang
February 4, 2010
Social
Work
Development Dialogue: Aids work in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and
Brazil
January 28, 2010
Doesn't Add Up: Human Rights monitoring, Databases and
Knowledge
January 25, 2010
General Body Meeting
December 7, 2009
Next General
Assembly
Meeting/Happy Hour
December 5, 2009
Immigration
Conference:
Listening to the Voice of Immigrants
December 1,
2009
World
AIDS Day
Event: TWO MEN TALKING
November
18, 2009
Children on the
Front Line: An
Evening With Ishmael Beah
November 17, 2009
"Microfinance,
Social
Enterprise, and the Law" Symposium
November 9,
2009
CUPID's
Next General Body
Meeting
October 26, 2006
Improving
Maternal
Outcomes in Tibet
October 23, 2009
"Gender, Peace, and Security" Conference
October 19, 2009
Anti-Trafficking Policy and its Effects at Home and Abroad
October 5,
2009
CUPID's First General Body Meeting of the Year
If you missed our kick-off event, check us out at our first meeting!
September 16, 2009
Save the date! CUPID Kick-off will take place September 16, 2009 at
6:30 pm at
the Underground Lounge. Featuring guest speaker Gabriella Y
Carolini, PhD,
and poster presentations by CUPID's 2009 summer interns. Please check
back for
update on exact location.
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