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CUPID EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. CUPID is looking for representatives starting Spring 2012! 

As a student-led effort across Columbia to facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness and action on international development, CUPID strives to create a foundation of dialogue. We hold several events each year, including an alumni networking event and a conference that serves to foster growth in the international development community here. One of our goals is for all schools at Columbia to be involved!
 
As a representative selected you would be in a supportive role to the list of many officers on the board This position allows you to explore the role of the executive board and find out if its a good fit for you to apply next year to lead CUPID!

An information session for CUPID representatives will take place Feb 9 from 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm at Havana Central (2911 Broadway)! There will be a raffle and CUPID executive board members to share more about what it means to be part of CUPID!

If you know you are interested and would like to fill out a form of interest, please contact Nadine Rose; uni: nrc2124.

If you know that you would like to know more about CUPID, you can join the listerv by e-mailing Ann Adams; uni: aea2139.

2. Don’t have plans for the summer?  Think again!  Apply for a US or international internship today.

Here are some positions that may be of particular interest to you:

• CEOAmman: Research Intern, The King Hussein FoundatioN
• CEOAmman: Community Development Program – Marketing and Design Intern, King Hussein FoundatioN
• CEOAmman: Sustainability Researcher, Sustainability ExcellencE
• CEOBeijing: Project Management Intern (4 positions), The Ivy Group
• CEOBeijing: Landscape Design Summer Intern, AECOM
• CEOBeijing: Business Development Assistant Intern, Beijing Longtan Lake Sports Park Investment & Development Co, Ltd
• CEOBeijing: Architecture Landscape Designer, Beijing Longtan Lake Sports Park Investment & Development Co, Ltd
• CEOHong Kong: Urban Design Summer Intern, AECOM
• CEOHong Kong: Landscape Design Summer Intern, AECOM
• CEOShanghai: Landscape Design Summer Intern, AECOM
  

Check out additional internships available across the U.S. and the world through CCE’s summer internship programs—over 100 US and international positions are listed here.  Remember, FREE housing is included in all CEO Programs!

Apply by the January 29th deadline on LionSHARE! 

To apply and for more information, please visit: http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/SummerInternships2012

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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

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.