In our News section, as listed below, you will find information about lectures, conferences, events, jobs, and internship positions at Columbia University and other areas in New York and across the globe.
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Côte Sud Initiative, HAITI: GIS Analyst Department/Center: CIESIN Project Background: The Côte Sud Initiative (CSI) is a long-term sustainable development initiative in the South Department of Haiti. The CSI is the proving ground for the theory, technology, and partnerships put into practice in an integrated manner within a specific region. Launched in January… read more
From the CGT website: The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University is looking for talented and motivated interns for the Fall semester. Internships offer exposure to the study of globalization at an Ivy League university, as well as experience in office management, event planning and online communications. Global Thought interns support the production of… read more
Two Special Workshops on Facilitation with Troubled and “Difficult” Populations facilitated by Tony Cealy 1. Beyond Resistance: A Training Course for Facilitators in Dealing with Resistance (Friday, September 7, 2012) 2. Robust Games and Exercises for “Difficult” Groups and Individuals (Saturday, September 8) [Note: Tony Cealy will facilitate “The Argument Room: An Interactive Debating Forum… read more
Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace is presenting a white paper at the European Science Foundation’s “In Search of Peace” research conference Click here for the white paper. Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
REGISTER TODAY TO SECURE THE EARLY-BIRD RATE FOR THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE! The Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference Committee invites you to attend their 2012 Annual Meeting, to be held on the campus of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts (Boston metro area), from Thursday October 4 through Saturday October 6, in conjunction with the Tufts… read more
New blog post from our colleagues at CIESIN Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
Gene Sharp profiled in New York Times. “The Quiet American.” Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
Roi Ben-Yehuda in Al Jazeera on Netanyahu’s Kennedy Moment Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
We mourn the passing of Roger D Fisher, co-author of the landmark 1981 book “Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In” and co-founder of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University. Roger Fisher died on Saturday, August 25 aged 90. Fisher’s ideas along with those of his co-authors William Ury and Bruce Patton, have influenced almost… read more
Check out Professor Peter Coleman‘s latest blog in the Huffington Post: “Last week Congress sailed for vacation and in its wake left floundering a bill to reauthorize and reform the national farm program (which includes the food stamp program), a bill to protect the US Postal Service, and a bill on cybersecurity for the US… read more