From flooding in Pakistan to earthquakes in Haiti and upheaval in the Middle East, there isn’t much in the evening news to fill folks with hope for the future. But Steve Hollingworth isn’t afraid to roll up his sleeves and get to work on a solution. As COO of CARE, an international humanitarian organization, Hollingworth
Author: Lauren Everitt
Haitian ensemble Boukman Eksperyans energized Northwestern’s Pick Staiger Concert Hall earlier this month with their Grammy-nominated blend of Haitian, Caribbean, rock and reggae rhythms. The audience waved Haitian flags donated by the island’s embassy, a vivid reminder of the concert’s international focus as part of Passport: A Musical Expedition, Northwestern’s 11-day tribute to sounds from
Big events are best told through small stories. At least that’s the approach author Tracy Kidder took for his latest book, Strength is What Remains, which details the journey of a genocide survivor from Burundi, Africa to Columbia University medical school. Kidder has been called a “purposive write,” one who analyzes and exposes larger issues
Neal Ball, founder and honorary chair of the American Refugee Committee, spoke to more than 30 students and faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine as part of a benefit to raise funds for Pakistani flood victims Friday. Twenty million Pakistanis were directly affected by the flooding last summer, and large swaths of farmland are
How much is a kidney worth? According to Sherine Hamdy, a Brown University anthropologist, the going rate in Egypt circa 2006 was approximately $5000. It might not sound like much, but in a country where poverty is high, organ traffickers are persuasive and poor preventative care raises demand—the choice is complicated. Enter Islam into the