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 LASPAU Founder Dies at Age 89: David Henry, former director of admissions and director of the Office of International Students at Harvard University, and the founder and first chair of LASPAU, passed away on June 27, 2008. Through LASPAU and an earlier initiative, the African Scholarship Program of American Universities, Henry recognized the need to provide educational opportunities for youths of limited economic means in fields that would contribute to the development of their home countries. His vision, which inspires LASPAU’s activities to this day, has led to significant advancements in Latin America and the Caribbean in areas ranging from higher education to sustainable development to community leadership. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. Boston Globe Obituary for David Henry |
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 Asociación Antamina and Peruvian Fulbright Commission Sign Agreement for New Scholarship Program: On Jun 4, 2008, the Asociación Antamina and the Fulbright Commission in Peru signed an agreement to create a new Fulbright scholarship program for the Ancash region of Peru. Honorary President of the Fulbright Commission U.S. Ambassador Michael McKinley presided over the signing ceremony. The agreement establishes a fund that will provide five scholarships per year for three years to professionals from the northern Peruvian region of Ancash where the Antamina Mining Company operates. The scholarships will allow the recipients to pursue master’s degrees beginning in the fall of 2009 in the priority fields of study for the program, which include business, engineering, and the environment. 
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 LASPAU Staff Represent Organization at NAFSA Annual Conference: Five LASPAU staff members attended the NAFSA 2008 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., which took place May 26-30, 2008. As part of the week-long conference, two LASPAU staff members served as trainers for two of the pre-conference workshops: Program Advisor and SEVIS Coordinator Renee Hahn Burke (pictured above, left) was a trainer for the Professional Practice Workshop "J Regulation – Advanced' and Associate Director for Programs Craig Hastings (pictured above, right) was a trainer for the workshop “Sponsored Programs: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How."
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 COLCIENCIAS Grantee Awarded a UNESCO-L’Oréal Women in Science Fellowship: In March 2008, Lina María Saavedra Díaz (COLCIENCIAS, Colombia) was awarded a 2008 UNESCO-L’Oréal Women in Science Fellowship at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Each year, the program awards scholarships to 15 young women from around the world who are working in the life sciences at the doctoral or post-doctoral levels and whose research projects have been accepted by institutions outside their home countries. Saavedra’s project examines ways in which communities in Colombia can conserve the marine environments of fisheries while still allowing for the sustainable use of some fish species. Fishing is an economic staple of coastal communities in Colombia, but many local fisheries are at risk of overexploitation due to unsustainable fishing practices and other factors. |
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 UAT Workshop Marks the Launch of New Leadership Program: In September 2007, Secretary General of the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) Olga Hernández Limón and Executive Director of LASPAU Ned Strong signed an agreement for a specialized leadership program and seminar for UAT faculty . The signing took place at the Leadership Workshop for Tamaulipas, a seminar designed for UAT by LASPAU through the Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Innovación Académica (IDIA). In December 2007, 30 UAT academic and administrative leaders, including UAT President José Ma. Leal Gutiérrez, will convene in Cambridge for a seminar on leadership in education.
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 Fulbright Alumnus Invited to Serve as Visiting Professor at Harvard University: Fulbright alumnus Rafael Fernández de Castro has been invited to serve as a Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies at Harvard University. The Professorship, administered by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, enables Harvard faculty to nominate distinguished Latin American academics from any field to teach at the University for a semester or a full year. While at Harvard, Fernández will teach a Department of Government course for undergraduate and graduate students titled “U.S.-Mexican Relations.” He has published many books and articles on Mexican foreign policy and the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States, including a book entitled United States and Mexico: Between Partnership and Conflict, co-authored with Harvard’s Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge Domínguez.
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 Fulbright Alumna Elected as First Female President of UTP: Marcela Paredes was chosen as the first female president of the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) by a majority of UTP faculty, staff, and students. Paredes will replace current president and USAID alumnus Salvador Rodríguez on February 3, 2008, the end of his five-year term. Paredes currently serves as the academic vice president of UTP’s center for higher education. Prior to that, she served as dean of the UTP electrical engineering department from 2001 to 2003 and worked with Rodriguez to facilitate a dialogue on the Social Security Fund in 2005. Paredes received a master’s degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 through the Fulbright Faculty Development Program.
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 President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández Reyna Meets with LASPAU Staff and Grantees: Following a luncheon on September 24, 2007, hosted by the Harvard Foundation to honor President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic, a group of LASPAU-administered grantees studying at Harvard University and other universities in the Boston area had the opportunity to meet and speak with the President. Fernández was at Harvard to receive the Harvard Foundation Medal for his creation of the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), a Dominican non-profit organization dedicated to producing public policies to strengthen democracy and governability and promoting sustainable development and the modernization of the Dominican Republic. |
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E.One.Caribbean Project: Linking non-governmental organizations in the Caribbean with intellectual, financial, human resources of the region and its diaspora
Interim
Report on the Border Ozone Reduction and Air
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