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IDG PHD STUDENT PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON THE LIBERIAN STATE OF EMERGENCY
04/28/09

What befalls the economy in countries that descend into violence? Topher McDougal, IDG PhD student explores the question in his recent article in the scholarly journal, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. The full article can be read here.

 

IDG STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS FULBRIGHT AWARD
04/17/09

Nicholas Dubroff, MCP '09 has won a Fulbright Public Policy Initiative Grant award for research in Mexico next year. Nicholas plans to use it to study urbanization and the growth of irregular settlements along Mexico City's urban periphery. This project builds on his thesis, in which he has been studying community resistance to environmental remediation projects—undertaken by the Mexico City government—and what approaches planners can employ to achieve environmental protection in rapidly-urbanizing areas.

 

IDG STUDENT WINS AKPIA@MIT TRAVEL AWARD
04/17/09

Bernatette Baird-Zars, MCP 2010, is the recipient of a travel grant for her proposal entitled, Aleppo, Visions of Revitalization in Syria.