AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST:

Alice Speri, 2009, (Literature and Government) will conduct legal research and human rights advocacy in collaboration with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court in Cotonou, Benin.

Katharine Walter, 2010, (History and Literature) will work on expanding the maternal and child health program, Sigida Keneyali (Health in Our Homes), for the Mali Health Organizing Project in Sikoro, Mali.

Sarah Sherman, 2009, (History) will be working with reproductive health NGO Pathfinder International to launch a new program for safe abortion information and services in Maputo and surrounding areas of Mozambique.

Elizabeth Nowak, 2010, (African Studies and Global Health) will help to build and implement a center focused on the support of young women in their social and academic lives, especially through peer sexual and mental health counseling. She will be based in Gobaru, Sierra Leone.

Samuel Enumah, 2010, (Neurobiology) will analyze the success of HIV/AIDS education through the medium of soccer at Whizzkids United in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Michael Nguyen, 2009, (Social Anthropology and Government) will work with Lawyers for Human Rights, conducting legal research and assisting with the coordination and Development of their HIV/AIDS, Child Rights, and Refugee Rights Projects in Durban, South Africa.

Ravi Parikh, 2009, (Psychology) will research the time course of psychological improvement in HIV patients undergoing advanced AIDS therapy at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa.

LATIN AMERICA:

Kaitlyn Coil, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology) will study alternative splicing in neurons while working in the lab of Professor Alberto Kornblihtt at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Joseph Thumpasery, 2010, (Applied Mathematics and Economics) will conduct financial research and modeling at DFC Associates, a boutique investment banking firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Anika Grubbs, 2009, (Government and Romance Languages and Literatures) will perform human rights research and fact finding missions with the legal research team of Global Justice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Neagheen Homaifar, 2010, (Social Studies) will be conducting research and analysis to create a financial literacy program for Banco Compartamos, a microfinance bank in Mexico City, Mexico.

ASIA PACIFIC:

Brett Thomas, 2010, (Computer Science) will work at the joint US-China Cooperation on Energy, where he will assist on a program to train 300 Chinese mayors on efficient energy policy and help develop an interactive website for clean energy companies to become active nationwide in Shanghai, China.

Benjamin Wu, 2010, (Economics and Statistics) will be conducting research on the Chinese consumer goods industry and investigating safety regulations at manufacturing factories by working for a national snack brand, Oishi, in Shanghai, China.

Lois Beckett, 2009, (Social Studies) will write features and serve as an editorial assistant for Grazia Magazine, a women’s monthly affiliated with The Times of India in Mumbai, India.

Merav Silverman, 2010, (History and Literature) will be working on public affairs practice while interning at Burson-Marsteller’s corporate office in Gurgaon, India.

Bishnu Thapa, 2010, (Economics) will teach and work with children ages 11-13 in a PestalozziWorld sponsored shelter in Dehradun, India.

Erin Yu, 2010, (Economics) will participate in developing a plan for sustainable expansion and assist in the day-to-day operations of Mimo Finance, a microfinance institution in Dehradun, India.

June-Ho Kim, 2009, (Molecular and Cellular Biology) will evaluate the epidemiology of childhood atopic diseases in the local Maori population and worldwide with the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.

Benjamin Schwartz, 2010, (History and Literature) will work on campaign strategy and constituent relations for Labour New Zealand with Senior Government Whip Tim Barnett in Wellington, New Zealand.

Khang Nguyen, 2009, (Biology) will work with Hanoi Medical University researchers and Ministry of Health officials on current epidemiological concerns in Hanoi, Vietnam.

EUROPE:

Judith Fan, 2010, (Neurobiology and MBB) will join Professor Ray Dolan at University College London in an investigation of the neurobiological underpinnings of the relationship between emotion and memory in London, England.

Natasha Platt, 2010, (Philosophy of Religion) will help curate contemporary art at the Approach Gallery in London, England.

Abigail Fradkin, 2009, (Government and Classics) will do research and translation work for an Iranian human right organization in Paris, France.

Amanda Wallace, 2010, (Neurobiology) will be doing laboratory research on the genetics of autistic disorders at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Paris, France.

Charles Wells, 2010, (Social Studies) will explore the public service sector by aiding the immigrant poor at the Centre d’Action Sociale Protestant, a nonprofit in Paris, France.

Medha Khandelwal, 2010, (Social Studies) will help develop policy proposals at the Club de Madrid to assist governments to improve democracy and social cohesion in Madrid, Spain.

Christopher Lewis, 2009, (Chemistry and Romance Languages and Literatures) will be working for the Hospital Clinico de Barcelona, a free public health institute in the capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

Samantha Fang, 2010, (Economics) will work with the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, where she will conduct research on trade and sustainable energy and write articles for the Center’s publications in Geneva, Switzerland.

Xiang Ling Yap, 2010, (Electrical Engineering) will work on the development of a national cyber-security and self-assessment toolkit for developing countries at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland.