Name: Thuy Dao Major: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability For senior Thuy Dao, working overseas was an opportunity that she just could not pass up. What she did not expect was to receive the opportunity to pitch innovative eco-friendly products to the local government of New Delhi. Thuy worked for Prothsahan Team, a NGO that focuses [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – A Bitter Aftertaste on International Workers’ Day
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
May Day, or International Worker’s Day – the global counterpart of our beloved Labor Day holiday – proves to be a heated platform for protests and remonstrations again this year as workers lashed out to lament growing economic unrest this past Wednesday. Although global ‘Labor Day’ movements seemed to start off ‘quietly’ on May 1st [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – Hong Kong: Stalled Ships Underlie Larger Problems
April 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
We are all familiar with strikes. Sometimes a strike will take a few days to resolve – sometimes much longer. In Hong Kong’s Hongkong International Terminals port, a strike has stalled global business and commerce since March 28th of this year. Due to the strike, some cargo ships face delays upwards of 60 hours (whereas [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – Australia Strengthens Ties with China
April 19, 2013 By 4 Comments
Julia Gillard, Australia’s Prime Minister, visited China last week to negotiate a currency conversion agreement with China and to reassure China that its expanding military ties with the U.S. should not pose a problem to China’s interests. The agreement would help position the Chinese yuan on a more focused path towards full convertibility on global [...]
Free Admission to the Rubin Museum!
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just because you’re a student at Baruch College, the Rubin Museum located in Chelsea, welcomes you to visit their museum free of charge simply by showing your Baruch ID. Offer is open to faculty and staff! The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) is home to a comprehensive collection of art from the Himalayas and [...]
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