UPCOMING CUPID EVENTS
1. CUPID Spring Bike Ride (April 17th OR May 2nd)
All CUPID members are cordially invited to join a group of energetic, international development-minded students on a morning bike ride from Columbia University, through Manhattan to Brooklyn, ending in either a picnic lunch or hot food vendor spree!
For more information and rsvp link, please follow this url:
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/TTJQNUQPHCAVWAXRNIDA/cupidbikeride
2. CUPID Review: Call for submissions
CUPID Review is an annual online publication showcasing Columbia students’ experiences with international development through different media and disciplines of study.
2010 Inaugural Theme: Party like it’s 2015: Progressing Toward the
Millennium Development Goals
Invited submissions include both academic and creative forms of writing, artwork and visual media. This may include, but is not limited to: scholarly research, project proposals and evaluations, policy analysis, personal reflection essays, poetry and short stories, short video clips, visual art, and photography. For visual pieces, please provide a written description of how your work contributes to the Review Theme.
Submissions are due March 15, 2010. Papers/links to visual media files should be emailed to cupidjournal@gmail.com.
3. CUPID is looking for student groups to highlight at our monthly general assembly meetings in a new series title “Student Group Spotlight.” If your group has an international development focus, and you would like to inform a larger body of students from Columbia of your mission and upcoming projects and events, please contact us at cupid@columbia.edu with your group name, mission statement, and presentation ideas.
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CUPID CO-SPONSORED EVENTS
1. Public Health & Human Rights: Translating Research to Advocacy
Date: Thursday, March 4
Time: 5:30 – 7 pm
Location: Hess Commons, Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168th St (near 168th 1/A/C stop), Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
*Dinner provided*
Panel Speakers:
Joseph Amon, Ph.D., Director of Health and Human Rights division, Human Rights Watch
Jonathan Cohen, J.D., Director of Law and Health Initiative, Open Society Institute
Sara L.M. Davis, Ph.D., Executive Director, Asia Catalyst
CUPID Development Dialog, co-sponsored by Global Health Forum
