Sustainable Development & the Built Environment?
A Development Dialogue hosted by CUPID Representatives from the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning
Who: Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner
Urban Think Tank / SLUM Lab
When: Tuesday, March 30, 6:30-8pm
Where: Avery Ware (6th Floor)
Refreshments Provided
3. “Unlocking the Power of Collaboration and Technology for Development?
Date: Thursday, April 1st
Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Feldberg Lounge, Warren Hall
Following the recent disaster in Haiti, the World Bank partnered with major players such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and McKinsey to engage volunteers to create technical tool to be used by the government of Haiti in the reconstruction. This discussion will explore the effective private sector collaboration with the World Bank in response to the earthquake in Haiti as well the potential of private sector collaboration to help mitigate the impact of additional disasters, such as that in Chile, before they happen. This project leveraged the expertise of each respective company and engaged volunteer technical communities. This application is continuously being updated and improved and is used as a decision-making tool by each line minister in Haiti to begin planning for reconstruction.
Featuring speakers from McKinsey, Microsoft, Crisis Commons & The World Bank. Lunch will be served.
Speakers:
Michael Chui, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
Stuart Gill, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank
Marc Forni, Disaster Risk Financing Analyst, The World Bank
Patrick Svenburg, Sr. Manager, Developer and Platform Evangelist, Microsoft
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder, Crisis Commons
Moderator: Professor Garrett Van Ryzin
4. 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
5. Invitation to the entire CUPID community to run for open CUPID board positions.
Open positions (number available):
VP of Programs (1)
VP of Finances (2)
VP of Communications (1)
Conference Chairs (2)
Journal Chair (1)
Potential Candidates should submit about a 200 word statement describing their backgrounds and interests in the position. Statements are DUE BY 5pm, APRIL 2, 2010. Statements will then be posted through a SurveyMonkey poll for a vote by CUPID listserve members. All decisions will then be approved CUPID’s current executive board. If you are interested in any of the above positions, please contact Angelie Singh at as3574@columbia.edu for details on responsibilities.
6. Save the Date! CUPID’s Annual Alumni Event
Date: April 30, 2010
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Backroom at Havana Central
Development in 2010: CUPID’s Annual Alumni Event Dinner, Wine, and Live Music for Columbia Alum and Students!
Keynote Address with Dr. Richard Deckelbaum.
Musical Guests: Franklin Fisher and The Heights Collective (TBC).
Tickets will be available for purchase soon through CU TICs so be ready to get them right away! They will cost $12 for Students with CUID, $30 for CU Alum, which covers a delicious Cuban dinner and two drinks (incredible deal!). Space will be limited.
7. 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. The Double Burden of Disease: Is Globalization Changing the Face of Disease?
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Location: Humphrey Auditorium, 14th Floor, Room 240, Vanderbilt Clinic, 622 168th Street
As the food supply becomes global, developing nations increasingly face the burden of both over and under nutrition. This nutrition transition is associated with increasing rates of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Henry Greenberg, co-author of ?A Race Against Time: The Challenge of Cardiovascular Disease in Developing Economies? will come to speak to us about the nature of this increase in non-communicable disease and its impact on the health systems in developing nations.
Featuring: Dr. Henry Greenberg, Editor-in-chief, Progress in Cardiovascular
Diseases; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Associate Director, Cardiology, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
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