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Nutrition not only improves the quality of life of children with cancer, but also increases their survival rates. Speaking at a public lecture organized by Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai in January, Professor Ladas said “Research has shown that poor nutrition of children has resulted in increase in length of their hospitalization and chances of re-admission, increased side effects of cancer therapy and could even result in them abandoning cancer therapy.”
Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai and the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University are pleased to announce a new initiative to advance science and improve public health outcomes in India enabled by a generous gift from the distinguished philanthropist, Dr. Yusuf Hamied. Through fellowships, public lectures, and the creation of pedagogical resources, the 'Yusuf Hamied Faculty Exchange Program in Health' will promote mutual learning and collaboration.
L’universitaire Safwan Masri soutient, dans un entretien au « Monde », que la transition démocratique tunisienne s’explique par des facteurs endogènes difficilement reproductibles.
On January 6, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing successfully hosted an alumnae gathering event for Barnard College. This event brought together alumnae representing different backgrounds and industries to connect with each other, to reminisce about their school days, and to share their learning and experiences along with career advice to current students.
On January 5, 2018, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing and Columbia University's 2018 SIPA China Delegation co-hosted the 2018 SIPA China Delegation X Alumni Night. This is the second year the Beijing Center supports SIPA Delegation after the Innovator’s Night panel in 2017.
Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut will be hosting a book talk event that will include a discussion between Maha Yahya, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center, and Safwan M. Masri, Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University, for the launch of his new book on January 9, 2018.
Led by Khaled Malas and taking place over the course of eight meetings, a group of applicants viewed the encounter with Qusayr ’Amra as a singular lens into the continuities and distinctions associated with contemporary understandings of the first centuries of Islamicate space-making and visual culture.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in partnership with Columbia University, will be holding the third regional cultural heritage workshop, The Future of the Past: Addressing the Cultural Heritage Crisis in Iraq and Syria.
To commemorate the one hundred year anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Columbia Global Centers | Amman hosted a workshop in partnership with Dr. Ghada Karmi, Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, on October 28.
This project remains ongoing and aims to address the adverse effects of armed conflict on the mental health of individuals, families and communities in Yemen, to bring mental health concerns into Yemen’s peace and reconciliation processes, and to strengthen recognition of the human right to mental health in Yemen and internationally.
Based at Columbia Global Center in Amman, this initiative reaches out to young people to promote and advance youth leadership development. Four young leaders from the MENA region were hosted during the first year of the program, from November 2016 to May 2017, who spoke and interacted with fellow youth who stand to benefit from positive role models.