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Yeshiva U. students travel to India, learn about global healthcare
Six Yeshiva U. students traveled to India this past summer to witness firsthand the effects of globalization on health care as part of one of YU's summer courses abroad, spending time in Mumbai and the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) in Jaipur, India.
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Ivy League student presidents restricted during China trip
A delegation of student government presidents from Ivy League universities, including Vincent Andrews, president of Cornell’s Student Assembly, traveled to China for a biannual student networking trip in August. However, the students did not encounter the open dialogue they had expected.
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Column: Go abroad during your time at college
Do it. That's the main advice I give to any George Washington U. students wondering if they should study abroad during their collegiate years. After spending the majority of 2010 outside the U.S.
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Tourism helps impoverished countries
“Please keep visiting. Because of your tourism, I am not an illegal immigrant in your country.” Those were the first words heard from a humble taxi driver when entering the country of the Bahamas.
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Students install water system in Rwanda
For the second consecutive year, Dr. Bill Jordan, professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department, led a mission trip to Musanze, Rwanda.
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Trip to China allows students to grow
While on a three-week study abroad trip to China, business students learned in and out of the classroom. Marko Grünhagen, Lumpkin distinguished professor of entrepreneurship, said it was important students went out of their comfort zone to learn more about themselves.
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Column: Tales from abroad – Cyprus
Sitting on a plane heading to a completely foreign country should not be the first time you open a guidebook to read about that country. Yet here I was, heading to Cyprus for a month-long study abroad program opening my Lonely Planet guide for the first time.
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BP spill in Gulf boosts tourism for NC beaches
After this summer’s oil spill in the Gulf Coast, some environmentalists were concerned that other coastal states could see damaged beaches if the oil drifted north. But instead of oil, it has been tourists who have been making their way up the coast.
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More students studying abroad in Middle East
U. Iowa has seen a substantial increase over the last five years in the number of students studying abroad in the Middle East, mirroring a national trend. Only five students traveled to that region five years ago; last year, the number ballooned to 55.
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