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The Department Undergraduate Group (DUG)

The DS DUG is a student-run organization that plans activities relating to the DS concentration. In recent years the DS DUG has organized programs, panels, and debates on topics relating to development, as well as a series of social events and workshops for DS students. We urge you to get involved! The DS DUG leaders for the 2006-07 academic year are:


    Cynthia Wise ('07.5)
    Vidya Putcha ('08)
    Nicole Summers ('08)
    Nathan Wyeth ('08)

For more information on events or how to get involved, please e-mail DSDUG@brown.edu

 

On November 8, 2004 , the D.S. DUG sponsored the "International Perspectives on the Outcome of the U.S. Election" faculty-student panel. Panelists presented a range of perspectives on the implications of the election results for Latin America , Africa , South Asia , East Asia and Europe .

 

The panelists (left to right): Professor Rene Mayorga, Watson Institute ( Latin America ); Jae Ku, Watson Institute Fellow ( East Asia ); Miguel Glatzer, Watson Institute Visiting Professor ( Europe ); Professor Patrick Heller, Department of Sociology ( South Asia ); Bongani Ngqulunga, Graduate student in Sociology ( Africa )

 

Miguel Glatzer and Bongani Ngqulunga listen to Professor Patrick Heller discuss South Asian reactions to the U.S. election

 

Watson Fellow Jae Ku discussed the implications of President Bush's re-election for U.S. policies toward East Asia

 

 

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