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Students at the Taj Mahal in January 2020
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. Wikipedia
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More Pictures from India
Dr. Polkinghorn and students meet with Arun Gandhi in India -- touring around during the Winter break!
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Peter Kelly | New Center Senior Research Fellow
A native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Peter Kelly has worked with survivors of terrorism for two decades. As a campaign strategist for those affected by 'Ireland's September 11th' and other global atrocities, Peter has leveraged the power of the media and political arena to promote justice and solidarity for terrorism victims worldwide. As a political journalist, speechwriter and tactician, Peter has networked global survivors groups together to promote their role within counter terrorism efforts. At the Center, he researches these dynamics in new programs to involve victims voices' in countering violent extremism, an initiative supported by the United Nations. Peter holds…
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Dec
2019
Noah Cline: Senior Research Fellow on Fulbright to Taiwan
Right after graduation Noah, a Senior Research Fellow with the center, headed out for military training. He managed to make it back to SU for a week in July and then departed for Taiwan to undertake his Fulbright Scholar experience. Noah is one of four SU students who received a Fulbright this year. It is the highest academic honor the Federal Government bestows and he is an ideal recipient. Through Fulbright he is working on a Masters degree in Asia-Pacific Studies at the National Chengchi University. Noah will then report for active duty.
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Abiodun Adeoye: In Tanzania on a Boren Scholarship
Abey was the first undergraduate to receive the center’s UNITAR Fellow as well as a recipient of the Bosserman UNESCO Fellowship. He is in Tanzania on a Boren Scholarship studying Swahili and will return in February. Abey has received other scholarship offers and is in the envious, if not stressful, position of having to decide what to do next as he completes his studies at SU.
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Dec
2019
Nathanial Samson will Return to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in 2020
Over the last two semesters Nate has experienced some trouble making it to class but not because he is cutting and heading to the beach. Far from it – literally. Nate is spending most of his time overseas. From January to July of this year he was a Bosserman UNESCO Fellow working at its Paris Headquarters. Nate came back to SU for about a week in July and then headed off to Poland on a Boren Scholarship to study Polish and to conduct field research. While in Poland Nate is visiting various sites as he explores the Polish perspective on…
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Brian Anderson – Going to Paris on the Bosserman UNESCO Fellowship
Brian is in his second year of the Masters of Art in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution (MACADR) program and is a mentor in the center. In January Brian will go to Paris on the Bosserman UNESCO Fellowship where he will be working at UNESCO Headquarters in the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) unit. Brian’s personal life journey will be an asset to UNESCO as he has come from an environment where violence of all forms is prevalent. That experience, and his training in conflict analysis and dispute resolution, makes him an ideal person for the position. After UNESCO Brian…