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Jude Alawa is from Miami, Florida by way of Damascus, Syria, and is interested in the intersection of medicine and international affairs, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones. Alawa recognizes the potential for targeted humanitarian interventions, and he hopes to study and craft effective measures to increase access to health care and medical technology in marginalized communities. Alawa continues to work with partners in the field to develop cancer prevention programs in health clinics for unders

Studying cancer awareness among Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens

Jude Alawa, who is graduating this month with a B.A. in Global Affairs and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology will be heading to the University of Cambridge,...

Colloquium on Social Justice, Solidarity, and Forced Migration

The Colloquium on Social Justice, Solidarity, and Forced Migration took place on March 7. It was funded by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, and...

World Ignores Mass Detentions of Migrants

Governments rely on inhumane treatment of migrants and asylum seekers as a deterrence strategy, joining a dangerous race to the bottom.

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Faculty research grants announced

The Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses is pleased to announce research grants available to ladder faculty in...

Climate Induced Migration and Displacement Conference

A two-day conference focusing on climate induced migration and displacement will be hosted at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at...

Yale Interdisciplinary Conference on Migration and South Asia

The South Asian Studies Council, the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, and the Departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, and Political Science at...

Professor Panter-Brick being interviewed about workshop.

Health and humanitarian action workshop

The workshop “Health and Humanitarian Action: Bridging Gaps between Research and Practice” took place on April 13, 2018. The event brought together distinguished...

Digital Refugees: Displacement and Connectedness

Sandra Ponzanesi, Columbia University
Thursday, January 25 at 4:30pm
This talk addresses the paradoxes of displacement and connectedness in...

Want To Help Someone In A Poor Village? Give Them A Bus Ticket Out

The loan was tiny. Just $19 to buy a bus ticket. But for Mariful Islam, the difference it made was immense. Islam is 24. He...

Catherine Panter-Brick, professor of anthropology, health, and global affairs and director of the Conflict, Resilience, and Health Program at the MacMillan Center

Intervention reduces ‘stress hormone’ in war-affected youth

A new study shows that a humanitarian program to improve the mental health of adolescents affected by the Syrian war has a biological benefit: For participants in the...