Study Abroad Student Photo Contest Winners

Fordham's Office of International and Study Abroad Programs held a photo contest this semester and the results were stunning.

Placing in the top three were:

• Michael Noel, a junior at the College of Business Administration, got the top spot for his photo, "Mind the Gaper." Noel studied at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand last fall and captured the winning photo while climbing through the Aoraki mountain range.

• Fordham College at Lincoln Center junior Alexandra Palomino snapped "Due Biciclette" while taking a "glimpse down a street on a quiet afternoon in Ravenna, Italy." Palomino studied abroad in Florence, Italy, this past fall.
  

• Fordham College at Rose Hill junior Stephanie Caruso won third place for "Catch of the Day." Caruso studied in Cape Coast, Ghana, and the photo of fisherman bringing in Red Snapper was taken in the waters surrounding Ganvie Village in Benin.

Joseph Rienti, assistant director and international programs coordinator for International and Study Abroad Programs, said the contest was open to all study abroad alumni from the Fall 2007 through Fall 2008 semesters. The three winners were selected out of a total of 36 entries at two study abroad fairs held in early April. Students, faculty, and staff voted at the fairs. Sodexho Food Services and the University Book store donated prizes for the winners.

—Gina Vergel

International Studies Conference

This week Fordham hosts the Second Annual International Studies Conference, sponsored by the International Studies Program, on Wednesday and Thursday, April 22 and 23, 2009: “Issues and Careers: What Does the Future Hold?” in Lowenstein Center, at the University’s Lincoln Center campus.

Registration
Contact Tom De Luca (put “IS Conference” in the subject field), and include the names of attendees and the sessions they’ll be attending: eg., “Session I & II.”

Session I | Wednesday, April 22
(All rooms are in Lowenstein Center)

2:30 p.m. | Room 816
Human Rights Crises in the World Today: The Challenges Ahead
Savita Pawnday, Coordinator, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Nicolas Burniat, Crimes Against Humanity Program Fellow, Human Rights First

3:35 p.m. | Room 816
Global Warming and Energy: What the International Community Must Do
Paolo Galizzi, Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School
Colin Cathcart, Co-Director of Environmental Studies, Fordham University

4:40 p.m. | Room 816
Nuclear Arms: The Continuing Threat & the Prospects for Disarmament
Rhianna Tyson, Senior Officer, Global Security Institute
Tom De Luca, Director of International Studies, Fordham University

Session II | Thursday, April 23

11:30 a.m. | Room 524
The Global Economic Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and What Needs to Be Done
David Gold, former United Nations economist, Professor of International Affairs, New School University
Falguni Sen, Professor of Management, Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration

12:35 p.m. | Room 524
Careers in International Studies (Lunch Provided)
Matt Clemons, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
David Gold, Professor of International Affairs, New School University

1:15 p.m. | Room 524
Human and Labor Rights, Business Responsibility, and the Global Economic Crisis
Annabel Short, Head of Program, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Falguni Sen, Professor of Management, Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration