Tufts University

Institute for Global Leadership

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)

Recent News

Institute Director Sherman Teichman celebrates his birthday!

IGL News | Posted Oct 27, 2009

 Happy Birthday Sherman!

From your friends and colleagues at the IGL

 

(image of Sherman Teichman celebrating his birthday)

Popular artist creates mural on campus

IGL News | Posted Jan 28, 2009

Photo by Aalok Kanani / Tufts Daily
Mitchell Geller
The Tufts Daily

World-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey left his distinctive mark at Tufts on Saturday, braving the cold weather and high winds to put up a mural on campus. The visit was part of the 2009 EPIIC International Symposium on Global Cities and coincided with the artist’s upcoming gallery show at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA).

IGL weathers recession storm

IGL News | Posted Jan 28, 2009

Tessa Gellerson
Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Tufts Daily

This article is the second in a four-part series about how the recession has affected different parts of the university.

The economic downturn has found its way to the Tufts campus as both a blessing and a curse for the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), an organization that relies entirely upon external contributions from its network of donors.

IGL Explores Collaboration with Addis Ababa University

IGL News | Posted Oct 31, 2008

NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Fall 2008

In October, as part of a developing collaboration with Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia and Hybricore in Chicago, the IGL hosted two senior members of the Faculty of Technology from AAU courtesy of Gregg Steinberg, the founder of Hybricore.

EPIIC Addresses Global Cities in the Urban Century

IGL News | Posted Oct 28, 2008

NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Fall 2008

With 2007 seeing the first time in history that more of the world’s population is living in urban areas than in rural areas, EPIIC is exploring “Global Cities” as its 2008-09 theme.

A JUMBO ONCE MORE: Tufts Grad and IGL Alumnus Ryan Centner Joins the Tufts Faculty

IGL News | Posted Oct 28, 2008

NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Fall 2008

Ten years after graduating, Tufts graduate and Institute for Global Leadership alumnus Ryan Centner has returned to campus, this time in the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology where he also teaches on the sociology of leadership.

The Next President's Policies Toward Latin America

IGL News | Posted Oct 28, 2008

NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Fall 2008

Sebastian Chaskel
Research Associate, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Bai analyzes Internet’s effect on national politics

IGL News | Posted Oct 28, 2008

photo credit: Rebekah Sokol / Tufts Daily

Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Matt Bai (LA ’90), a political writer for the New York Times Magazine, spoke to students yesterday about the transformative power of the Internet in national elections and the shifting political landscape.

Bai focused his speech on the implications of a possible Obama victory and the unprecedented technological factors underlying this year’s race.