This pinterest board includes a round up of news placement such as:

• audio from Moral Courage director Irshad Manji on her book Allah Liberty & Love.
• news clip about NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management graduate research assistant Chris Whong’s “Seetra.in App Tracks NYC Subways In Real Time.”
• a new monthly column about our new NYU Wagner Innovations Lab, the first being “Incorporating Innovation into Local Government” by Neil Kleiman, NYU Wagner special advisor to the dean, via Governing.com

FRIDAY APRIL 13: IPSA’s 2012 conference will explore the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as other citizen-led political movements past and present, to better understand the commonalities and differences in successful and attempted large-scale change. Through conversations led by various experts, academics and practitioners, we will examine the players, politics and contexts that have been at the center of recent movements and revolutions and their implications for creating long-term and meaningful change in societies. Varying perspectives and topics, such as women and the MENA movements, the role of social media in change, and developing movements in Latin America and Asia will be presented in the day’s events. 

The conference will also feature an original photography exhibit, “A Place Called Tahrir,” by Sabelo Narasimhan, MPA Candidate 2012 at NYU Wagner. 
For more information on the conference and a list of confirmed speakers please look here.  

RSVP here. #IPSA2012

NYU Civic Team’s upcoming Civic Camp: Act Local, Think Global March 23rd at the NYU Kimmel Center. via @nyucivicteam. one of NYU Wagner’s masters candidates, Amanda Alampi, will be on a panel at this day long intensive workshop.

This post is part of the NYU Wagner IPSA (International Public Service Association) pre-conference blog series. The 9th Annual IPSA Conference, Revolut!on: People, Politics & Change, is coming up on April 13, 2012! #NYUWevents

reuters:A Syrian boy stands in front of a damaged armored vehicle belonging to the Syrian army in a street in Homs January 23, 2012. [REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah]

PHOTOS: More rare images from inside Homs, Syria

theeconomist:

Research is at last beginning to cast some light on the extent, causes and consequences of international marriages. It shows that in many parts of the world, cross-border nuptials are on the rise.

npr:

The United Nations says today symbolically marks the moment when the world’s population reaches 7 billion. A little more than two centuries ago, the global population was 1 billion. How did it grow so big so fast? With the help of a sound montage and video, it gets a little easier to see how the Earth can produce that kind of a crowd.

Watch our video: 7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast

Photo: Adam Cole, Maggie Starbard / NPR

theadventureproject:

Sarah Nakyambadde tends to a sick child. Because of her health care training, Sarah is able to treat and care for preventable diseases like malaria, worms, and dehydration. Learn more at The Adventure Project. Photo by Esther Havens.

timelightbox:

Brent Stirton—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME

Nathan Wolfe runs Global Viral Forecasting, a group that monitors the porous microbiological boundaries between animals and humans, with the aim of identifying emerging viruses before they start causing problems. See more here. 

(via goodneighborsusa)