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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Maddox Jolie-Pitt and landmines. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge about this exotic Southeast Asian country before I arrived. Now, after living here, working in the microfinance industry, and traveling extensively throughout the provinces, I feel a deep connection with...
Now, the 1,200-member church is open seven days a week, its air-conditioned fellowship hall serving as a sort of neighborhood cooling center. Over the last month, the church hosted a "community ministers" program in which college students supervise youths on work assignments such as planting flowers and...
Frenk emphasized the global nature of public health in a phone interview on Tuesday, saying that his top priority as dean would be to strengthen the school’s rapport with the rest of the world. Frenk, who was health minister from 2000 to 2006, was the founding director...
After leaving the health ministry, Frenk was considered a leading candidate for the directorship of World Health Organization, and even won the endorsement of the renowned British medical journal, The Lancet.Frenk, who started his career as an academic researcher before moving into the policy arena, said that he does not...
Patricia Gray, the head of the library's Poetry and Literature Center, describes the laureateship as an "iconic" position. It is the highest honor for a poet in this country, bestowed by the Librarian of Congress, who consults with former laureates, the current laureate and poetry critics in making his...