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Second Fox Fellowship Reunion in Paris June 16-17, 2012
The Fox International Fellowship Reunion is planned for June 16-17, 2012 in Paris, France. Sciences Po will host the reunion for the Fox alumni from our twelve partner institutions and Yale. For more information on the reunion, please contact the Yale Fox Fellowship office through Anne.Kellett@yale.edu or Julia.muravnik@yale.edu.
Going Backwards? Forestry Regulation Reform in Brazil
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Marcelo de Camargo Furtado, Executive Director of Greenpeace Brazil; Sébastien Jodoin, Trudeau Doctoral Scholar at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; and Gabriela Bueno de Almeida Moraes (Fox Fellow 2009-10), LL.M. Candidate at Yale Law School on Tuesday, participated in a conversation about forestry issues in Brazil, in particular the proposed reform of the country’s Forest Code (enacted in 1965) and its impact on deforestation rates, in addition to climate change. The Forest Code regulates all types of forests in Brazil, including the so-called “Legal Amazon” region, the Cerrado (savannah) and the Atlantic Forest, with specific provisions for each type of forest cover. Visit http://envirocenter.yale.edu/calendar/63/89-Going-Backwards-Forestry-Regulation-Reform-in-Brazil for more information.
Thanksgiving Tradition
On October 23, the 2010-11 Fox Fellows at Yale enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fox at their home in Norfolk, Connecticut.
Trip to Hartford
On October 21, the Fellows spent a day at the Capital Building in Hartford. A member of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut explained the history of the Capital and the legislative process. The group the House and Senate chambers as well as the Legislative Office Building, and the Connecticut Hall of Fame. The Fellows finished the day with a visit to the Harriett Beecher Stowe museum where they learned more about the rich history of American authors in Connecticut.
Adam Krieger Adventure Course
On October 14, this year’s group of Fox Fellows climbed to new heights while participating in the Adam Krieger Adventure Course at the Hopkins School.
Fox International Fellows and World Fellows Meet in Discussions Conclave
On Monday September 26th, this year's Fox Fellows, joined by visiting Fox alum, Michael Eastman from Cape Town, and the Yale World Fellows met for an evening of dinner and discussion at the Greenberg Center on Prospect Street in New Haven. This year marks nearly ten years for the two groups exchange of ideas and scholarly discussions.
September 20 Fox Lecture by Ulrich Volz Open to Public
Ulrich Volz, Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), will give a lecture on “Global Imbalances and East Asian Exchange Rates" on September 20, 2011. Ulrich is the editor or co-editor of several books, including Towards Monetary and Financial Integration in East Asia (Edward Elgar Publishing, May 2009), Regional and Global Liquidity Arrangements (DIE, October 2010), and Regional Integration, Economic Development and Global Governance (Edward Elgar Publishing, July 2011). He is the author of Prospects for Monetary Cooperation and Integration in East Asia, published by the MIT Press in June 2010.
New Class of Fox Fellows Arrive at Yale
This year’s “class” of Fellows made a more-than-usually dramatic entry, just in time for the advent of Hurricane Irene. The storm made for some juggling of living quarters for the duration. Now however the fall semester is off to a roaring start. The Fellows have begun to get to know one another, are meeting with Professor Julia Adams, the Joseph C. Fox Director of the Fox Fellowship Program, and are exploring the intellectual opportunities at Yale. For a list of the incoming fellows, see http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/fif/currentfellows.html.
Notes from Abroad
Auriane Guilbaud, 2010-2011Fox Fellow form Sciences Po, presented a paper at the last Congress of the French Political Science Association entitled "Contestation as a factor of change: the case of the global intellectual property regime". It focuses on the current contestation of the TRIPS Agreement in the domain of access to medicines, showing how actors of the contestation avail themselves of the technological progress, ideological discourse and shifts in the balance of power in order to initiate change.
Daniela Lorenz, Fox Fellow to Yale Fall 2010, was appointed Assistant Professor of Economics at the Frei Universtät in Berlin in May 2011.
William Attwell, Fox Fellow to Yale, AY10-11, has recently been appointed Senior Researcher in charge of policy at the National Headquarters of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the liberal opposition party in South Africa. He’ll be involved in building the DA's policy platform in preparation for the 2014 national elections, with a focus on growing the economy and creating jobs.
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