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Current print newsletter:

DAK 34 fall 2019

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Past print newsletters:

DAK 33 spring 2019

DAK 32 fall 2018

DAK 31 winter 2018

DAK 30 spring 2017

DAK 29 fall 2016

DAK 28, Spring 2016

DAK 27, Summer 2015

Dak 26, Fall 2014

Dak 25, Spring 2014

DAK 24, Summer 2013

DAK 23, Winter 2012/2013

DAK 22, Spring 2012

Dak 21, Spring 2011

Dak 20, Fall 2010

DAK 19, Spring 2010

DAK 18, Fall 2009

DAK 17, Winter 2008/2009

DAK 16, Spring 2008

Bringing in the New Year in India: How Cars and Chaos Gave Me Hope

Bringing in the New Year in India: How Cars and Chaos Gave Me Hope

By Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez, Instructor of Construction and Environmental Technology at Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, New York, was a 2019-2020 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, he reflects on the many challenges facing India and how

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Addressing Eco-Disparity in India

Addressing Eco-Disparity in India

By Amar Sawhney and Jessica R. Barnes Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction and Interior Design at Miami-Dade College, and Jessica Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, were participants in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to

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Planning for Informal Settlements in India

Planning for Informal Settlements in India

By Jessica R. Barnes and Amar Sawhney Jessica Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, and Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction and Interior Design at Miami-Dade College, were participants in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to

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Informal Economies in India

Informal Economies in India

By Brian Turnbull Brian Turnbull, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Instruction with the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida and was a participant in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay he describes what ‘informal

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Faculty in space

Faculty in space

Faculty: Sian Proctor 

Description: “In 2021, geoscientist, explorer, and community college professor Sian Proctor became the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft as part of the SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian crew.”

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Peace Centers

Peace Centers

Faculty: Amar Sawhney & Jessica Barnes

Description: Example of Professor Sawhney’s Peace Center student projects joining the Miccosukee community in Florida with designs focused on studies of Jaipur, Chandigarh, Harappa and Brasilia.

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U.S. Department of Education Features AIIS Summer DIL Student Fellow Lydia Hill’s Virtual Exhibit

Howard University student Lydia Hill, who received an AIIS Digital India Learning Initiative summer student fellowship, created a virtual exhibit “A Peek Into Indigenous Furniture: Through the Eyes of Lydia Hill,” that was featured in the U.S. Department of Education’s widely distributed September 2022 IFLE Newsletter. The

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