Poverty has increased significantly this past year in Madagascar forcing hundreds of thousands of children to skip school and work. The drastic change in poverty is due to a protest movement in January of 2009 that led to a major socio-economic crisis in the country.  This year alone the number of children working has risen [...]

Student Researcher: Devin Taft Faculty Instructor: Christina M. Knopf, Ph.D. Evaluator: Aisling Taft, journalist Since November 2004, “the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entered a sad cycle of killings of media professionals.” Five journalists have been killed in similar circumstances and “it seems these are more likely targeted assassinations that random acts of violence.”  [...]

Student Researcher: Britten Johnson and Wanjiru Mugo Faculty Advisor: Julie Andrzejewski Canada is the largest foreign supplier of oil to the United States sending over 370 million barrels a year, half of which comes from Alberta’s tar sands. Tar Sands oil is extremely toxic to our environment. The amount of energy that you have to [...]