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Weekly update from PND

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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital receives $50 million gift. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has announced a $50 million gift from Grant Verstandig and the Verstandig Family Foundation in support of the Medical/Surgical Pavilion currently under construction. Read more. . November 4, 2021.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a geek who is trying to apply tech for good, it is instructive to hear the critiques. People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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Women, Girls, Education and Global Health: Interview with Carinne Brody

Have Fun - Do Good

She is conducting an evaluation of a reproductive health voucher program in Uganda and Cambodia as part of her dissertation, and she co-instructs the International Maternal and Child Health Seminar, and the Maternal and Child Health Core course at UC Berkeley.