Tagged Global Issues

To many, the four letters JBIP do not mean anything, but means the world to TEDxCharlotte 2011′s home, Queens University of Charlotte. Traditional third-year students in good standing with the University are given the opportunity to participate in The John Belk International Program (JBIP). Each year, countries all around the world are selected for students [...]

MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems — those we know how to solve, but don’t. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology … yet somehow, we don’t or can’t. [...]