Feb. 2007 Newsletter Contents

1. From the Director (Renate Holub)

Dear ISF students, alumnae, and friends of the ISF community,
It's my great pleasure to introduce you to three exciting ISF novelties:
First, thanks to Prof. Cipolat's energy and vision read more ...

2. ISF Advice (Dawn Strough)

Dear ISF students,
I hope your semester has gotten off to a fabulous start! It seems so appropriate that our first issue of our new-and-improved newsletter coincides with read more ...

• Opportunities
  Travel Study Program in Switzerland (Summer 2007)
  Applications are now accepted for the 4th edition of this exciting course, which will take place read more ...
  
• Events
  ISF Movie Series "Globalization, Food, and Hunger"
  We're launching a new movie series this semester on a very pertinent topic - "Globalization, Food, and Hunger. Over 850 million people read more ...
  

4. Student Research

• Kathryn Schultz (UCDC): During the fall of 2006, I was fortunate enough to spend my semester in Washington, DC as a participant of the UCDC program. As one of 25 Berkeley students read more ...
• Brittany Murlas (EAP Ghana): I'm a 3rd year Economics and ISF double major; my ISF concentration is titled "Political Economies of Education." I just returned from study abroad in Ghana. While in Ghana read more ...

5. Senior Thesis and Faculty Profiles

• Isabelle La is a current 4th year student in the ISF major with her area of concentration in dilemmas and organization of healthcare systems and healthcare delivery. Her area of study draws from read more ...
• Helen Halpin a professor in the School of Public Health since 1989. Isabelle met Professor Halpin after taking her Health Policy and Management class and had profound interest in the variety of topics read more ...

6. Alumn Profiles

• Ernesto Castaneda-Tinoco: As many Berkeley students, I started as a pre-med student, but after experiencing the breath and wealth of intellectual resources that UC Berkeley had to offered, I enrolled read more ...
• Lily Rose Hartwig: In May of 2005, I completed my Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) with a focus in Integrative Medicine. My Creative Honor's Thesis topic was Exploring Your Inner Depths: read more ...