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Russian women are victims of illegal trafficking
In a 1997 survey of tenth-grade girls in Russia, 70 percent responded their career goal was to become "foreign currency prostitutes"; just 10 years before, respondents to a similar survey said they wanted to become teachers, doctors, cosmonauts, and actresses. Lyubov Vertinskaya, an expert on women's issues in Murmansk, a northern Russian city near the Finnish and Swedish borders, gave this disturbing statistic during a recent forum on the illegal trafficking and exploitation of Russian women.
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Staff weighs in with Mercer on compensation
After more than a week's worth of focus group meetings and a flurry of questionnaires, a study to evaluate AU's compensation system has taken a solid sounding of what staff members think about their pay.
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Space symposium comes to campus tomorrow
Despite the presence on campus of a half-size model of the space shuttle, numerous exhibits and displays, and roughly 1,800 registered attendees, tomorrow's symposium on Space Exploration at the Millennium is not expected to significantly disturb regular campus activities, says special events coordinator Lisa Arakaki.
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Kogod students participate in prestigious exchange
The recruitment poster for the University of Paris-Dauphine management program features a bigger-than-life parfaitŃluscious layers of caramel, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, nuts, topped with a cherryŃthat says Rˇservˇ ‡ ceux qui ont de l'appˇtit (reserved for those who have the appetite).
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Interdisciplinary councils expand
The strategic plan's call for scholarship, teaching, and faculty discussion across disciplines and outreach related to broad global messages has begun to be answered. At the February meeting of the Board of Trustees, three new interdisciplinary councils were approved and allotted seed money. The councils will focus on intellectual property, Latin American studies, and the work done by the Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC).
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Audobon Quartet plays music from Terezin
A Greek Jewish girl worked in the agricultural area of Auschwitz, recalls Arnost Lustig. She had a beautiful voice and every day had to sing for the SS soldiers. As she sang, prisoners stopped working and for a few moments entered a world of beauty. When the soldiers realized that her singing lifted the prisoners' spirits, the Nazis threw the girl to vicious dogs that tore her to pieces.
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Yates wins grant to study drug treatment systems
What are the best ways to help substance-abusing criminal offenders get off drugs and on the track toward a healthy and productive life? Exactly how much do various treatment programs cost? Is the most effective approach the most expensive, or can superior results be obtained while saving money?
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Examining Indonesia's elusive democracy
Forty-five different parties are expected to compete in Indonesia's countrywide elections on June 7, which is likely to set the stage for fragmentation as well as coalitions, said Donald Emmerson, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin. On March 4, Emmerson delivered the annual Warren Hunsberger Lecture at the School of International Service.
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