• Empowered to Educate

    Constance Kane

    Published July 27, 2019

    WHO INVESTED IN YOU?

    Graça Machel has said: “When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.”


  • Introducing BNID’s New Executive Director

    Lauren Scribi

    Published June 30, 2019

    Welcoming BNID's New Executive Director, Lauren Scribi


  • Launching the Search for BNID’s Next Executive Director

    Jon Schaffer

    Published April 15, 2019

    It's been a joy and honor to serve as BNID's Executive Director, but I'm excited to launch the search and to pass the torch to the next leader of this organization! 

  • Event Recap: Pachinko

    Sophia Danison

    Published November 5, 2018

    Summary of an event with Min Jin Lee, where she speaks about her National-Book-Award-finalist, New York Times-bestselling novel Pachinko.

  • Event Recap: Chat & Chowder w/ Brookings Senior Fellow, Robert Kagan

    Sophia Danison

    Published October 29, 2018

    Learn about WorldBoston's latest Chant&Chowder installment -- a lively conversation with Senior Brookings Fellow, Robert Kagan. 

  • Event Recap: “Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes”

    Lauren Kostich

    Published November 6, 2017

    BNID attend the recent MIT Starr Forum. Check out our event recap! 

  • Welcome Lauren Kostich – Academic Year Intern

    Jon Schaffer

    Published October 9, 2017

    Lauren Kostich is one of BNID’s Academic Year Interns. She [...]

  • Interview with Maria Vertkin, founder & Executive Director of Found in Translation

    Millie Knopp

    Published September 6, 2017

    Millie Knopp, BNID Summer Intern, sits down with Maria Vertkin, founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Found in Translation, located in Cambridge and serving women in the Boston area since 2011.  Found in Translation works to provide immigrant women with a sustainable occupational skills to fill a growing need for medical interpreters.

  • Building Health: An Interview with Jim Ansara

    BNID

    Published August 14, 2017

    Read this dynamic interview with Jim Ansara, the founder of Build Health International, and construction leader who has devoted much of his time to growing infrastructure capacity for health care delivery in low-income countries around the world. 

  • Re-Launching the BNID Blog

    Jon Schaffer

    Published August 4, 2017

    Join us in expanding the discussion about international development and global justice. 

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