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GWI Collaborator And Former Ohio Governor: Bi-Partisan Call For Global Engagement

Maureen Langlois

In an op-ed last week, former Ohio governor Bob Taft and GWI collaborator David Wilhelm (Hecate Energy) made a bi-partisan appeal. Amid an…

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Engineering Capstone Team Visits Partner Village In Tanzania

Maureen Langlois

A team from The Ohio State University’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering traveled to Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region in May to work with a…

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Water-Focused Teacher Training Emphasizes Systems Approach

Maureen Langlois

Why are GWI and others concerned with providing sustainable systems solutions for communities facing water resource challenges? “It is because all your health come from…

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2016 GAP Student Blog: Tackling Team Work In Tanzania

Maureen Langlois

As we’ve all come to know, group work inherently comes with peaks and valleys, high fives, handshakes and deep-seeded displeasure. Fisher makes a huge push for group work…

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2016 GAP Student Blog: The Land Of The Masai

Maureen Langlois

Mention East African culture or the dominant Swahili language to a Westerner and you might just stir up images of brightly clad Masai people with gauged (stretched lobe…

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2016 GAP Student Blog: Tanzania’s Own Island Paradise

Maureen Langlois

Throughout the centuries of the colonial age, Zanzibar was claimed, conquered and held by Portugal, Oman and, most recently, Great Britain. The island gained its…

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Tanzania Visit Establishes, Reaffirms Collaborations

Maureen Langlois

In an April visit to the Tanzanian cities of Dodoma and Dar es Salaam, GWI Interim Director Marty Kress and Senior Research Associate Rebecca Gianotti advanced the…

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2016 GAP Student Blog: Beyond The Lions And Elephants In Arusha

Maureen Langlois

I don’t want to claim that our first few days in Tanzania were tops among GAPers, but I challenge any location in the world to compete with the awe-inspiring Serengeti…

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Children And Water Quality: Learning, Improving In Ohio And Uganda

Maureen Langlois

A fundraiser is underway at buckeyefunder.osu.edu to support a creative educational effort that links elementary school students in Ohio and the East African nation of…