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UN wants universities to do more for global development

The United Nations has challenged universities to be more active in promoting global development. At a two-day conference in New York November 18-19, the UN launched Academic Impact, a program to encourage academic institutions to bring the best and brightest scholars down from the ivory tower and work towards the body’s goals of improving human [...]

The Czech Republic hosts Model UN Conference

By Hunter Pribyl-Huguelet For The Post Every year, an assortment of globally minded, brainy university students from the United States and around the world gather together to debate, talk politics and role-play world leaders.  The forum is the National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN).  NMUN will hold a conference in Europe for the first time [...]