How does geography affect development?

Over the past couple months I’ve been taking a free online course on Development Economics through Marginal Revolution University, a massively open online course (MOOC) taught by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok at George Mason …

EWB founder named State Department Science Envoy

Bernard Amadei, founder of EWB and CU Boulder professor, was recently named one of three new Science Envoys by the United States Department of State. He will “develop connections and bridges between the US scientific …

What does Cameroonian Pidgin English sound like?

The lingua franca in the North West region where Mbohkop is located is Cameroonian Pidgin English. But what does that actually sound like? Georgia Gootee, a Peace Corps Volunteer in the North West region, has …

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Fundraising in a cashless society

Here in the US we live in an increasingly cashless society. While this undoubtedly hits subway musicians and coffee baristas hardest, the days of donation jars at grocery store checkout counters are also numbered. Of …

January 30, 2013 | EWB Meeting

EWB-DC will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 7 PM. The meeting will be held at the George Washington Hospital Building, and is normally held on the 6th floor in …

Project Meeting: December 4, 2012

Before the meeting we had a call-in with Kelly at EWB-USA who is reviewing our 521 Pre-assessment Report and 600 Health and Safety Plan (HASP). It was pretty informal and she had some really great …