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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Fulbright Reunion at Global Leadership Summit
2012-07-18
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Pictured are, from the left: Prof. Frans Swanepoel, Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University, 2009; Prof. Rozetta Willmore-Schaeffer, Yeshiva University, 2010; Prof. Josephine Allen, Cornell and Binghamton Universities, 2008 and 2009; Prof. Daryl Smith, Claremont Graduate University, 2010; Prof. Jerry Streets, Yale University, 2010; and Dr Melody Mentz, Ph.D.Fulbright at Indiana University, 2011.
17 July 2012 |
A number of USA and UFS Fulbright Fellows have participated in the transformation process of the University of the Free State (UFS) since 2009. Some of them are on campus participating in the Global Leadership Summit, which is taking place from 8-20 July 2012.