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Keeping up with Altmans: Elsa Rothenberg at the U.S. State Department
Elsa at the Harry S. Truman building, the location of the Main State Department office
Elsa Rothenberg of the '21 cohort landed an internship with the U.S. State Department this summer. She sent us this synopsis of her amazing experience:
"I…Keeping up with Altmans: Summer Program in Japan
Lisa Radin at a summer festival in Tokyo.
Lisa Radin of the 2022 cohort spent part of her summer participating in Sophia University’s short-term summer program in Tokyo, Japan. Lisa started her summer with the rest of her cohort…Keeping up with Altmans: A Summer in Indonesia
Alex awaiting the arrival of the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense
As part of the U.S. State Department student intern program, Alex Duffy of the 2021 cohort is working as an intern this summer at the U.S. Embassy Jakarta in Jakarta, Indonesia.…Keeping up with Altmans: Studying the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Jerusalem
Reagan at the Western Wall.
Reagan Orloff of the 2021 cohort recently participated in the Stacy Mandel Palagye and Keith Palagye Program for Middle East Peace. Students who participate in this summer program travel to Israel to learn about…Keeping up with Altmans: Boren Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Boren Scholars Grant Little and Katie Latham in Washington, D.C.
Rising juniors Skye Turner, Katie Latham, and Grant Little have begun their Boren activities! They attended a two-day convocation in Washington, D.C. in June, where they learned…Altman Scholars Featured in Tulane School of Liberal Arts Magazine
L-R: Grant Little, Reagan Orloff, Katie Latham, Halley Wong, and Margo Schnapf
jump for joy in Vietnam! Their photo was featured in the Spring 2019 issue of the
Tulane School of Liberal Arts Magazine.
The Tulane School of Liberal Arts Magazine…Keeping up with Altmans: David Woodside Joins the Peace Corps
The Altman Program has its first Peace Corps volunteer!
David Woodside of the 2019 cohort has been assigned to Ukraine as a Business Development Volunteer. He will undergo extensive language training before starting his assignment this fall. He…Keeping up with Altmans: Three Boren Scholars in the 2021 Cohort!
We have not one, not two, but three Boren scholars this year!
This prestigious program provides generous funding to support study abroad in world regions deemed critical to U.S. interests. Sophomores Katie Latham, Grant Little, and…Keeping up with Altmans: Matt Brown and Sam Wetzel Attend Skinnovation
Altman Scholars Matt Brown and Sam Wetzel traveled to Innsbruck, Austria, in March to attend Skinnovation, a startup and entrepreneurship conference that brings together investors, entrepreneurship enthusiasts, startups, and corporate groups. Matt…Origins of the Suburban Crisis - April 17, 2019
Dr. Thomas J. Sugrue
Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History
Director of the Collaborative on Global Urbanism at New York University
The lecture will trace the history of real estate from the 1920s to the present through the story of…
