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11.475  Navigating the Politics of Water and Sanitation Planning

Spring 2015

Instructor: Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

TA: Brittany Nikole Montgomery

Lecture:  T9-12  (9-450A)        

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Paper due tomorrow @ 12pm uploaded onto Stellar!

Greetings again all,
I hope you are enjoying the sunshine...streaming in from your windows while you type in some last brilliant words in your paper for class...due tomorrow (Friday) by noon (12pm) on Stellar (look under the Homework tab for the Final Paper submission folder).
I very much look forward to reading your work. Thanks again for a great class! And again - if you have an opinion re whether classes like this should meet once or twice a week in the future, I would *greatly* value your opinions!
All my best,
Gabriella

Announced on 14 May 2015  2:51  p.m. by Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

Greetings, Thanks, and One quick ?

Greetings again all,
Thank you so much for an excellent class all term - and for a really great day's presentations and comments (fully engaged!)...and of course also for all the lovely treats you brought in for our final meeting.
I enjoyed our semester very much, and hope future classes will be equally rich! (or pro-poor?;-) ha ha - nerd humor again).
I also wanted to ask - as i mentioned - if you would not mind sharing with me any reasons you might have for wanting this type of class to meet once a week (3hrs) or twice a week (1.5hrs/per session).  I'd like to understand the pros and cons on class times to best shape and inform my own class time meetings in the future - so your honesty would be much appreciated.
All my best, and many thanks again!
Gabriella

Announced on 12 May 2015  1:06  p.m. by Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

Reminder - tomorrow's class!

Greetings all!
Our last meeting for Wat-San planning is tomorrow.  Remember that you should not take more than 10 minutes (8-10 minutes ideal) to present your paper (you do not need a powerpoint, but if you do intend to use a powerpoint, please come to class 10minutes early so that i can load it onto my laptop and ensure that it will show on the screen.  I will give you a 3minute warning when you are presenting, to help keep things on time.  I will also be severe about cutting you off if you go more than 10minutes in fairness to the others.  Part of the assignment here is also providing feedback for your colleagues - as always!  So please remember not to "veg out" or be rehearsing your own presentation in your mind when others are presenting - comments, suggestions, and questions will be helpful to everyone.  I expect an alert group!  Especially because apparently we will have at least (!) chocolate-chip bread from Kate!  See here if you have not yet determined what you might bring to contribute to the stomach-well being of your colleagues tomorrow: Sasha's message: Breakfast snacks, drinks (maybe some folks want to pool resources for coffee?) and cups would be great. Please fill out the google https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t1Mwsk-vZt-yeGg8AMAPMZzVWvSD-2Tdk_YHYlxHyx8/edit#gid=0  
Whatever I see missing as an essential, I will try to bring - but please fill out the form today so that I at least have an idea of what I too should bring? 
Many thanks!
Gabriella

Announced on 11 May 2015  9:15  a.m. by Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

Last Class - thanks to Sasha for organizing us!

Hey Folks,
Since Tuesday is our last class we thought it'd be nice to bring snacks to share. Breakfast snacks, drinks (maybe some folks want to pool resources for coffee?) and cups would be great. Please fill out the google https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t1Mwsk-vZt-yeGg8AMAPMZzVWvSD-2Tdk_YHYlxHyx8/edit#gid=0
Thanks,
Sasha

ps - from Gabriella - if you want tea, I also have a tea kettle at the office I can bring to class.

Announced on 08 May 2015  1:38  p.m. by Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

Reducing fluoride in our water...

Food for thought for next week's discussion on research and policy....see today's Department of Health and Human Services announcement below.

See:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/27/402579949/feds-say-its-time-to-cut-back-on-fluoride-in-drinking-water?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150427

For Massachusetts information:

http://www.mwra.com/04water/html/fluoride.html

Announced on 27 April 2015  6:50  p.m. by Gabriella Yolanda Carolini

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