Senior director at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, Sievers is currently advising the government of Nigeria on the implementation of its Millennium Development Goals, a massive and challenging project to improve health and education networks in Africa’s most populous nation.

 

“Making a Difference in the World: Connecting the Personal and Professional in International Development” will draw from her two decades of personal and professional experience in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Directed at the entire University community, particularly undergraduates, and open to the public, the talk will be held Wednesday, September 10 at
 7:00 pm in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium. A reception will follow.

 

For more information, visit the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.