Video chat focuses on approaches to Ebola relief efforts

By the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on June 10, 2015, 2:07 p.m.

Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology at Princeton, and Kimberly Bonner, who received a bachelor's degree from Princeton in 2008 and a master's degree in public policy in 2012, participated in a live video chat on Wednesday, June 10, to discuss Ebola relief efforts. Bonner has worked on the ground in Africa. 

The pair discussed emergency preparedness versus sustainability. The conversation was hosted by Elisabeth Donahue, associate dean for public and external affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Rouse is a panelist at the upcoming Princeton-Fung Global Forum focused on "Modern Plagues: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis." For more information, visit the forum website.

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