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The Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT recently welcomed 17 fellows as part of the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS), a one-year program designed for mid-career professionals from newly industrializing countries. Eleven of the new fellows were accepted through the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, an exchange program initiated by the U.S. Congress in 1978 to honor the memory and accomplishments of the late Senator and Vice President, Hubert H. Humphrey. MIT is a host university for Humphrey fellows, through SPURS. This year' s participants come from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Kosovo, Benin, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, Korea, China and Canada. The fellows come from both public and private sectors of developing countries around the world and are... [read full story]
