Press Clippings Edition
23 Sep 2021
Language Learning Part 2: Empowering a Community Through the Power of Language
Teachers regularly go above and beyond for their students, providing school supplies, games, and room decorations oftentimes out of their budgets. But for CCI alumna Dince Abanat (Indonesia, Northampton Community College, Early Childhood Development, 2016-2017) that is just the beginning. For Dince, the founder of a local Indonesian educational non-profit, building an outdoor library, overseeing repairs to the school building, leading doctor checkups, reviewing program finances, providing mental health assistance, and teaching is all in a day’s work. Read More.
17 Sep 2021
Wildfires Can Still Impact Wildlife Hundreds Of Miles Away
Many places in the West have been enveloped in wildfire smoke this summer. Common advice for people living in these communities is to go inside, close the windows, and turn on the AC, if possible, to escape the smoke. But wildlife don’t have an “inside” they can go to. Read More.
05 Aug 2021
Diam dalam (Pembelajaran) Pandemi
SAAT tinggal di Amerika Serikat, saya dan keluarga berkesempatan melakukan perjalanan darat dari kota Rochester, New York, ke beberapa negara bagian terdekat. Kami naik bus umum. Biasanya perjalanan kami tempuh malam hari. Esoknya kami sampai di tujuan. Read More.
23 Jul 2021
Commentary: Is carbon neutrality possible for coal-addicted Indonesia?
DELFT, Netherlands: In May 2021, Indonesia’s biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase out fossil fuels by 2060 in order to achieve carbon neutrality. The announcement marks a dramatic shift in the country’s electricity policy that has long been dependent on fossil fuels, especially coal. It is a sign that decisions by major lenders – including Japan, South Korea and the Asian Development Bank – to divest from coal have severely restricted the country’s options for financing coal plant infrastructure. Read More.
22 Jul 2021
Cerita Mahasiswa Asal Palembang Rayakan Idul Adha 1442 H di Houston Amerika
SAYA merupakan staf pengajar Program Studi Teknik Kimia di Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, yang sedang mengambil program Doktoral di University of Houston, Texas. Studi saya disponsori oleh Program Fulbright dari pemerintah Amerika Serikat. Saya telah menjalani perkuliahan selama 1 tahun. Namun, dikarenakan pandemi, saya baru tiba di Kota Houston, Texas, pada bulan Januari 2021. Saat ini saya tinggal di apartmen bersama seorang teman dari Pakistan. Read More.
23 Jul 2021
Merayakan Idul Adha di Amerika Serikat, Masih di Tengah Pandemi
Perayaan Idul Adha 1442 Hijriah tahun ini terasa sangat berbeda dari biasanya. Tanpa suasana takbir yang terdengar dari masjid di dekat rumah, dan juga tanpa keluarga serta sanak saudara. Namun alhamdulillah, perayaan tahun ini tetap terasa berkesan karena kehadiran keluarga baru di lingkungan baru… Read More.
02 Jul 2021
Perkembangan menarik berlangsung sekitar 10 hingga 20 tahun terakhir dalam percakapan Islam di Indonesia. Yaitu, munculnya kesadaran tentang pentingnya identitas keislaman yang khas di kawasan ini vis-a-vis Islam yang dibentuk oleh budaya Arab atau Timur Tengah. Read More.
21 May 2021
Jender dan Seksualitas, dari ”Feminist Scholarship” ke Tradisi Kritis-Akademis
Polemik hebat yang menyangkut atlet transpuan sedang terjadi di Amerika. Apakah mereka harus menjadi atlet mandiri atau eksklusif, mengikuti jenis kelamin ”aslinya”, atau bisa berkompetisi secara inklusif dalam bidang olahraga yang diikuti atlet perempuan. Read More.
12 May 2021
Nama saya Elok Suci Wulandari, mahasiswa S-2 di Florida State University, Florida. Saya datang ke Florida pada akhir tahun 2020 lalu untuk belajar tentang meteorologi. Saya berasal dari Tarakan, Kalimantan Utara (Kaltara). Read More.
12 May 2021
Research shows high-end tourism in Indonesia fails to empower local people during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the travel and tourism industry globally. Indonesia is no exception. The tourism industry in the country with the fourth-largest population in the world has slowed down during the pandemic. Foreign arrivals dropped by 75% from 16.11 million in 2019 to just 4.02 million in 2020. This was a hard blow to a tourism economy that supplied 5.7% of the country’s gross domestic product and provided 12.6 million jobs in 2019. To revive the industry, the Indonesian government has launched a new approach to promote high-end tourism. Read More.
