MDP course

Dear Global Classroom 2025 participants,

We hope you enjoyed this week's presentation by Prof. Paul Walsh; a recording and slides are now available here https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/globalclassroom/2025-readings-lectures/paul-walsh-244. We will be including a weekly feedback form on each speaker; please feel free to share your feedback on Prof. Walsh by completing the following form: https://forms.gle/Bv6KqykixZBjAEySA. You can also offer more general feedback regarding the Global Classroom on the form.

Next week, we will welcome Prof. Glenn Yago http://milkeninstitute-org.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/milkeninstitute.org/experts/glenn-yago for a presentation on Innovative Development Finance Practice. Please connect a few minutes prior to 8am Eastern Time (12pm GMT) using the following Zoom link and password: Zoom.1 (passcode: 802558).
Note: we will use the same link each week throughout the semester.

Readings and Slido
Recommended readings for each week can be found on the course website (http://globalclassroom-online.org/), under the "2025 Readings/Lectures" tab. A direct link to readings for Week 5 can be found here<https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/globalclassroom/2025-readings-lectures/glenn-yago-245-2/>. We will use Slido each week to moderate the Q&A period after the lecture. The link is now posted for Week 5 if you would like to start posting questions, based on readings or general curiosity, or vote on the questions you'd most like to hear addressed. Simply go to slido.com<https://www.slido.com/> and enter event code GC5, or use the following direct link: https://app.sli.do/event/o4fSFNKpVrTX4rKt3FMnLz.

WhatsApp Group
For those of you interested in connecting with other Global Classroom students from other institutions, please join this WhatsApp group organized by Global Classroom participant Aanuoluwa Adebanjo: WhatsApp

Ages of Globalization Course for Higher Education Institutions Launch!
As previously mentioned, we will be launching a new online course this February with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on the Ages of Globalization. To learn more, please view this recorded message from Dr. Lucia Rodriguez: