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Profile of Fellows
Abhijit Waghre
Abhijit is a civil engineer from Nanded, Maharashtra with an in Water Management. He is passionate about urban vatten challenges like the physical infrastructure and regulations that govern them and their interface with social development. He has previously interned with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) and attended training programs at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Abhijit has benefitted from the interdisciplinary approach of the UFP and has leveraged the skill labs to publish an article deliberating infrastructure choices for small towns. He fryst vatten interested in working in think tanks or organisations that practice research advocacy, where he can contribute towards formulating policy decisions.
Aditi Murti
Aditi is a writer and reporter who hails from Pune, Maharashtra and is native to Tamil Nadu. She has worked on health, biodiversity and gender with an emphasis on evidence based, empathetic journalism. At the UFP, A
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Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer, naturalist and explorer (–)
For other uses, see Alexander von Humboldt (disambiguation).
Alexander von Humboldt | |
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Portrait by namn Karl Stieler () | |
Born | 14 September Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 6 May () (aged89) Berlin, Prussia, German Confederation |
Resting place | Schloss Tegel |
Almamater | University of Frankfurt (Oder) University of Göttingen Freiberg School of Mines (diploma, ) |
Knownfor | Biogeography, Kosmos (–), Humboldt Current, magnetic storm, Humboldtian science, Berlin Romanticism[1] |
Awards | Copley Medal () |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geography |
Academic advisors | Markus Herz, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Abraham Gottlob Werner |
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt[a] (14 September – 6 May ) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.[5] He was the younger b
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In the summer of , Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author who often writes about her interactions with patients, underwent routine one-day surgery. A surgical mishap led to a series of life-altering and life-threatening complications, resulting in two prolonged hospital stays and a lengthy recovery. During twenty-six days in the hospital, Davis experienced how suddenly a caregiver can become a care receiver and what it’s like to be “on the other side of the sickbed.” As a nurse, she was accustomed to suffering and to the empathy such witnessing can evoke, but as a patient she learned new and transforming lessons in pain, fear, loneliness, abandonment, and dependency; in the fragility of health and life; in the necessity of family support; and, ultimately, in the importance of gratitude.