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In the News
Nail salon exposure study published in journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JBS class study reveals poor air quality in Boston nail salons
Environmental Health and Justice Program shapes students' career paths
Watch students interviewed on VATV. Fast forward to minute 32.
Meda Kisivuli's Blog on Healthy Boston
Nail Study on Her Campus Brandeis
Tentative Weekly Schedule
JBS is an intensive and immersive experience and students should expect to be engaged in programming four to five days a week for most of the day. Students will be applying their knowledge out in the field a lot, so the time will fly by!
Fall 2013, August 29 - December 19
Monday
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. In class
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Brown-bag lunch seminar
12:30 - 5 p.m. In the field for supervised fieldwork, class projects, practicum, research
6:45 - 8:45 p.m. Tenant Advocacy Clinic
Students will staff Tenant Advocacy Clinic throughout the JBS program.
Tuesday
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. In class
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Brown-bag lunch seminar
12:30 - 5 p.m. In the field for supervised fieldwork, class projects, practicum, research
Wednesday
9:30 - 5:00 p.m. In the field for supervised fieldwork, class projects, practicum, research
Thursday
9:30 - 5:00 p.m. In the field for supervised fieldwork, class projects, practicum, research
6:45 - 8:45 p.m. Tenant Advocacy Clinic
Students will staff Tenant Advocacy Clinic throughout the JBS program
Select Sunday & evening for community activities & projects
Selected overnight stays in other parts of MA and RI for community collaborations and study work
October: Sunday-Friday trip to Appalachian Mountains to work with coal mining communities affected by mountaintop removal.
Note that this schedule and all information is subject to change.

