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Peruvian artist Teresa Burga, known for her involvement in the ’60s neo-avant-garde Grupo Arte Nuevo, died of Covid-19 on February 11 in Peru at eighty-five. Burga’s work in painting, sculpture, cybernetics, and installation applied conceptual strategies to questions of gender and labor, exploring the implications of systematization on modern life.
Born in Iquitos, Peru, in 1935, Burga studied painting at the Pontifical Catholic University in Lima, graduating in 1965. The following year, she, Jaime Dávila, Gloria Gómez-Sánchez, Luis Arias Vera, and a few others founded Grupo Arte Nuevo, a collective that brought new artistic movements such as Op, Pop, Minimalism, and happenings to the Peruvian scene. During this period, Burga produced sculptural works she called “
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Despite the pandemic, Vice Provost James Keenan, S.J., reports new advancements in global engagement for Boston College
Vice Provost for Global Engagement James Keenan, S.J. (Lee Pellegrini)
The coronavirus has made it a challenging time for global outreach in academia, given international travel restrictions and financial uncertainties throughout higher education. But the Boston College Office of Global Engagement, under the direction of first-year Vice Provost James Keenan, S.J., has made significant advances nonetheless.
Fr. Keenan has succeeded in meeting the ambitious agenda he set for himself by strengthening the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities, or SACRU, creating new partnerships with Jesuit institutions, and working with the Office of the Provost to bring the Office of International Programs and Office of International Students and Scholars under the auspices of the Office of Global Engagement this semester.
Fury in Peru after officials secretly received vaccine before health workers
Simeon Tegel, The Washington Post
Feb. 17, 2021
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LIMA, Peru - When interim president Francisco Sagasti finally unveiled Peru s first coronavirus vaccine deal last month, Peruvians wearied by nearly a year of twin health and economic crises compounded by the country s recent political turmoil glimpsed a light at the end of the tunnel.
As ICU doctors and nurses this month began receiving their shots from the first batch - 300,000 doses from the Chinese company Sinopharm - cautious optimism began to spread. Sagasti said he hoped to have a third of Peru s 32 million people vaccinated by the time he steps down on July 28.