Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  "The Dangers of Global Warming" by Kate Laird of Otis. This political cartoon was created for college credit via the Roosevelt Institution Student Think Tank liberal arts independent study course in Fall 2006. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." — Teddy Roosevelt    The Observer - Brains, Not Brawn, for Katrina Aid > Roosevelt Home > In the News > The Observer - Brains, Not Brawn, for Katrina Aid Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: Over spring break, several students at the University of Hartford traveled to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a novel approach to dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Special Center on Emergency Preparedness and Relief, a project of the Roosevelt Institution, brought students together for a three-day symposium to discuss creative policy proposals for rebuilding New Orleans. Five members of the University's chapter of the Roosevelt Institution - Tiana Notice '06, Alissa Rauch '09, Edward Westwood '09, Paije Moormann '09, and Michelle Tafur '09 - gave their presentation, titled "Reconstructing New Orleans with the Use of Organic Architecture." Dane Coonery '09 helped draft the initial proposal. Their proposal was selected from those submitted by Roosevelt Institution chapters around the country. "It was a great accomplishment as well as an enlightening experience for the University of Hartford chapter to meet students from other universities and share our work," says chapter president Notice about attending the symposium. The Hartford chapter's presentation calls for the use of natural, recycled materials, like bricks and scrap metal, to rebuild houses and other structures and as insulation. The Roosevelt Institution is a student-run, nonpartisan think tank founded in 2004 at Stanford University that now has chapters at more than 120 campuses across the country. It is devoted to bringing the policy research of college students to the attention of academia, the media, and the government. Click here to read the article from The Observer's website.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359