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International House Board of Trustees Elects Shobhna Mohn ’95 to Join the Board At the recent meeting of the International House Board of Trustees on October 29, Shobhna Mohn ’95 (née Goyal) was elected to join the Board. A graduate of Columbia Business School and Delhi University, Mohn recently retired as Chief Strategy Officer from Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds and a division of the media, services and education company, Bertelsmann. Mohn began her career at Bertelsmann in the Corporate Development department in 1996. From 2002 to 2006, she headed the Investor...

Hundreds of alumni from around the world converged in New York September 14-15 for a beautiful late summer weekend of activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International House’s opening in 1924. More than 450 former I-House residents from the 35 different countries from every corner of the globe returned to 500 Riverside Drive to re-connect, share memories, and celebrate the Centennial at a series of events tied together with the theme “100 Years of Common Ground.” The festivities began with a “strolling brunch” in the Hall of History and Davis Hall, where President Sebastian...

International House congratulates the ten I-House residents who have received funding through the Projects for Peace program to implement their own grassroots projects this coming summer: Yuxuan “Sean” Chen – Breaking Chains, Weaving Hopes, and Building Bridges: Drama Therapy for Peace (United States)Cecilia Costa da Luz – Creating Safe Spaces for Victims of Gang Violence in Brazil (Brazil)Huong Dang – Educating the Vietnamese Community to end Gender-Based Violence (Vietnam)William Eugene McKee – Borders and Binaries: Making Space for Irish Voices in the Brexit Conversation...