Barnard-Columbia Undergraduate Public Health Society (BCUPHS)
Barnard-Columbia Undergraduate Public Health Society (BCUPHS) was officially recognized in January of 2005 with the support of Dr. Allan Rosenfield, former Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health. BCUPHS' mission is twofold: (1) to engage the undergraduate community in public health issues through education and service projects; (2) to provide pre-professional support for students interested in public health careers with medicine, academia, policy, or any other field.
The most recent project we have become involved is the Malaria Campaign. Our efforts towards the campaign include selling Povertees t-shirts to raise awareness about malaria in Africa and the Millenium Promise organization. Povertees was started by three Columbia University students last year when they decided it was time to help end poverty in Africa.
Our t-shirt slogans include: "Sustainable Development is Sexy," "Debt...Drop It Like It's Hot," and "Jeff Sachs is my Homeboy." Please visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/publichealth/ for more information.
CUPID will be working hard to promote the bed net campaign in all the graduate schools across campus. Each school will be responsible for putting on at least one event throughout the campaign. CUPID members will work with other development-focused clubs in each school on these events. Additionally, CUPID is planning to host an awareness-raising event on campus in Mid-November to raise interest in the campaign throughout the broader student-body.
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