David Longdon ’14, a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ economics major from Accra, Ghana, spent the summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-focused organization in Lewiston that uses sustainable urban agriculture to create access to fresh food. Longdon’s participation included completing an associated research project in his role as a Community-Based Research Fellow with the college’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships.

The authors address their call to action to U.S. banks: “Wall Street banks that already have a presence in emerging markets could and should both reshape their missions and improve their images by adopting a more social oriented and yet profitable approach to investing.” Sene, a former  who earned an M.B.A. from Harvard in 2009 , is completing the mid-career master’s in public administration program at Harvard’s Kennedy School. 

Hughes has taught at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ since 1992. He teaches microeconomic theory and economics as it intersects with law, labor, health, the environment and gender. His areas of research include labor, health, and law and economics.