J-PAL Information Session TONIGHT at 7 pm Mears House Join Shawn Powers '04, Policy Manager at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Students in economics and related disciplines who have a passion for applying their skills to the challenge of reducing global poverty are encouraged to attend! WHEN:Tuesday, JAN. 8TH, 7-8 pm Mears House. MORE: http://web.williams.edu/messages/show.php?id=22742 from Kristen McCormack, Career Center

Shawn Powers '04, Policy Manager at J-PAL's global office at MIT, will meet with students to talk about career opportunities at J-PAL and its partner organizations, including Innovations for Poverty Action. J-PAL is a premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty by ensuring that policy is based on rigorous evidence. J-PAL seeks to accomplish this mission by conducting randomized impact evaluations throughout the world, building capacity among its partners to conduct rigorous evaluations, and through outreach to the policy community. J-PAL will be recruiting through the end of January for positions beginning in summer of 2013, and seeks applicants with strong quantitative and writing skills and a demonstrated commitment to international development. You can learn more about J-PAL here: http://www.povertyactionlab.org/ Williams students in economics and related disciplines who have a passion for applying their skills to the challenge of reducing global poverty are encouraged to attend this information session about the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).