UA Global Initiatives
OUR GOAL
We are committed to advancing the UA's mission and reputation as one of the world's most relevant great universities through engaging the strongest of international students, scholars and partners, both here and abroad; engaging our students and faculty in issues and opportunities of global relevance; building substantive relationships with scholars, institutions and governments abroad and creating opportunities for strategic investment in achieving these goals.
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Friday, September 23, 2016
On August 26, Dr. Manuel Perló Cohen, director of the Institute for Social Research at UNAM, gave two lectures at the University of Arizona and the other at the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
All your months of hard work and re-writing and re-editing your essays for college applications is finally about to pay off as you join the UA. You’ve spent months preparing to get into college and to settle into your new lives here in the U.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Representatives of the Compostela Group of Universities (CGU) from more than 30 universities attended the XXII General Assembly on September 19 and 20 at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
A sterling example of the success and potential of the UA’s international dual Ph.D. program, sociology graduate student Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear has received a Health Policy Research Scholar Fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research scientists participated in an expedition that revealed its age: nearly 1,100 years.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The UA Office of Global Initiatives launched a new crowd funding campaign called “Passports for a Purpose” on Monday, August 29th that will allow 35 students to receive fully-funded passports to help support their study abroad experience
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Joel Cuello, professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was elected as corresponding member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Philippines.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Tania Eulalia Martinez Cruz, MS, won the National Youth Award 2016 in the category of Academic Achievement on August 12, 2016 and received the award from President Enrique Peña Nieto, in the official residence of Los Pinos in Mexico City.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
The new finding shows that overfishing is not the sole reason for the decline in the lake's fisheries, says study leader Andrew Cohen, a UA geoscientist.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Two international students received summer internships because of their educational accomplishments, dedication to their studies and commitment to reaching their career goals.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
In 2014, President Obama and President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico discussed how to address the small number of students studying between Mexico and the U.S.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Tim Finan, a research anthropologist and professor at the UA, has recently been named an Honorary Citizen of Fortaleza Brazil because of his valuable contribution to the public policy of food security in the lands of Ceará and Alencarian land.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
There are seven Arizona Wildcats of six different nationalities heading to Rio, and regardless of which country these athletes represent, their Arizona colors will be shed during the three weeks spent at the games. The games will take place f
Thursday, July 28, 2016
UA anthropologist Brian Silverstein, director of the Arizona Center for Turkish Studies, was in Turkey during the July 15 attempted military coup.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
As binational desalination plants are being considered as a strategy to combat water scarcity, scientists delve into the environmental, political and social impacts.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Arizona Law is only institution with alumni serving on the two UN Bodies with the specific mandate to promote indigenous peoples' human rights within the UN system
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The native of Cape Verde Islands, off the coast of West Africa, studied agronomy and plant genetics at the UA and began breeding research with the orange-fleshed sweet potato in 1997.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
The idea that it takes millions or billions of dollars to make a significant difference in social agriculture is being dispelled by the University of Arizona and Saudi Arabia institutions.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Cesar Salazar, of Hermosillo, Mexico, had the game-winning hit to send UA Baseball back to the NCAA College World Series.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The second-annual Global Partner Day was held at the University of Arizona on Friday, May 27, 2016, as a lead up event to the 2016 Annual NAFSA conference and exposition in Denver, Colorado.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Thandiwe Mweetwa, a masters student advised by Dr. Dave Christianson, has been named one of National Geographic's 2016 Emerging Explorers.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The UA Office of Global Initiatives is hosting Global Partner Day to provide international partners the chance to learn more about the UA and identify potential opportunities for research collaborations, student mobility ventures, language learnin
Friday, May 20, 2016
As part of "Looking China," Kaylah Rasmussen will have two weeks to make a short documentary film in the Xiamin Province — and will be mostly on her own
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Brian P. Schmidt AC FAA FRS, who is a University of Arizona alumnus, was appointed vice-chancellor and president of Australian National University in January 2016.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Professor Jerzy Rozenblit will travel to Poland as a Fulbright Scholar to research and develop new methods and systems for training surgeons on minimally invasive robotic systems.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The three winners of this year’s UA Grad Slam competition, sponsored by the Office for Research and Discovery, were all international students with different educational backgrounds and career goals.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The Class of 2016 includes international students with interests ranging from language preservation to film making.
Friday, May 6, 2016
A celebration of “50 Years of Arizona in Brazil” was held on Saturday, April 16 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Monday, April 25, 2016
The Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the US department of State, awards over 700 outstanding undergraduate American Students to participate in a study abroad or international internship program during the summer academic sem
Thursday, April 14, 2016
UA Alum and Professor of astronomy at the University of Chile, Mario Hamuy Wackenhut, will become the head of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) in Chile.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Azhar Abdul-Salam, a UA journalism and communication alumnus from Singapore, just finished a 10-day visit to Tucson, where he met with students and professors and shared his experience working in sports journalism.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The strong international connection between Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico and the University of Arizona's (UA), Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) has continued to grow tremendously over the past 25 years.
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"Our intention is to be a university that advances global knowledge creation through partner relationships with communities and industry."
Ann Weaver Hart
President
University of Arizona
"From our first international student in 1891, through our sustained ranking, the UA has defined what it means to have Local Roots, Global Impact."
Mike Proctor
Vice President
Office of Global Initiatives
"The Office of Global Initiatives is crucial to garnering significant research grants and helping reposition Arizona's economy on the global stage."
Randy Burd
Associate Vice President
Global Research Alliances