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President of Jilin University in China visits UMass
President Zhou also spent the day on the Amherst campus where he met with Provost Charlena Seymour, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, George Langford, and colleagues and several of his former professors in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering. Peru Project Honored at UMass Lowell Prof. John Duffy at UMass Lowell would say he's only a small part of the effort to supply remote villages in the Peruvian Andes with renewable and sustainable infrastructure. It's also true that Duffy has organized design projects, planned and led two trips each year, and has inspired everyone - to stretch a little further, do a little more, dig deeper in their pockets, and even change their career paths - to make a difference. UMass Amherst Professor completes lecture and research tour in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Assistant professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration at UMass Amherst, David Mednicoff, concluded a week-long speaking and research tour of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in early May. During the tour, which was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Mednicoff spoke on "International law, Arab politics and U.S. Foreign Policy," at the Riyadh Institute of Diplomatic Studies, a think tank under the aegis of the Saudi Arabian ministry of foreign affairs. UMass Amherst Professor addresses EU conference in Norway Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and director of the National Center for Digital Government, Jane E. Fountain, gave an invited lecture May 4 at a European Union-sponsored conference in Oslo, Norway. Fountain spoke on "Challenges to Change in Government: Technology-based Cross-agency Innovations in the U.S." at the conference on Research for Innovation in Healthcare and Administration organized by the Research Council of Norway and the European eGovernment Research Network's eGovernet project. From Belfast to Bagdad: UMass Boston's Moakley Scholar delivers four lectures on Peace and Reconciliation The University of Massachusetts Boston celebrates the work of Padraig OMalley, named the university's first John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, with a series of four lectures by the veteran researcher, who distinguished himself as a chronicler of conflict and peace in Northern Ireland and South Africa. UMass Amherst Professor Advises United Nations Body Professor Donal Carbaugh, Department of Communication, is Chair of a Research Advisory Group that is creating a new way of assessing the security needs of communities. The project is managed by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland, and is designed to help various UN agencies understand the local circumstances in which they provide services. The project recently implemented the research procedure in Ghana and will conduct several similar implementations in other countries over the next years. The group includes members from several nations, including Africa, Finland, Israel, and the United States. The Lead Researcher is Lisa Rudnick, a Doctoral Candidate in Communication on the Amherst campus. The research is funded by the Dutch and Swedish governments. Carbaugh was in Geneva in May when the Group presented its findings and recommendations to some dozen UN agencies (including UNICEF, UNDP).
UMass Boston Conference: Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq: policies, programs and projects This conference will take place at the College of Public and Community Service at University of Massachusetts at Boston from July 23-26, 2007. The central objective of this conference is to provide an intellectual forum for scholars and practitioners to explore how these tasks could be carried out in a manner that promotes social justice, economic and political sustainability, and full participation of all stakeholders. The outcomes of the conference deliberations should help policy makers to formulate and implement the most appropriate policies as well as embark upon innovative sustainable projects. UMass Confucius Institute sponsors Conference The New England Chinese Language Teachers Network Conference -Primary Source- Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS) was held at the University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute at Boston on June 9, 2007 from 9:00AM-3:00PM. View the Confucius Institute website Second Annual International Day Festival at UMass Medical School
Faculty and graduate student researchers from the Amherst campus and the University of Heidelberg held a three-day interdisciplinary workshop, "Modeling and Computation in Physics, Mathematics and Biology," in Amherst from May 21 and 23. Ten research papers were presented by faculty members, and there were eighteen poster presentations by graduate students during the workshop. The workshop's organizers were Professors Jon Machta, Physics, and Murugappan Muthukumar, Polymer Science and Engineering, both of UMass Amherst, and Professor Dieter Heermann, Theoretical Physics, from Heidelberg. The workshop was sponsored in part by the Max Kade Foundation, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst hosts international guests from Germany and Ghana Professor from Germany Visits UMass Amherst Dr. Rudolf Zentel, Professor of Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Geoscience at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, visited the Amherst campus for several days in mid-May. Professor Zentel met with colleagues in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and with representatives of the International Programs Office to discuss the UMass Amherst-Mainz DAAD exchange arrangement and to explore ways to make the agreement more bilateral. UMass Amherst Campus Hosts Visitor from Ghana Mr. J. Etti Minlah, Finance Director of the University of Ghana in Legon, visited the Amherst campus from June 20-22. Mr. Minlah’s visit was part of a multi-state information tour arranged and underwritten by the Council on International Educational Exchange. The University of Ghana is currently undergoing extensive administrative reorganization, and Mr. Minlah was sent to the United States to investigate how colleges and universities in this country allocate budgets, manage grants and contracts, administer student accounts and financial aid, and undertake fundraising campaigns. During his visit Mr. Minlah met with a number of senior administrators on the Amherst campus. More events at: http://www.massachusetts.edu/international/internationalevents.html UMass Students are awarded scholarships to study abroad Students from UMass Amherst and UMass Lowell are named as recipients of study abroad scholarships enabling them to study across Asia and Egypt for the 2007-2008 school year. UMass Lowell Student Raises Awareness, Funds to Help Liberia Henrique Wilson is a U.S. citizen who has lived in Lowell since 1989 but when he talks about Liberia he calls it home. He earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at UML and will graduate with a master's degree from the Regional Economic and Social Development program in June, has put his feelings for his native country into action by helping the republic recover from a 14-year civil war. UMass Amherst Isenberg School Students Practice Public Speaking in Italy
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, John Steinberg and a team of UMass Boston students will travel to within 60 miles of the Arctic Circle this summer, where they will search for answers to some long-standing questions about the country's history. Steinberg, the senior scientist at the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, and his team will be in Skagafjördur, Iceland from June 23 through August 10, where they will use remote sensing equipment to uncover Geldingaholt and Stora Seyla, Viking farmsteads that date back to 1000 A.D.
International Relations Website Upgrade The University of Massachusetts system website recently created a China Project webpage highlighting the University’s partnership with the country of China. Please email us your international news items. We are continually updating our website to reflect the latest UMass international activities. International Relations Advisory Council Chair, Dr. Marcellette Williams, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations, University of Massachusetts
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President 
President Jack M. Wilson and the
President of Jilin University in China, Qifeng Zhou met on June
19th at the UMass Club in Boston. President Zhou graduated from
UMass Amherst as a PhD student in Chemistry in 1983, and is a
leading figure in both academia of Chemistry and Higher Education
in China. They met at President Zhou's request to discuss UMass
international relations.
Sponsored by the Diversity and Equal
Opportunity and Human Offices and the International Sub-committee
of the Council on Equal Opportunity and Diversity, the Second
Annual International Day Festival was held May 11, 2007 at the
University of Massachusetts Medical School's main campus with 64
different country flags surrounding the Main Lobby and Faculty
Conference Room. The celebration included entertainment from South
High School's Dancer Class in Worcester, Tae Kwon Do demonstration,
Argentina Tango, Traditional Chinese music on the dulcimer,
Flamenco dancing. Free international food samples from Brazilian
and Indian restaurants were enjoyed by all. Colorful exhibits and
vendors with international products introduced the campus community
to countries of our employees. 
"I've never felt entirely comfortable as
a public speaker," confesses Isenberg School honors accounting
major Dave Buttry. For Buttry and many of his fellow 
Students take part in International
electives that develop attributes of idealism and enthusiasm which
are associated with service. They travel to Guatemala, the
Dominican Republic where members of the International Health
Interest Group and the Rotaract Club of UMass Medical School
provide medical services to Haitian immigrant workers and their
families, and Zambia where they work with the Bwafwano Community
Organization.