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ASU’s partnership with China’s Sichuan University continues to expand. The most recent manifestation was a visit, Aug. 4 through 6, by Jian Shi, Sichuan University’s vice president for global engagement, and Shijing Yan, the director of Sichuan’s Office of International Affairs. Unfortunately, bad weather grounded Shi in Chicago. Yan made it to Arizona for a series of meetings at ASU, which Shi joined by teleconference.

Sultan Saeed Nasser AlMansoori, minister of economy for the United Arab Emirates, met with ASU President Michael Crow and other university officials July 31 as part of a daylong visit to ASU conducted by the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.

AlMansoori is an ASU alum, having earned a degree in industrial engineering and management systems here during the late 1980s.

On July 28, the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement  played host to a group of nine students from Palestinian  territories who were traveling in the United States as part of “A  Project for the Palestinian Territories.”The project is a three-week program focused on American studies  under the auspices of the Department of State’s International  Visitor Leadership Program.The program, designed for students enrolled in classes or programs  that study U.S.

Six Arizona State University undergraduates recently received Freeman Awards for Study in Asia to study in China this summer. 

Photo from left to right: David Rock, Stephen Feinson, Mariko Silver, Er Meng Hwa, Anthony (Bud) Rock and Sonny Lim pose for a photo during a trip to solidify a partnership between ASU and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

ASU's Homecoming Block Party, held 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, was a huge success. In the photo on the left, President Michael Crow visited the Global Engagement booth on the Old Main lawn and posed with Wai Mei Chan and Yixin Zhao, both exchange students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

"Studying without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without studying leads to idleness."
— Confucius

The Confucius Institute at Arizona State University was successfully launched at an inaugural ceremony held Mon., Oct. 22 in the ASU Foundation's 6th Floor Boardroom at Fulton Center in Tempe.

Arizona State University recently entered into an agreement with Inner Mongolia University (IMU) located in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia, China. The principal aim of this new joint initiative is to promote scholarly exchanges and research collaboration, particularly with respect to sustainability science and practice.

When people think of Finland, they usually think of the aurora borealis, reindeer, the arts and good design (Alvar Aalto, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Iittala, Marimekko, Esa-Pekka Salonen).

They may also think about technology – particularly if they use a Nokia cellular phone.

But Finland also is renowned for its knowledge-based economy, engineering, machinery and advancements in wireless technology, too.