News and Events
Listed here are news and events related to international programs at the University of Minnesota. More news and events are listed monthly in the International Campus Update newsletter, produced by OIP.
Headlines
Josef A. Mestenhauser Lecture Series on Internationalizing Higher Education
OIP announces the creation of a new lecture series on internationalizing higher education. The first lecture was given by the series' namesake Dr. Josef Mestenhauser on Oct. 28, 2009. A video and slides from the lecture are now available. (MORE)
UMTC wins Simon Award for Campus Internationalization
(March 10, 2009)
The award from NAFSA: Association of International Educators—the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education—recognizes outstanding and innovative efforts in campus internationalization. (MORE)
Current News
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- U of M one of top Fulbright schools in nation, according to new rankings (UMNews, November 4)
- Documentaries tell story of South African leader (Minnesota Daily, October 28)
- International students face financial squeeze (Minnesota Daily, September 30)
- U of M language resource center receives new grant to improve Asian language instruction (UMNews, August 13)
- Exchange students celebrate Minnesota experiences (Minnesota Daily, July 29)
- Mpls. Council committee endorses proposal for sister city in Iraq (Star Tribune, July 29)
- Tunisian visitor shares philosophies, views of the U.S. (Minnesota Daily, July 28)
- U becomes "University of Record" for international exchange program (Minnesota Daily, July 27)
- Babies Have Built-In Advantage For 2nd Language (WCCO News, July 21)
- U of M to host student leaders from North Africa (WCCO News, June 29)
- U of M to host 20 North African students this summer for U.S. State Department leadership Program (UMNews, June 25)
- Hunters depleting lion, cougar populations (United Press International, June 23)
- Obama picks St. John's prof as ambassador to Vatican (Star Tribune, May 29)
- Students studying abroad face dangers with little oversight (USA Today, May 27)
- DFL fundraiser Kaplan is top prospect for ambassador to Morocco (Star Tribune, May 22)
- Emergency passport office now open in downtown Minneapolis (Star Tribune, May 21)
- Students win challenge to bring clean water to slums of Mumbai, India (Umn News, May 14)
- U.S. ambassador to Norway visits U (Minnesota Daily, May 7)
- US.-Norway ties key in future (Minnesota Daily, May 6)
- Finding Feisty Fungi in Antarctica (Smithsonian, May)
- U cancels learning abroad programs in Mexico (Minnesota Daily, April 29)
- U, state believe they can handle swine flu (Minnesota Daily, April 28)
- Russian ambassador visits Mpls (Minnesota Daily, April 15)
- U students accounted for in Italy quake (Minnesota Daily, April 14)
- Liberian president speaks at U, receives honorary degree (Minnesota Daily, April 13)
- "Iron Lady" leaves crowd riveted (Star Tribune, April 10)
- U looks to improve water access (Minnesota Daily, April 6)
- Editorial: Sports scholarships, foreign students (Star Tribune, March 27)
- Bill would restrict athletic scholarships (Minnesota Daily, March 24)
- Group to start Uganda project (Minnesota Daily, March 23)
- Study abroad heightens global engagement (Minnesota Daily, March 5)
- A Helping Hand (Minnesota Magazine, March-April 2009)
- To Minnesota With Love (Minnesota Magazine, March-April 2009)
- Disaster revisited: The 2004 tsunami (Minnesota Daily, February 19)
- Disaster revisited: Sept 11 (Minnesota Daily, February 17)
- A disaster revisited: Darfur (Minnesota Daily, February 15)
- Norwegian scientists visit U of M to study biological sciences structure; and opportunities for collaboration (UMNews, February 16)
- U shines 'global spotlight' on Africa (Minnesota Daily, February 10)
- U goes global to attract a more diverse student body (Star Tribune, February 5)
- Peace Corps service drops (Minnesota Daily, January 26)
- Large turnout for speech on China (Minnesota Daily, January 26)