Temple Delegation Visit to Italy Includes Meeting with Naples Mayor

Hai-Lung Dai, PhD, Temple University vice president for International Affairs and member of the Global Philadelphia Association (GPA) board of directors, visited Naples’ newly elected mayor Gaetano Manfredi in December 2021. Vice President Dai visited Naples with a delegation including Naples native Antonio Giordano, PhD, Temple University professor of Biology and Sbarro Institute director.

Dai presented a token of friendship on behalf of GPA to Mayor Manfredi. Both Naples and Philadelphia are World Heritage Cities, and GPA was instrumental in making Philadelphia the first world heritage city in the U.S.

Dai also took this opportunity to invite the mayor, who is an engineer, to visit Temple University and to meet Philadelphia government and educational leadership to present a lecture on his vision for city management considering climate change.  Mayor Manfredi and Dai also discussed how to make Naples and its prominent universities desirable destinations for U.S. students pursuing study abroad.

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University of Mumbai Signs Agreement with Temple University

Visit to Temple University on December 2, 2021, by Dr. Suhas Pednekar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mumbai, on the occasion of the signing of a general cooperation agreement between Temple University and the University of Mumbai.

Seated (L - R):  Suhas Pednekar (Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai) and Gregory N. Mandel (Interim Provost, Temple University). Standing (L – R):  Martyn J. Miller (assistant vice president, International Affairs), Mukund Chorghade (President/CSO, THINQ Pharma/MVRC), Seema Freer (associate professor, Department of Biology), Magid Abou-Gharbia (Laura H. Carnell Professor of Pharmacy), Chandrakant “Chuck” R. Gupta (Temple Alum; Founder, The Gupta Foundation), Hai-Lung Dai (Vice President, International Affairs, and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science), Eric Borguet (professor, Department of Chemistry), Erika Clemons (assistant vice president, International Affairs)

Dominican Republic Minister Visits Temple to Initiate Partnership

On October 20, 2021, Franklin A. Garcia Fermin (Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic) and a delegation from the Dominican Republic visited Temple University and its Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO) to discuss an agreement with Temple’s Office of International Affairs to provide opportunities for talented students from the Dominican Republic in Temple’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.

(L – R) Hai-Lung Dai (Vice President, International Affairs, and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science) and Franklin A. Garcia Fermin (Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic)

International Affairs launches OWLTOPIA 

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Temple kickstarts #WhyUS Campaign

“We realized that promoting the advantages of study in the U.S. would only work if we pulled together with other universities as part of a unified campaign, the same way we did with #YouAreWelcomeHere.” 
-Vice President of International Affairs, Hai-Lung Dai

International Affairs tackles U.S. racism with new taskforce

“The killing of George Floyd and other innocent people of color gave urgency to this cause and clarified the need to form our taskforce.” 
- International Student Affairs Director, Leah Hetzell