Faculty, research students and staff are invited to a networking session to discuss opportunities for research collaboration and researcher mobility with representatives from many of the University’s key international partners. See below to RSVP.

Senior staff from 12 of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) partner institutions will visit the University on Friday, May 24 to discuss opportunities for engagement, both through the WUN network and at the bilateral level. The WUN comprises 19 research-intensive institutions spanning six continents. The University of Rochester joined the WUN in February 2012.

Meet with WUN partner(s) to discuss:

• The Research Development Fund (RDF) which annually awards $365,000 in seed funding for collaborative projects amongst WUN partners.
• Participation in more than 75 WUN research groups.
• Researcher mobility programs to send and receive faculty and research students as visiting scholars.
• Collaboration through virtual meetings, faculty and student exchange, conferences and symposia.

WUN Networking Session Participants

Australia
The University of Western Australia

New Zealand
The University of Auckland

Britain
The University of Bristol
The University of Leeds
The University of Sheffield
The University of Southampton
The University of York

Norway
The University of Bergen

Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

South Africa
The University of Cape Town

The Netherlands
Maastricht University

United States
The University of Rochester

RSVP

WUN Researcher Networking Session
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm, Friday May 24, 2013
The Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall

Please RSVP by Monday, May 20: Barb Tanski (btanski@ur.rochester.edu; 276-4074). Please indicate if there are any particular WUN partner(s) with whom you would like to meet.

Contact Todd St. Vrain (todd.stvrain@rochester.edu; 275 – 4821), the University’s Manager for International Initiatives and WUN Coordinator for further discussion about the WUN and international partnerships.