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Final thoughts and reflections from Hong Kong

Surveying the stunningly massive skyline of Hong Kong – the world’s most vertical city and the IU delegation’s final stop on this historic two-week presidential trip to Asia – it was difficult not to reflect on all of the amazing people we met while in Asia, places we visited and the many new international partnerships […] Read more »

IU’s big day in Beijing

As IU President Michael A. McRobbie managed to point out on several occasions during this whirlwind, two-day trip to Beijing, the university has deep ties with China, dating as far back as the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) when an IU graduate, William Alexander Parsons Martin, worked in Beijing as an interpreter for the American Minister to […] Read more »

Sayonara, Tokyo! Ni Hao, Beijing!

With several days of productive meetings in Japan behind them and buoyed by the spirit on display at last night’s largest-ever Japan alumni chapter gathering, members of the IU delegation boarded a plane early this morning for Beijing, the next stop on their two-week presidential trip to Asia. A quick word about these international trips: […] Read more »

A pre-trip welcome, and where we’re going

Beginning Saturday, an Indiana University delegation, led by IU President Michael A. McRobbie, will embark on a two-week trip to Asia, a region of the world where the university’s connections run deep and reflect IU’s ever-increasing impact on the international stage. Specifically, the delegation will visit (in order of arrival) Japan, China, Singapore, Vietnam and […] Read more »