Skip to main content

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 »

Building bridges in Vietnam

Besides the incredible culture and history here in Hanoi, what impressed members of the IU delegation most about their time in Vietnam was the enormous enthusiasm of the institutions we visited. Indeed, it was difficult not to be inspired by the intense interest that IU’s Vietnamese partners have in the university’s vast academic and research […] Read more »

A productive and historic day in Hanoi

Here in Hanoi, about the first thing you notice is the honking. Incessant honking from the mass of motorbikes that swerve around cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians like in some kind of video game. Not angry downtown Manhattan-style honking, mind you. The Vietnamese don’t drive as much by sight as they do by sound, we […] Read more »