An inspiring, energizing and eye-opening week
Time and again on this momentous trip to Thailand, members of IU’s delegation were given the opportunity to experience up-close and first-hand just how deep the connections between IU and this vibrant country have been throughout the the last 70 years. Beginning a week ago — from the bustling streets of Bangkok to the northernmost […] Read more »
Snapshots of reflection and change in Chiang Rai
A day after arriving at Doi Tung in Chiang Rai, IU delegation members more fully immersed themselves in the dramatic, four-decades-long transformation in public health and well-being that has taken place here in the forest hills of Thailand. On Sunday, fresh off an inspiring and energizing trip to the Doi Tung Development Project, they traveled […] Read more »
Dreams and dramatic transformation in Doi Tung
Members of the IU delegation embarked early this morning on a weekend trip to Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand. Their specific destination: Doi Tung, a mountain in the Thai highlands area known as the “Golden Triangle,” where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma converge. At an elevation of nearly 2,000 feet, Doi […] Read more »
A commitment to partnership and engagement in Southeast Asia
Among the hallmarks of Indiana University’s rich tradition of international engagement — which now goes back more than 100 years — has been a vigorous pursuit of institutional partners around the globe that share IU’s commitment to expanding the worldview of its students and responding through first-rate faculty research and scholarly collaboration to society’s most […] Read more »