The University of California (UC) Merced Campus and higher education institutions that form part of the educational cluster of the state of Puebla agreed to initiate actions to strengthen student mobility and boost research in areas such as migration and inequality, agriculture, clean energy and climate justice.
It also seeks to promote research in critical areas such as migration and inequality, smart agriculture and clean energy.
An agreement was signed that formalizes and endorses the cooperation between both Universities.
The rector of the University of California Merced (UC Merced), Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, and the interim rector of the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), Dr. Cecilia Anaya Berríos, met to sign a memorandum of understanding that seeks promote student exchange and academic mobility between both institutions.
The University of California (UC) Merced Campus and higher education institutions that form part of the educational cluster of the state of Puebla agreed to initiate actions to strengthen student mobility and boost research in areas such as migration and inequality, agriculture, clean energy and climate justice.
Due to geographic similarities, California and Mexico face similar challenges in addressing climate change from a social justice perspective.
The Mexico Alliance with the University of California launched the Climate Ambassadors initiative, a bilateral program that aims to improve the training of Californian and Mexican students in environmental matters.
Due to geographic similarities, California and Mexico face similar challenges in addressing climate change from a social justice perspective. The power of universities to support, strengthen and build a social movement that solves the climate crisis through science, systems thinking and socio-ecological justice is imminent.
The University of California fosters cooperation
To face the climate challenges that both the United States and Mexico face, intergenerational solidarity is required, incorporating the issue of social justice and adopting a binational perspective, Isabel Studer stated yesterday.
Rector Enrique Graue Wiechers received the visit of his counterpart from the University of California (UC) Merced, from the United States, Juan Sánchez Muñoz, in which they agreed to strengthen student mobility and promote research in critical areas such as migration and inequality , smart agriculture, clean energy and climate justice.
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