Visit to Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)

DATE

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Objective

Explore opportunities for collaboration between UC and IPN.

Announcements

The signing of the five-year extension of the General Agreement between UC and IPN

The signing of an Agreement of Cooperation between UC Davis and IPN

New collaborations in academic exchange: faculty-led courses and virtual joint courses

The University of California and the National Polythecnic Institute have long been partners and friends and this visit was an opportunity to renew and strengthen our relationship with the signing of five-year extension of the General Agreement between UC and IPN and the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation between UC Davis and IPN.

UC Alianza MX will work with IPN and the 10 UC Campuses to explore innovative collaborations in research and entrepreneurship, as well as academic exchange with faculty-led courses and virtual joint courses.

Participants from IPN

Arturo Reyes Sandoval, General Director

Ricardo Monterrubio López, Secretary of Innovation and Social Integration

Laura Arreola Mendoza, Secretary of Research and Graduate Studies

Rocío García Cardenas, Chief of Institutional Internationalization Division

Participants from University of California and Alianza MX

Kim Wilcox, Chancellor, UC Riverside; Executive Sponsor of Alianza MX

Christine Victorino, Associate Chancellor, University of California Riverside

Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor and Research and Economic Development, UC Riverside

Joanna Regulska, Vice Provost and Dean – Global Affairs, UC Davis

Samuel Sandoval Solis, Associate Professor, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Water Management, UC Davis

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Isabel Studer, Director of Alianza MX

Aaron Melaas, Alianza MX Associate Director of Research and Innovation

Andrea Galván, Alianza MX Associate Director of Academic Exchange and Continuing Education