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The Office of International Education offers a wide range of affordable study abroad opportunities, it welcomes and assists UAlbany's international students, and it provides language instruction for international students who are not yet fluent in English. At a broader level, it supports UAlbany's strategic planning to increase the international content of its educational programs, to develop a wider range of international research projects and partnerships, and to focus attention on major global issues.
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Earthquake Survivors Find Hope at UAlbany
Chinese Students at UAlbany

Six students from China whose lives were disrupted by the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province have found hope studying at UAlbany this year. Their presence is part of a SUNY-wide effort to help 150 students who survived the earthquake.

mosquito Tracking the Spread of Pandemics with Geographic Information Systems
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 5, 2009) -- As public health officials continue to track the path of swine flu around the world, it becomes evident that the technology used for such monitoring -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- is an indispensable tool.

UAlbany students from ChinaAnne Case: Raising Awareness about the Devastating Impact of AIDS in Africa
April 29, 2009 -- Among the densely populated township of shacks outside of Cape Town, South Africa, the pandemic of AIDS has reached its zenith.  Twenty-two million people are estimated to be living with HIV and AIDS in Africa, with almost two million new infections every year. UNAIDS estimates approximately 1.5 million people die of AIDS every year in Africa.

Delivery of medication is one of the keys to helping curb complications from infectious disease in Latin America.School of Public Health Hosts International Conference on Infectious Disease in Latin America
April 27, 2009 -- It costs 40 cents to provide the penicillin that can successfully treat a mother with syphilis during pregnancy and avoid the complications of congenital syphilis in her baby. Why then, has there been an increase in the number of children suffering from this disease in Latin America?

UAlbany students from ChinaShowing Gratitude Through Charity
March 23, 2009 -- After a massive earthquake ravaged her home province of Sichuan, China last May, Xiaoli Zhang experienced an outpouring of generosity from around the world, including the opportunity to study at UAlbany. In return, Zhang wants to show her gratitude to the community that welcomed her after such devastation.

UAlbany student Reena Patel assists dentist.UAlbany Students Extract a Real-World Experience
March 16, 2009 -- UAlbany students Reena Patel, Mariam Sharifipour, and Christopher Theall saw firsthand on a trip to Mexico how having access to good dental care is not taken for granted in other parts of the world.

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