China passed a significant milestone last fall: For the first time since its economic opening more than four decades ago, it traded more with developing countries than the U.S., Europe and Japan combined. It was one of the clearest signs yet that China and the West are going in different directions as tensions increase over trade, technology, security and other thorny issues.
World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honor refugees around the globe, falling each year on June 20 and celebrating the strength and courage of those who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.
The day is an occasion to build empathy and understanding for their plight and recognize refugees' resilience in rebuilding their lives.
Sanjeev Khagram, director general and dean of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, joined world leaders at the 2022 U.N. Global Compact Leaders Summit to better understand the role of business progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) outlined by the United Nations.
Under the theme “The World We Want,” this year’s sessions included topics regarding business practices through the lens of pressing issues.
On 28 April 2022, the Arizona State University/Thunderbird School of Global Management - Hiroshima University Global School ('Global Initiative') received the designation as the “Locations in Japan of a Foreign University” from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. This means that the Global Initiative, which will open in August on the Higashihiroshima Campus, will be recognized as an educational institution and will be able to issue students visas to international students who wish to study at the Global Initiative.
The Institute for Humanities Research at ASU hosted Palestinian faculty from An-Najah National University May 23–27.
The visit was facilitated by a $60,000 grant, “Entrepreneurship Education for the Humanities and Social Sciences," submitted by Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The grant is part of the Institute of International Education's Sustainable U.S.-Palestinian Higher Education Partnerships (SUPHEP) program.
"In this conflict, we as Russians and Ukrainians have a joint enemy here. His name is Vladimir Putin," ASU student Victor Oleynik said.
Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management (Thunderbird), home of the world’s No. 1 ranked Master’s in Management, ranked No.1 for innovation in the U.S., today announced that its transformative new global initiative will be available to learners in Africa through the school’s Nairobi Center of Excellence. Launched in Phoenix earlier this year, the Global Initiative is designed to educate and empower 100 million learners by 2030.
Arizona State University’s (ASU) Thunderbird School of Global Management (Thunderbird), announced that its global initiative to educate and empower 100 million learners by 2030 will be available to learners in the Middle East. Under the initiative, Thunderbird will offer an online Global Management and Entrepreneurship Certificate, consisting of five world-class courses in 40 different languages, including Arabic. The certificate will be covered by full scholarships and thus will be made available at no cost to learners due to a historic $25 million donation from the Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Initiative...
