International Outreach: Thinking outside the box

Dr. Chunsheng Zhang talks about his vision for raising the international profile of the UO

“People say, ‘think outside the box,’ but I say—don’t even go IN there in the first place!”

The ebullient Dr. Chunsheng Zhang is obviously not in the habit of boxed-in thinking. On the contrary, the University of Oregon’s new Vice Provost for International Affairs and Outreach is all about exploration, expansion, and innovation.

In fact, one of the things that first drew Zhang to the UO is its receptivity to innovation—that, and its West Coast location, which naturally lends itself to educational exchanges with Pacific Rim universities. As Zhang says, “international collaboration in research and education is not just a trend, it’s already here!” He is eager to expand upon what the UO has already done to foster global exchange and help raise the profile of the UO as one of the country’s leading research universities.

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