Center Austria and the World Affairs Council of New Orleans would like you to join us for a lecture by Gillian Sorensen:

"Facing the Crises of Our Times: The US and the UN in 21st Century”

Speaker: Gillian Sorensen
Date: Tuesday, March 16th
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Kirschman Hall, Room 210 on UNO campus

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Center Austria and the Austrian Marshallplan Foundation would like to invite you to the Tenth Annual Marshall Plan Lecture:

E Pluribus Unum – A Road Map for a New Global Order?

by Dr. Peter Moser
Marshall Plan Chair and Diplomat in Residence
The University of New Orleans

When: March 10, 2010, 4:00 pm
Where: Earl K. Long LIbrary, Room 407 | UNO Lakefront Campus, New Orleans.

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Dr. Lonnie Johnson, Director of the Austrian Fulbright Commission, and Dr. Molly Mitchell.Center Austria congratulates!

UNO history professor Dr. Molly Mitchell is awarded a Fulbright Grant at the University of Innsbruck for the spring semester 2011.

Center Austria and the World Affairs Council of New Orleans presented a talk by

Dr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice Chancellor, Federal Minister for Science and Research, and Federal Minister for Education, Republic of Austria

European Identity - How to combine Unity and Variety?

Dr. Erhard Busek meets with Austrian students at the University of New Orleans after briefing them on the European Forum Alpbach.>> View image gallery

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First Down Austrian Saints Fanclub in New Orleans for the 44th Superbowl

Martin Frick and Jakob Pinggera studied at UNO in the 2006/7 academic year. In that year they became fans of UNO, of New Orleans and of the Saints. They founded the Saints fanclub 'First Down' and returned to the city for the Saints Superbowl victory.
 
We are happy to have such loyal friends!

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University of New Orleans / University of Innsbruck Workshop

International Student Mobility in the Global Age
Best Practices in Europe and the United States

One-Day Workshop - February 12, 2010

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Center Austria and The World Affairs Council of New Orleans would like to invite you to a talk by Dr. Lonnie Johnson (Fulbright - Austrian-American Educational Commission):

Looking back on Central Europe: Twenty Years after 1989

When: February 11, 2010, 12.30pm
Where: Liberal Arts Lounge, UNO Campus

Lonnie Johnson has been the Executive Director of the Austrian-American Educational Commission (AAEC), which is responsible for managing bilateral Fulbright exchanges between Austria and the United States, since 1997. Before joining the AAEC staff, he directed the Austrian Academic Exchange Service's Office for International Affairs (94-97); was the Associate Director for Program Development at Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, a center for advanced study (91-94); and served as the Associate Director and Dean of Students at the Institute of European Studies (IES), Vienna Program: the oldest and largest study abroad program for U.S. undergraduates in Austria.

He is the author of Introducing Austria (Ariadne Press, 1989); Vienna: The Past in the Present (with Inge Lehne, 2nd edition, Ariadne Press, 1995), and Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends (Oxford University Press: 3rd revised and expanded edition forthcoming 2010).

„Center Austria is chiming in with the entire city of New Orleans about the incredible Saints victory on Sunday night and the winning of the NFC Championship. We are all believers now and look forward to one more victory. Photo: Marion Wieser

Center Austria Director Dr. Günter Bischof receives recognition for his work from the Austrian Minister for Science and Research, Dr. Johannes Hahn.