Michael Boakye-Yiadom, a research fellow at the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, addresses attendees in the atrium of Silverman Library.

From left: Mara Huber, associate dean for undergraduate research and experiential learning; Graham Hammill, vice provost for educational affairs and dean of the Graduate School; and John Wood, interim vice provost for international education, and colleagues from Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah (right), clinical assistant professor in the School of Management, launched a partnership focusing on leadership development and entrepreneurship with the University of Cape Coast and the Global Centre for Leadership and Social Innovation in Ghana. With Siaw-Asamoah are Gene Morse (center), SUNY Distinguished Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Nathan Daun-Barnett (left), associate professor in the Graduate School of Education

Charles Maponga (right) represents Zimbabwe in the UB-University of Zimbabwe partnership focusing on HIV research training. Also pictured are, from right, Danielle Nerber, a recent UB alum who traveled to Tanzania); Gerald Noah, the liaison for collaboration between UB and Tanzania; and UB graduate psychology student Amanda Hellwig.

Participants celebrate a successful Global Partner Studio Institute. Front row from left: Cindi Tysick, UB Libraries; Michael Boakye-Yiadom, partner from Ghana; Mara Huber, Undergraduate Education; John Lindo, partner from Jamaica; Gerald Noah, partner from Tanzania; Gene Morse, Pharmacy; Christina Heath, Experiential Learning Network; and Amanda Hellwig, ELN. Back row from left: Charles Maponga, partner from Zimbabwe, and Charlie Baxter, ELN.