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academic collaborations
Who We Are
On April, 2018 Presidents from universities across Latin, America the Caribbean, Canada and the United States convened to discuss the concept of a hemispheric consortium to facilitate problem-based collaborations in education, research and innovation to generate the knowledge and solutions necessary to confronting the key challenges facing not only the hemispheric but also the globe including:
Public Health, Wellbeing and Human Prosperity
Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
Entrepreneurship
and Inclusive Innovation
Crime, Conflict,
and
Corruption
Technology and Innovation for Education
Collaborations through the Hemispheric University Consortium are based on the shared recognition of the pressing developmental challenges that confront our societies and the consequent imperative that the members jointly reflect, align and act upon the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.
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Our Initiatives
The purpose of the Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC) is to foster collaboration among higher education institutions in an effort to enhance the quality and reach of their education and their research in order to develop innovative and impactful solutions for the social challenges facing the region and the world. In this regard, the members agree to focus on the following initiatives of great importance for the HUC:
Education
Public Health, Well-being and Human Prosperity
- COVID-19 Online Resources Collaboration
Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
- Ocean Health Course
- Biodiversity and Conservation in the Tropics
Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Innovation
- Certificate in Practical Innovation
- Certificate: Entrepreneurship for the Creative Industries
- Cathedra on Building and Infrastructure Construction in the Americas
- PhD Students mobility program
- Pen-Pal program for students
- Practical Innovation Polyineering Summer Program
- Practical Innovation Hemispheric Summer Program
- Strategic Innovation & Entrepreneurship in LATAM
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Crime, Conflict and Corruption
- Law Without Walls (LWOW)
- Compliance Boot Camp
- Miami Law Global Summer Academy
Technology and Innovation for Education
- Ocean Health Course
- Latin American Studies and Spanish as a Second Language Program
- Collaborative Library Resources for Research and Education
Research
Public Health, Well-being and Human Prosperity
- Minorities in health and health disparities research training
- Drug Abuse and Addiction
Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Designing Law: Plastics
- HUC Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
- Disaster and Emergency Management
Crime, Conflict and Corruption
- Gender and Justice (focusing on violence against women)
- Journalists and their social and political context in Latin America
Technology and Innovation for Education
- Big Data and its use as a tool across the substantive areas of the HUC research In process
Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Innovation
- Startup competition partnering with eMerge Americas
- HUC Innovation Observatory
- HUC Social Entrepreneurship Collaborative Centre
- HUC Technological Transfer Network
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Technology and Innovation for Education
- Technological Frontiers Forum
- Magic Leap – HUC Collaboration
Innovation Observatory
The Hemispheric University Consortium Innovation Observatory (HUC.IO) is a multilateral online platform that showcases research projects, facilities, capacity building programs and annual R&D reports of Consortium members. HUC.IO seeks to encourage joint research opportunities, foster collaboration and highlight innovative initiatives and their impact in the 5 key challenges defined by Consortium.
COMING SOON
Universidade de São Paulo
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
The University of the West Indies
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Blog
Hemispheric University Consortium Students Practice Social Entrepreneurship Along Their “Pathway to Prosperity”
In December, students from across the Americas successfully culminated a year-long learning journey after participating in the “Pathway to Prosperity” workshop series sponsored by the Hemispheric University Consortium. They left the program equipped with the skill set to enable social impact in their communities and empowered with the knowledge that change is within their reach.
Emprendimiento Social y Mipymes para la constitución de una sociedad más justa
En el marco de la “Virtual Workshops Series: Caminos Hacia la Prosperidad” organizada por el HUC, la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile a través del Laboratorio de Innovación Social UC – CoLab UC impulsaron la instancia de formación “Emprendimiento Social y Mipymes para la constitución de una sociedad más justa”.
Miami Herbert junior and sophomore duo envisions a solution to reduce human trafficking for sexual exploitation
An idea to combat sex trafficking wins among University of Miami teams competing in the first hemispheric Social Ideas Challenge.
Contact
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Hemispheric University Consortium
Email: HUCSecretariat@miami.edu