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The International College of the University of Bridgeport is committed topreparing our students for careers in international public service, academia, and the media. Our programs are designed to provide students with the cultural depth, the interpersonal skills, and the academic competencies needed to promote personal, social, and economic development.

Academic Year 2008

- The University of Bridgeport receives licensure from the Connecticut Department of Higher Education for its new Masters program in Global Development and Peace.        ...(Read More)

- The 25th Japan National Model UN Team announced in August its intention to pair for a second time with the University of Bridgpeort Model United Nations team.            ...(Read More)

Updates on UB Faculty Activites

-Dr. Mark Setton, Associate Professor of World Religion and Chair of the Martial Arts Studies program has completed his second book on Confucianism for SUNY Press. Entitled Confucianism: Tradition and Innovation, its expected publication date is Summer 2008

- Professors Zhiqun Zhu and Yanmin Yu were both awarded fellowships to study at the East-West Institute in Hawaii, grant provided that would bring new students to UB from here...(Read More)

-Dr. Stephen Healey, Chair of the World Religions program, spoke in May 2007 at the American Academy of Religion’s Eastern International Region at the University of Waterloo on  “The Essential Issue: Religion and International Relations after 9/11.”

-Dr. Yanmin Yu has written an article "China: U.S. Partner, Competitor, or Threat—What Do the Americans Think. It will appear in the Rowman & Littlefield publication Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development by S. Guo and B. Guo that will be published in December 2007.

-Dr. Ward wrote an article on the role of non-govenmental organizations in fostering human security entitled, “The Political Economy of NGOs and Human Security published in the Spring 2007 International Journal of World Peace. 

- Dr. Yanmin Yu was interviewed on December 1, 2006 by Free Asia Radio together with People's Daily's senior sports journalist on China's recent decision to allow foreign correspondents... (Read More)

- Chair of Martial Arts Studies planning to have a 15-day tour of China on the theme of Martial Arts... (Read More)

- Professor Richard L. Rubenstein will speak on the ways that changes in the immigration trends may impact ... (Read More)

- Dr. Zhiqun Zhu spoke with faculty of the International College on the threat of North Korea's proliferation of ... (Read More)

- Dr. Stephen Healey will present the conflict analysis model he is developing... (Read More)

- Dr. Mark K. Setton returned in late August from a seminar and tour that he conducted in China together with ... (Read More)

- The International College welcomes Dr. Dave O. Benjamin. Dr. Benjamin is the new Assistant Professor ... (Read More)

- The International College welcomes Dr. Beth Skott. She received her Ph.D. at the University of ... (Read More)

- Prof. Clement Malin is teaching a class on the Geopolitics of Oil. He served as Vice President of ... (Read More)

- Miguel Arroyo will once again lead the UB's Model UN team. This year the university will be representing ... (Read More)