Cradle… astronauts landed on Hellas. There are 27 astronauts in total. NASA, including Neil Armstrong, graduated from Purdue, the historic US State University in Indiana. The institution has over 50,000 students and is one of the top 5 public universities for natural sciences. Planning the institution’s next introversion step, the new university president, Prof. Mung Chang, leads a delegation of professors in Greece on his first trip to Europe to partner with Greek Universities.

In particular, during the week, the Purdue delegation met with its leadership and professors. Athens University to specialize the cooperation of the two institutions. The American institution focuses on disciplines such as computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, physics and biology, drug development, and biomedicine. “Why Greece?” is a key question that foreign scientists must answer, especially during the period of extroversion of Greek universities. “Greece has a special position due to its history, culture and, of course, traditionally good relations with the United States,” Mr. Chan said.

Such as said “K” Rector of the University of Athens Thanos Dimopoulos, “the two institutions will focus on the exchange of students, researchers and universities, on the organization of joint master’s and doctoral programs and in the field of research.” Obviously, these are areas that usually cover relevant cooperation, and according to Mr. Chang, initiatives will be taken to financially strengthen exchanges and mobility, and especially the presence of Greek scientists and students in the US.

HOUR Easter Sunday he was born in Greece, studied here and found his first teaching position at the Greek University of Democritus of Thrace. She is currently Professor of Biological Sciences and Associate Dean at Purdue University. “Greece has a lot to offer as it has great scientists who are in touch with the international scientific community. Purdue is a leading public university in the US and is interested in partnering overseas. Well, our collaboration with the University of Athens came at the right time.” watching the conversation with “K”. In fact, he adds, in addition to EKPA, the Purdue delegation also signed cooperation agreements with NTUA, the University of Patras, Democritus of Thrace, and the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce.

“The Greek economy seems to be growing rapidly. The Greek professors and students are very good and contribute to the reputation of our country’s universities abroad. On the other hand, Greek scholars, and more broadly scholars living abroad, are Greek ambassadors and are the best bridges connecting foreign institutions with Greek ones. This is human capital, which I would like Greece to use more,” she notes.

Purdue has 20 Greek professors. As she emphasizes, “there are many of us. But this is happening in many American universities. Among the total number of foreigners in US universities, the number of Greeks is very large and in proportion to the population of our country.