USC President C. L. Max Nikias and Anthony Bailey, vice president for strategic and global initiatives, hosted a senior delegation of officials from Mexico on campus yesterday to discuss USC’s growing relationship with the country. Led by Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs, Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, the group also included Paulo Carreño King, undersecretary for North America and Carlos García de Alba, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles.
“We have made a concerted effort to create closer bonds with Mexican institutions and I am thrilled that these efforts are now bearing fruit,” Nikias said. “Whether hosting brilliant Mexican postdoctoral researchers at USC or conducting joint research with leading Mexican universities, there’s little doubt that these kinds of partnerships create broad reaching benefits. I was tremendously pleased to hear Secretary Ruiz Massieu express her support for our efforts as well as her hope that USC can deepen these ties in the years to come.”
“Yesterday’s visit by Secretary Ruiz Massieu and her team serves as testament to the leadership USC has shown in reaching out and forming meaningful alliances with Mexican institutions,” Bailey added. “We discussed a host of potential new areas of alliance that will be explored in detail in the coming months. One immediate step is for USC to participate in a program called Cátedra Cultural, a co-sponsored arts speaker program that will see us host a leading Mexican artist on campus in the near future.”
Other areas identified for potential cooperation include arts and creative industries, medicine, petroleum engineering and urban development.
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