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Current international initatives include:
HAC’s Department of An exciting partnership HAC’s Department of
Optometry, together with between the DAN Depart- Communication Disorders
the University of Houston ment of Creative Human operates an international
College of Optometry, is Design, together with academic program in col-
conducting joint research Moholy-Nagy University laboration with the Uni-
on various behavioral and of Art and Design in Buda- versity of Essex, UK. One
environmental influences pest, Hungary, launched recent seminar explored
(i.e. the use of electronic the International Network the therapeutic value of
devices) that impact eye of Social Design, which will employing narrative stories
growth and myopia in both promote shared research for improving the speech,
Israeli and American chil- and innovative design so- language, and communica-
dren. The results of the lutions to contemporary tion capabilities of children
research will aid with the social challenges. with special needs.
development of targeted
treatment options.
HAC’s Department of Op- HAC’s Department of Pho-
tometry piloted the Col- tographic Communication
laborative Online Interna- and Department of Poli-
tional Learning Program, tics and Communication
which forges international have partnered with the
academic partnerships, Johannes Gutenberg Uni-
and connects students versity of Mainz, Germany,
between four universi- for an exploration called
ties and colleges in India, “Migration, Integration,
Norway, Spain, and Israel, and Media – The Other
while providing opportu- Person.” The project in-
nities for global learning cludes joint online classes
experiences that are inte- and work assignments;
grated into degree studies. hopefully, it will enable stu-
dents to travel to meet one
another in the near future.
Shay Osdon,
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