SUNY Signs Five-Year Collaboration W/ University of Puerto Rico

The State University of New York and the University of Puerto Rico have signed a five-year collaboration between the systems on shared priorities including student success, research, sustainability, and social mobility.

This long-term collaboration extends and expands an agreement established between the two in 2018, and will encourage SUNY campuses to work directly with University of Puerto Rico schools on issues facing New York, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean region, including:

• Student success and supports;  
• Collaborative scientific research;  
• Disaster management, mitigation and resilience studies, including disaster mental health;  
• Collaboration on sustainability initiatives, including, but not limited to renewable energy;  
• Visits by faculty members and researchers for conferences, seminars, lectures and discussions;  
• Creating opportunities for faculty and student mobility;  
• Development of dual diploma programs;  
• Enhanced applied and service-learning opportunities; and  
• Advanced manufacturing.