On December 1st, the Embassy hosted a virtual study fair on the subject of “Student Exchanges to the USA”. This information fair enabled participants to learn more about the programs of various exchange organizations. The participating organizations (AFS, AIFS, ASSIST, international experience and EducationUSA) offered visitors individual advice and alumni shared experience reports from everyday …
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On April 13, Cultural Attaché Miranda Patterson participated in this year’s English Language Contest for Viennese upper secondary school students as an interlocutor alongside John Newman, U.N. Vienna. After several rounds of conversations, followed by brief presentations on impromptu topics, the jury members announced the winners! 1st Robin Sypniewski, Theresianum 2nd Adrian Wawruschka, Kollegium Kalksburg, 3rd Laurenz …
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Ambassador Trevor Traina inaugurated the “American Shelves” at the City Library and participated in a press conference celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the library. He also visited the School Campus Weiz , where he talked about entrepreneurship and transatlantic relations and answered a wide array of questions about U.S. politics, the presidential election campaign, and the work of an Ambassador. …
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Last week, Ambassador Traina travelled to Innsbruck to engage with students and faculty at the 44th UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School. He joined the course “Game of Thrones: Habsburg History” (one of close to forty offered this year), and met with hundred students for “A Conversation with Ambassador Traina.” Afterwards he attended a reception hosted by …
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Chargé d’Affaires Robin Dunnigan represented the U.S. Embassy Vienna at the opening ceremony of the 44th UNO-Innsbruck Summer School at Congress Innsbruck on June 30. The evening was kicked off with a video celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Universität Innsbruck in 2019. Rektor Tilmann Märk, in his remarks, reminiscing about his own exchange experience …
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Ambassador Traina visited the Vienna Business School this week and gave a talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur. Later the Ambassador met with the students in charge of the school’s practice company Arte Fakt. Ambassador Traina thanked the students for the demonstration of the functions and departments of the company. “I was very impressed …
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From November 16-18, the Austrian Association for American Studies held its 45th annual meeting on “American Im/Mobilities” at the University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Amerika Haus. The conference, which brought together more than 100 scholars of American Studies and related disciplines from Austria, other European countries, and the United States, set out to examine …
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