Mexico Center “Puentes” Initiative Will Ignite Collaboration between UT Austin and Mexico

Feb 7, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — Mexico scholars at The University of Texas at Austin will come together with Mexican colleagues at the inaugural Puentes Summit on Security and Governance this coming Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 11 and 12.

Puentes is a new yearly summit to foster collaboration between UT Austin scholars and their Mexican counterparts, who will gather to address problems relevant to Mexico and the United States. According to Professor Ricardo Ainslie, director of the LLILAS Benson Mexico Center, the summit will constitute an “innovative approach to in-depth collaboration on UT–Mexico topics. The topics will vary from year to year, drawing on the talent and expertise of the university faculty.”

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