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List of Established UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in U.S.


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U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
As of March 14, 2012

2011
• UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy, University of Pennsylvania

• UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, American University, Washington, D.C.

2008
• UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Rivers, University of Washington

2007
• UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development, Boston University, Women’s Studies Program

• UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace, University of Oregon, Oregon Humanities Center

2006
• UNESCO Chair on Achieving the Promise of EFA: A Focus on Literacy and Sustainable Development, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

2005
• UNESCO Chair in creating independent, pluralistic media: training and exchange program for journalists, University of Colorado at Boulder, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

• UNESCO Chair on Growing up in cities, Cornell University, New York

• UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington D.C.

• UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Education, University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center

2004
• UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair in Coastal Resources, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

• UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair in Global Coastal Assessment, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

2002
• UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Florida Atlantic University

2001
• UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights, University of Connecticut

2000
• UNESCO Chair in Communication, University of Texas-Austin, College of Communication

1999
• UNESCO Chair in Higher Education, University of Puerto Rico

1997
• UNITWIN Network for Improving Biological Sciences Education through the Development and Use of Information Technologies in some Arab States Universities, Purdue University, Indiana

1996
• Mobile UNESCO Chair dedicated to the Problems of Habitability in the Hispanoamerican Cities and to the Integral Revitalization of their Historical Centers, University of Puerto Rico

• UNESCO Chair in Education for peace, University of Puerto Rico



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