Previous Programming
The Austrian Marshall Plan Chair
In early 2000 the new Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation (“Oesterreichische Marshallplan Jubilaeumsstiftung”) was formed in Vienna. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Marshal Plan, the Austrian ERP-Fonds decided to commemorate the historic achievements of the Marshall Plan in Austria by endowing a foundation designed to improve Austro-American relations in the spirit of the Marshall Plan and strengthen scholarly and scientific cooperation. UNO's unmatched record of 25 years of activities in Innsbruck and almost 20 years of friendship treaty cooperation with the University of Innsbruck has made it a model of transatlantic university partnership with an Austrian institution and a natural target for an Austrian Chair to strengthen ties with Austria.
The City of Innsbruck-University of New Orleans Art Exchange
In the Fall of 2000, the City of Innsbruck and and the University of New Orleans launched an arts exchange program. Tyrolese artsists display their work every Fall at the UNO St. Claude Gallery, and several graduates of the UNO Fine Arts department exhibit their work every summer in the City of Innsbruck's Andechs Gallery. Short artists-in-residence stays have been added to familiarize the artists with the artictic communities in both cities.
The program was discontinued in 2015.
The Austrian Student Program (ASP)
Between 1982 and 2014, some 40 students from the University of Innsbruck and other Austrian universities came to The University of New Orleans each year for the month of February to learn about American government, history, and society through specially designed classes. The program traditionally kicked off with a four-day visit to Washington, D.C., followed by instruction in New Orleans.
Classes were held every morning, while afternoons were dedicated to extracurricular activities and excursions.
The program was discontinued in 2015.
The University of New Orleans Austrian Alumni Association was formed in the fall of 2001 as the “Freunde der University of New Orleans” association in Innsbruck, Austria. In summer 2005 it was renamed to “Austrian UNO Alumni Association.”
Since the spring of 2011 the association has been called “University of New Orleans Austrian Alumni Association” (UNOAAA, UNOtripleA).
Its mission encompassed:
Support the relationship between students of the University of Innsbruck and the University of New Orleans.
Advice Innsbruck students who intend to study at the University of New Orleans, as well American students who plan to study in Innsbruck.
Support the academic exchange at both universities.
Support the partnership and the intercultural relationship between the cities of Innsbruck and New Orleans.
Install and support a network between former exchange students, alumni, and lecturers.
Collaborate with the City of Innsbruck, the University of Innsbruck and the University of New Orleans.
Keep the public informed about the activities of the association.
Its activities were discontinued during the pandemic.