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Discussions will be available via Zoom for those unable to travel to Omaha. The summit will be held at UNMC in the Truhlsen Events Center within the Sorrell Center. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a great opportunity to bring together people from across the University of Nebraska who are collaborating, teaching and conducting research in Africa,&#8221; said Jane Meza, Ph.D., interim associate vice chancellor for global &amp; student support, UNMC, UNO and Nebraska Medicine. &#8220;Our goal is to help to build connections to develop even stronger collaborations with our partners in Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.edu\/africa-summit\/registration\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goals for the Africa Summit include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enabling faculty, staff and graduate students with expertise or interest in any country or region of Africa to meet and become acquainted with each other&#8217;s area of expertise and\/or research;\n<li>Identifying one or more funding priorities or projects for which NU faculty, staff or graduate students could compete for 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