About OIA

Key Functions

Every aspect of OIA’s work entails collaboration with others – numerous Yale programs, faculty, staff, and students, as well as a variety of external constituents. Our key functions include:

• Regional specialists support international programs and initiatives and advance Yale’s reputation in their assigned regions, maintains comprehensive profiles of Yale in each target country, and maintains contacts with universities, governments, and other institution in priority countries, including regular overseas visits.
• OIA plans, supports and often participates in international trips by officers, deans, and others.
• OIA organizes visits to Yale by foreign guests including VIPs, university officials, and others.  Visits can include private meetings, public addresses, or large events in venues such as Woolsey or Sprague Halls and academic symposia.  

• OIA works with other Yale offices to facilitate the international efforts of individual faculty, academic units, and administrative offices.  OIA collaborates with other offices at Yale on efforts to ensure compliance with Yale policies and US and foreign laws. 
• OIA promotes Yale working with OPAC, foreign press, and media relations consultants. 
• OIA communicates information about international programs to constituents at Yale. 
• OIA organizes leadership training programs involving Yale faculty. 
• OIA manages the President’s Council on International Activities.
• OIA manages the University response to international crises.  These have included evacuating students, faculty, and staff from Lebanon, Egypt, Japan, and elsewhere in the wake of civil unrest or natural disaster.  These also include working with other offices to manage reputational crisis.