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Professor Keith Ratner (geography) was in Shanghai, China for two weeks as an invited lecturer in the geography department at Shanghai Normal University, our sister department in China. He spoke to the Chinese graduate students about the process of urban planning, comparing China to the US. He also met with graduate alumni from Salem State.

For the last six years, ´ºÃÎÖ±²¥ and Shanghai Normal University have operated a dual master's degree program in geo-information science (GIS), allowing students to receive master's degrees from both institutions through an articulation agreement. Graduate students from Shanghai Normal complete one year of graduate study in Shanghai, come to  Salem to complete GIS courses here for one year in the geo-information science program and then return to Shanghai to complete a thesis. When they have completed the requirements of both programs, a representative from Salem State travels to Shanghai to attend their commencement ceremony and award the students one of their two master's degrees.