{"398981":{"#nid":"398981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Costa Rican Presidential Visit Shines Light on University Exchanges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELook at the study-abroad map of most universities across\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia\u003C\/strong\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ECosta Rica\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;seems like the constant destination.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe programs are diverse:\u0026nbsp;some students take\u0026nbsp;Spanish while\u0026nbsp;teaching English; others learn about tropical ecosystems or how to develop\u0026nbsp;ecotourism programs. Study-abroad websites promising \u201clife-changing\u201d experiences\u0026nbsp;show\u0026nbsp;images of lush forests\u0026nbsp;and students zip-lining, riding horses or whooshing\u0026nbsp;down water slides.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith its political stability,\u0026nbsp;biodiversity, relative poverty and international accolades for \u201cgreen living\u201d and the world\u2019s happiest population, Costa Rica has become a magnet\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;such\u0026nbsp;short-term visits. But as\u0026nbsp;President\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELuis Guillermo\u0026nbsp;Solis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/27561\/costa-rican-president-to-visit-atlanta-on-investment-education-tour\/\u0022\u003Ecomes to Atlanta next month\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to recruit investors from\u0026nbsp;sectors like information technology and medical devices, he will be highlighting programs that engage the country on a more enduring level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESupply Chain Logistics Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2009 launched its Trade, Innovation and Productivity Center in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESan Jose\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;with lofty goals: to change the way the country gets its export\u0026nbsp;products to market, largely by using research to maximize domestic infrastructure and streamline\u0026nbsp;regulations related to trade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/27565\/costa-rican-presidential-visit-shines-light-on-university-exchanges\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the article in its entirety\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E within the Global Atlanta website.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;President\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELuis Guillermo\u0026nbsp;Solis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/27561\/costa-rican-president-to-visit-atlanta-on-investment-education-tour\/\u0022\u003Ecomes to Atlanta next month\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to recruit investors from\u0026nbsp;sectors like information technology and medical devices, he will be highlighting programs that engage the country on a more enduring level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Atlanta is one stop on President Luis Guillermo Solis\u0027s four-city, 13-day U.S. tour aimed at wooing investment to Costa Rica."}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2015-04-24 10:44:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:08","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"398961":{"id":"398961","type":"image","title":"Costa Rican Presidential Visit Shines Light on University Exchanges","body":null,"created":"1449246371","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:26:11","changed":"1475895117","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:57","alt":"Costa Rican Presidential Visit Shines Light on University Exchanges","file":{"fid":"75749","name":"global-atlanta.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/global-atlanta.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/global-atlanta.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":83624,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/global-atlanta.jpg?itok=7xRnAjmt"}}},"media_ids":["398961"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/27565\/costa-rican-presidential-visit-shines-light-on-university-exchanges\/","title":"Read the article in its entirety within the Global Atlanta website."}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"234","name":"Costa Rica"},{"id":"124691","name":"global trade"},{"id":"124711","name":"unviersity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["info@gatech.cr"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}