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UNO Model United Nations Team Earns Recognition at National Conference

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The University of New Orleans Model United Nations team earned an honorable mention award, placing it among the top third of the more than 170 participating teams, at this month’s 2025 National Model UN Conference in New York City. The 19 students who made up UNO’s delegation represented the Republic of Austria, a nation with longstanding ties to the University through Center Austria and the UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School.

Photo of UNO delegation at the United Nations.

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2022

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The Liberal Arts Building at the University of New Orleans houses the Department of Language and Literature.

_{August 29, 2022}

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_{August 26, 2022}

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_{August 23, 2022}

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_{August 23, 2022}

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_{August 17, 2022}

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_{August 16, 2022}

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_{August 15, 2022}

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_{August 12, 2022}

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The University of New Orleans’ flagship study abroad program in Austria is the University’s largest and oldest study abroad program. The 2022 UNO-Innsbruck Global Ambassadors pictured with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Austria(center).

_{August 10, 2022}

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