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Connecting Higher Education with Local Communities: Examples from the EPIC Africa Network

We’re excited to invite you to the next session of the AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series happening Next Week!

Title: Connecting Higher Education with Local Communities: Examples from the EPIC Africa Network

Speakers: Mzime Murisaa (EPIC Africa) &Gavin Luterr (EPIC-N)
Date & Time: August 7, 2025 | 3PM CAT / 9AM EST
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d9rrEsNj

The session will explore:
> The EPIC model for linking universities and local governments
> Case studies showing real-world impact
> How institutional barriers can be overcome to support local engagement

Hosted in collaboration with Access 2 Perspectives with support from the African Open Science Platform, as part of our ongoing commitment to Open Science in Africa.

Ready to get involved?

Testimonials

Sage (the SDSU EPIC Program) is giving us some basic building blocks by looking at how to incorporate those strategies as we move forward.

Lydia Romero, Lemon Grove City Manager

The City of Apache Junction was extremely fortunate to be the inaugural city for the Project Cities [ASU’s EPIC program]. The city, community residents, ASU students, faculty and staff worked on a total of nine different projects.

Bryant Powell, City of Apache Junction City Manager

This program is an incredible example of what higher education can do for our community.

Largo Wales, Auburn Deputy Mayor

It was amazing to see all of [the] projects. The creativity is the most impressive thing… {students] went into the data, rows and rows of it…and [their] topics were right on the money. These are exactly the kinds of things that we are thinking about at Metro Transit