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Professor Nguyen Receives Medal 'For the Course of Education' from Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
01/03/2017
Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen was presented a medal “For the Course of Education” on behalf of the National Economics University in Hanoi. She received the honor on December 12, 2016.
The award recognizes Professor Nguyen’s contribution to NEU’s development and to education in Vietnam. Professor Nguyen travels frequently to Vietnam for teaching, consulting, and scholarly pursuits.
In the photo, Professor Nguyen, right, receives the honor from Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Van Cuong. He is a Deputy to the 14th Vietnam National Assembly and NEU’s Vice President.
Professor Nguyen holds the Gerald L. Bepko Chair in Law, and is the director of the IU McKinney Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation. She is an internationally recognized legal scholar, known for her expertise at the intersections of intellectual property, secured transactions, bankruptcy, licensing, and taxation. She received the Grant Gilmore Award from the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, an honor bestowed only eight times since its creation in 1992, in recognition of her scholarship.
