Global Engagement
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February 21, 2018
University a top 10 Peace Corps producer for 18th straight year
For the 18th straight year, U-M is in the top 10 large colleges and universities that produce Peace Corps volunteers, ranking eighth for undergraduate alumni volunteers and fifth among graduate school producers.
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February 19, 2018
U-M tops the list of research universities for Fulbrights
U-M faculty scholars received 12 Fulbright grants — one of the U.S. government’s most prestigious awards — for the 2017-18 academic year, the most of any research university in the nation.
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November 28, 2017
Students worldwide to connect virtually to solve entrepreneurial challenges
A new virtual exchange program will give undergraduate students at U-M the chance to address social entrepreneurship challenges from opposite sides of the world.
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November 20, 2017
Ford School senior named U-M’s 28th Rhodes Scholar
Nadine Jawad, a senior at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, is one of 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2018. She plans to study medicine, public health and forced migration.
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November 13, 2017
University again among leaders in sending students overseas
For the fifth straight year, U-M ranks in the top 10 among higher education institutions with the most students studying abroad, according to the annual Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education.
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September 18, 2017
University launching new, efficient registry for travel abroad
U-M is preparing to launch a new secure, cloud-based travel registry that will provide more robust and efficient tools to track and contact its faculty and staff traveling abroad.
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September 8, 2017
U-M, Tsinghua start grad program in environment, sustainability
The School for Environment and Sustainability and Tsinghua University’s School of Environment have established an Accelerated Master’s Degree Program that begins this fall.
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July 27, 2017
U-M, SJTU research teams share $1 million to study data science
Five research teams from U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China are sharing $1 million to study data science and its impact in a variety of areas.
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July 25, 2017
Faculty, students building research collaborations in Ethiopia
From an online cancer database to soil restoration and conservation, U-M students and faculty are tackling research collaborations with Ethiopian universities and organizations.
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May 31, 2017
U-M celebrates official name in Chinese
The university has a new, official Chinese name: 密西根大学. It was unveiled by S. Jack Hu, vice president of research, during the recent Pan Asia alumni reunion in Shanghai.
