Global Engagement
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June 23, 2014
U-M names Jones Luong director of International Institute
Pauline Jones Luong, professor of political science, has been named director of the International Institute. She will serve a three-year term, effective July 1.
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May 27, 2014
Coleman wins Cassandra Pyle Award for international education
President Mary Sue Coleman is the recipient of the 2014 Cassandra Pyle Award that honors her lifelong impact on international education.
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May 15, 2014
Center for Chinese Studies named to honor Rogel, Lieberthal
The Board of Regents on Thursday voted to name the Center for Chinese Studies after U-M donor Richard Rogel and Kenneth Lieberthal, the center’s former director.
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April 22, 2014
Global Information Engagement scholars prepare for India projects
Nineteen U-M students will travel to locations in India in May to work on six projects that are part of the Global Information Engagement Program.
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March 17, 2014
First Wallenberg fellow tells of hauling charcoal, studying conservation in Kenya
Zach Petroni, the first recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship now studying the effects of conservation in Kenya, believes that to truly know something, you have to experience it.
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March 17, 2014
2014 Wallenberg Fellow to study tuberculosis in Peru
The Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship Award for 2014 has been presented to LSA senior Lily Bonadonna to study the social causes of tuberculosis prevalence in Lima, Peru.
• First Wallenberg fellow tells of hauling charcoal and studying conservation in Kenya.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: International education
A major theme of Mary Sue Coleman’s presidency was aggressively building on U-M’s reputation for global engagement, boldly going abroad and — equally as important — bringing the world to her university.
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February 11, 2014
U-M among nation’s top schools for Peace Corps volunteers
U-M ranked fifth nationally among the top volunteer-producing large universities for the Peace Corps, with 81 graduates currently serving in the agency.
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February 4, 2014
$1.3M grant to aid architecture and humanities research
The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and LSA have been awarded $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a major initiative on the synergies between humanities research and the design of cities.
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January 28, 2014
U-M announces virtual collaboration in Islamic studies
U-M has received a $3 million grant to create a virtual curriculum on Islamic studies with the universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
