Global Engagement
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August 18, 2023
President’s award winners focus on global health, student travel
Jody Lori of the School of Nursing and Katie Lopez of the School of Social Work are this year’s recipients of the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education.
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May 24, 2023
U-M only U.S. university helping build massive telescope
The Extremely Large Telescope — the largest optical telescope ever built — could change everything we know about the universe, and U-M is the only U.S. university involved in building it.
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May 17, 2023
U-M joins initiative advancing auto-sector chip development
U-M has become part of a new public-private partnership that will establish a global semiconductor center of excellence in Michigan focusing on the auto industry.
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May 5, 2023
U-M expands support for faculty, staff traveling abroad
U-M employees now have additional resources for enhanced safety and support for personal and business trips abroad, including travel health consultations and travel-abroad health insurance.
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April 27, 2023
U-M center awards $1.9M to promote global vaccine equity
U-M’s Center for Global Health Equity has awarded $1.9 million to two research teams working to ensure eligible recipients have full, affordable access to recommended vaccinations.
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April 24, 2023
ROTC students learn the realities of D-Day where it happened
Stepping out of the classroom and onto the beaches of Normandy, France, ROTC cadets and midshipmen from U-M embarked on a journey recently to process the reality of World War II’s D-Day.
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April 5, 2023
Two from LSA named Ecological Society of America Fellows
Meghan Duffy and María Natalia Umaña, faculty members in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have been chosen as 2023 fellows of the Ecological Society of America.
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March 20, 2023
Faculty share international experiences to inspire others
A panel led by U-M’s Council on Global Engagement examined how studying abroad and international fieldwork can further international engagement and provide tools to help faculty develop international programs.
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March 13, 2023
Francis Medal recipient says nations must learn from pandemic
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recipient of U-M’s Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health, said nations must learn from the mistakes made throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 20, 2023
Wallenberg Fellow’s drawings illustrate climate change in Mexico
Meghana Tummala, an undergraduate at the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, is the winner of the 2023 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship.
