Global Engagement
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February 1, 2023
University joining worldwide alliance to advance global role
U-M has accepted an invitation to join the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, an international alliance of university presidents who work together to address pressing global challenges.
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January 26, 2023
Ph.D. student shares remarkable path from Cuba to U-M
José Carlos Díaz was just 11 years old the first time his knack for engineering and love of science merged and made the world better for the people around him in Cuba.
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December 12, 2022
U-M students chosen for new STEM fellowship
Three U-M doctoral candidates and an alumna have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Quad Fellowship, a program designed to spur interdisciplinary scientific and technological innovation.
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December 7, 2022
Environmental justice expert is U-M’s first U.S. Science Envoy
U-M environmental justice expert Kyle Whyte is one of seven distinguished scientists in the country named U.S. Science Envoys by the U.S. Department of State.
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November 30, 2022
President Ono issues statement on situation in Iran
President Santa J. Ono released a statement Nov. 30, joining in support and solidarity with the Iranians fighting for their fundamental rights.
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November 15, 2022
U-M’s efforts helped study abroad programs during pandemic
According to the annual Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education, 140 U.S. students from U-M participated in education-abroad programs during 2020-21 for academic credit.
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October 26, 2022
U-M, Schmidt Futures to partner on new AI research program
U-M will receive more than $10 million to recruit and train 60 postdoctoral fellows over the next six years as part of a new global partnership applying artificial intelligence to STEM research.
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October 3, 2022
WHO director general to receive Thomas Francis Jr. Medal
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general for the World Health Organization who has led it through the COVID-19 pandemic, will be awarded the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health.
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September 21, 2022
U-M joins project investigating war crimes in Ukraine
U-M’s Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia will collaborate over the next year with The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies to create a “Lasting Memorial” of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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September 19, 2022
Two from U-M named department’s first female AGU Fellows
Two female U-M scientists are among 54 earth and space researchers named AGU Fellows by the American Geophysical Union, one of the highest in the earth and space sciences..
