Global Engagement
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May 16, 2022
AAU releases video of Zelenskyy’s meeting with higher-ed leaders
The Association of American Universities has shared a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting Monday with U.S. higher-education leaders.
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May 4, 2022
UM-Flint’s School of Management partners with Ukrainian B-school
Even as escalating hostilities with Russia loomed, a graduate and executive business school in Lviv, Ukraine, and UM-Flint’s School of Management fostered a partnership to offer virtual workshops.
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April 11, 2022
Secretary of State, senator to share thoughts on Ukraine war
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will host a virtual event April 14 examining the domestic and foreign policy implications of the war in Ukraine.
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March 21, 2022
Wallenberg Fellow to research realities of exploited Rwandan women, girls
Graduating senior Chloe Hale has been named the 2022 Raoul Wallenberg Fellow. The award will allow her to spend the next year exploring how health crises affect the education of women and girls in Rwanda.
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March 3, 2022
U-M tops public universities for Fulbright student awards
U-M students and faculty scholars were offered 25 Fulbright grants to fund overseas work for the 2021-22 academic year. The university is among the top-producing institutions in the country.
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November 22, 2021
Long-awaited study-abroad trips back on track, with extra steps
About 1,500 U-M students, so far, have applied to travel to 33 countries during winter 2022, a number that is fast approaching pre-pandemic levels.
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November 15, 2021
U-M No. 2 in Big Ten, No. 5 in U.S. for study-abroad participation
U-M was the No. 2 Big Ten university and No. 5 in the nation overall for students studying abroad during the 2019-20 academic year, according to an annual report by the Institute of International Education.
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November 8, 2021
Global network takes stock of human adaptation to climate change
A study by a global network of 126 researchers, including at U-M, found that adaptation to climate change around the world is mostly fragmented and incremental and undertaken primarily by individuals and households.
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October 14, 2021
U-M is among top 10 Peace Corps Prep universities
U-M is ranked eighth among schools preparing students who would like to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer. The university’s Peace Corps Prep Program trained 19 students in the class of 2021.
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April 27, 2021
The COVID-19 health care catastrophe in India and how to help
In his On the Agenda blog, President Mark Schlissel highlights ways the university community is stepping up to help India, a longtime education and research partner, handle an explosion of COVID-19 cases.