Global Engagement

  1. March 26, 2024

    Prestigious Chinese object program moving to UMMA

    The U-M Museum of Art has been selected as the new home institution for the renowned Chinese Object Study Workshops, which offer a vital platform for training graduate students.

  2. March 25, 2024

    Wallenberg Fellow encourages sociocultural awakening in Brazil

    Saige Porter, the recipient of the 2024 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship, plans to study the complex systems and policies working to perpetuate social inequality in Brazil.

  3. February 28, 2024

    New U-M website documents war crimes in Ukraine

    U-M’s Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia has created Ukraine Testifies, an online digital archive of documented human rights violations, war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine.

  4. February 15, 2024

    Environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey to receive Wallenberg Medal

    Nnimmo Bassey, a global environmental activist, will receive U-M’s 2024 Wallenberg Medal and deliver the 29th Wallenberg Lecture at a ceremony Sept. 10.

  5. December 12, 2023

    Grants aim to increase faculty-led education-abroad experiences

    Two new grant programs from the Office of the Provost aim to encourage the development of new faculty-led education-abroad programs at U-M.

  6. December 6, 2023

    Insurance, support resources available for international travel

    As travel season approaches, current faculty and staff are encouraged to register international travel and enroll in travel-abroad health insurance, even for personal travel.

  7. November 16, 2023

    Nominations sought for president’s international education award

    The Office of the President is seeking nominations for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education. The nominating deadline is Feb. 9, 2024.

  8. November 14, 2023

    Kinesiology professor brings compassion, hope to refugee children

    Michal Lorenc, clinical assistant professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, has been helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland and in Ukraine.

  9. November 13, 2023

    U-M ranks among leaders nationwide for students studying abroad

    U-M ranks in the top 10 among U.S. higher education institutions with the most students studying abroad and No. 2 among Big Ten universities, according to a new report.

  10. November 13, 2023

    LSA international studies graduate named 2024 Rhodes Scholar

    LSA graduate Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos has been named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University.