International

  1. Two people row a canoe-like boat in the Amazon in Brazil.

    Watt a journey: U-M students partner with Brazilians to light up schools, design incinerators, and more

    U-M researchers and engineering students traveled to the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil recently to help light up rural schools and develop innovative incinerators to protect the regional environment. Their efforts will support local autonomy, preserve residents’ unique habitats, and generate ecotourism to help the economy in the years ahead.

  2. Díaz in Cuba as a child. He is dressed in white with a light blue tie and has his harm on the shoulder of a younger child dressed in overalls with no shirt underneath. They look to be in school.

    From Cuba to chemical engineering: ‘I’m supposed to be here’

    Ph.D. student José Carlos Díaz first merged his knack for engineering and science by repairing microscopes for use in his sixth-grade class. He was 11 years old. He’s now an ion-diffusion researcher at one of the top chemical engineering programs in the U.S.

  3. Protesters against Asian hate

    After announcing its first population decline in six decades, what is next for China?

    As its demographics evolve and numbers decline, researchers ask: Is the structure of China’s population, with imbalances of both age and gender, the country’s real problem? Plus: The economic impacts of anti-Asian bias in the U.S.

  4. The fellows and the WCEE team. Image credit: WCEE

    U-M supports Ukrainian scholars at risk

    As academic research in Ukraine ceased due to the Russian invasion in February 2022, U-M created a 12-month fellowship that offers a life-saving and intellectual home to Ukrainian scholars. Research areas vary from human rights to cyber warfare.

  5. graphic with colors representing Russia and Ukraine

    U-M experts discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine

    University of Michigan experts explore multiple angles regarding Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine and weigh its implications on global politics, economics, and the human scale.

  6. Zachary Petroni (center), U-M’s first Wallenberg Fellow, is shown with team members from Peach, an automotive marketplace he founded in Nairobi, Kenya, following his 2013 fellowship. (Photo courtesy of Zachary Petroni)

    U-M’s Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship celebrates a decade of ‘transformational experiences’ abroad

    The fellowship has become one of the most prestigious self-designed, independent study-abroad projects for students. From Kenya and India to South Africa and Peru, nine U-M graduating seniors — one each year since 2013 — have immersed in a new culture and academic experience.

  7. Stock image: Silhouette of raised arms and clenched fists on the background of the flag of cuba. The concept of power, conflict.

    Protests in Cuba: The beginning of a new revolution?

    U-M sociologist Silvia Pedraza says Cuban unrest is the result of a perfect storm that includes the coronavirus pandemic, the lack of a charismatic leader, the deep financial crisis unleashed by changes in the currency, and greater access to the internet in recent years.

  8. U-M student with Kenyan child.

    Helping, learning in Kenya

    In the weeks before COVID-19 struck the East African country, 30 U-M students from dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and engineering set out to improve overall well-being in underserved communities. They tackled everything from harvesting organic coffee to providing sex education.

  9. Map of Iraq

    Crisis in the Middle East: Experts discuss impact

    U-M’s Juan Cole and Michael Traugott address the repercussions and long-term implications of the killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani.

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