Seventy Years Ago
On January 17, 1945, Raoul Wallenberg was arrested by forces of the Soviet Union in Debrecen, Hungary. He disappeared and was never seen again. But his conviction endures that one person can make a...
one person can make a difference
Wallenberg Summer Travel Award Recipients Share Their Journeys
On November 4, six students shared their global service experiences as recipients of the 2014 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awards. This group, all U-M students like Raoul Wallenberg, were inspired to explore the world and...
Stuart Richardson
Major: German and International Studies This summer I interned at the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, Germany, which currently is the only museum in the world specifically dedicated...
Randy Dowding
Master’s Student in Public Health and Master’s in Social Work My summer internship involved placement at CAPRISA (Centre for AIDS Programme Research In South Africa), Durban, South Africa from May thru August. I was...
Hea Jun Oh
Major: Nursing This summer I was given the opportunity to go to the Philippines and provide the children there with basic health education. I worked with University of Bohol Grade School and Sandingan Shema...
Harish Kilaru
Major: Health Policy and Community Development Last summer, I spent five weeks in southern India with Rural Innovations in Medical Engineering (RIME). I founded RIME at the beginning of my sophomore year with the...
Dana Del Vecchio
Major: Honors Program for Arabic Studies This past year, I was fortunate enough to extend my internship at International Relief in Development (IRD) in Amman, Jordan due to the Wallenberg Summer Service Award. As...
Nour Soubani
Major: International Studies and American Culture This summer, through the Wallenberg grant and others, we launched QUWA, a self-defense and trauma therapy program for Syrian women refugees in Turkey. QUWA seeks to build peace...
Denis Mukwege Wins the 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
As the director of the Panzi Hospital, Dr. Mukwege has been a steadying presence amid the turmoil. In a white surgeon’s coat and Crocs, he focuses on healing the physical damage and the psychological...
2002 Wallenberg Medal recipient, Kailash Satyarthi, receives 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that Kailash Satyarthi, 2002 recipient of the Wallenberg Medal, is co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, together with Malala Yousafzay. They have received the Peace Prize in...
Agnes Heller Inspires a Full House as She Receives the Wallenberg Medal
The video of the lecture is now available. “I lived in a time when we needed heroes,” Agnes Heller, 2014 Wallenberg Medalist, says when discussing being a good citizen and the ways in which...
