Honoring Those Fighting to End Gun Violence
On November 14 at 7:30 p.m. the 2018 Wallenberg Medal was presented to youth activists from March For Our Lives (Parkland, FL) and The B.R.A.V.E. Youth Leaders (Chicago, IL) for their fight against gun...
Category: News and Events
News and Events for the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture, Fellowships, and Summer Travel Awards.
Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist Art Exhibition
The exhibition will be on display from Feb. 7 through March 12, 2018, in the Duderstadt Center Gallery on U-M’s north campus. Ann Arbor, MI | January 15, 2018 Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist celebrates the remarkable...
Bryan Stevenson to Receive Wallenberg Medal
The 2016-2017 Wallenberg Medal will be awarded to civil rights lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham Auditorium on the University of Michigan...
2016 Wallenberg Fellow, Meredith Starkman, Begins Her Journey
Meredith reports, “Writing to you live from Bangalore! Flight and transportation went well and my first month here has been a whirlwind. I haven’t written or recorded as much as I would like but...
Meet Molly Green, 2016 Summer Travel Awardee
Molly is a non traditional U-M student working with the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Germany, on a project coordinating an extensive effort to assist recent migrants to adapt and integrate into German culture and...
Meet Margaret Shope, 2016 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awardee
Margaret is working in partnership with the international volunteer organization, UBELONG, at a youth sports center this summer in Cusco, Peru. During her 49 day experience, Margaret will be assisting local educators in leading...
Meet Kaylla Cantilina, a 2016 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awardee
Kaylla is a member of BLUElab, and is in the second year of a project in Dolatpura, a rural village in India. She is in India to work with rural communities by providing stoves...
These People Can Make a Difference: The Wallenberg Summer Travel Award Students
Seven University of Michigan students traveled abroad last year thanks to the Wallenberg Summer Travel Award. Their experiences were transformative and they had a powerful impact on the communities they served.
Lily Bonadonna, 2014 Wallenberg Fellow, Writes a Letter to Future Wallenberg Fellows
The night before I arrived in Peru, August 8, 2014, I was quieter than usual. I am quiet when I feel scared or nervous. The last time I had been in the country, I...
The 2015 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awardees
While a student at the University of Michigan in the 1930s, Raoul Wallenberg traveled across North America to observe and learn from people of all kinds on their own terms. This experience helped him...
