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News and Events for the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture, Fellowships, and Summer Travel Awards.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
The 2015 Wallenberg Medalist, Masha Gessen, will give the Wallenberg Lecture on November 3 at 7:30 pm in the Rackham Auditorium. Gessen is a highly acclaimed journalist, author, and vocal critic of Vladimir Putin...
Katherine spent her summer in Uganda working with children who are cognitively impaired due to severe episodes of cerebral malaria. I spent the summer working with this amazing group of women who taught me...
