Photo Journal of Jesse Contreras
Jesse Contreras spent his summer in Mexico City working on a pilot study to research the effects of waste water on health.
one person can make a difference Blog
A Campus Tour Leads to a Partnership in Africa
His English was limited. She couldn’t speak French. But that didn’t stop a Congolese physician and a U-M School of Nursing professor from building a partnership in one of the most dangerous places for...
Masha Gessen to Receive Wallenberg Medal
The 2015 Wallenberg Medal will be awarded to Russian and American journalist, author, and activist Masha Gessen on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Rackham Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus. After...
Ryan Thomas in the Dominican Republic
2015 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awardee Ryan Thomas is in the Dominican Republic to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying conditions that influence different health challenges and inequities there. He shares his experiences in...
Wallenberg Summer Travel Award Provides Eye-opening Experience
2015 Wallenberg Summer Travel Awardee Katherine Finn is immersing herself in nursing care in Uganda to work with children who are cognitively impaired due to severe episodes of cerebral malaria. She shares her experience...
Honoring a Legacy: 7 U-M Students Receive Wallenberg Summer Travel Awards
For more than seven years, a particular group of U-M students comes back from a summer abroad, transformed. They travel to Cambodia, Kenya, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Ecuador and elsewhere in the world. They work...
Bjørnar Haveland – the 2015 Wallenberg Fellow
An architecture student from Norway, Bjørnar will study the use of space and quality of life in refugee camps, seeking ways to improve conditions for refugees.
Invitation to Daniel Libeskind Lecture, March 27
The 2015 Raoul Wallenberg Lecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will be given by world-renowned architect, Daniel Libeskind on Friday, March 27 in the Rogel Ballroom in the Michigan Union.
Lily Bonadonna Shares Her Journey as the 2014 Wallenberg Fellow
Like most people I know born as the first generation in North America, I have this itch to get back to my roots. I want to know where I come from.
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...
