Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, will receive the 2025 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium.
Category: 2020 to Present
Each year the recipient of the Wallenberg Medal is invited to present a lecture at the University of Michigan. The medalists take the stage at Rackham Auditorium and share their stories with an audience drawn from our campus and many surrounding communities.
2024, Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey—architect, poet, and African environmental activist—addressed a packed Robertson Auditorium at the U-M Ross School of Business on Tuesday, September 10th, as he accepted the 2024 Wallenberg Medal for his outstanding humanitarian work. “One of our key struggles has been to gain an understanding of the mindset that permits inequalities in our societies. The…
2023, Lucas Benitez
Lucas Benitez, a co-founder of the Florida-based labor and human rights organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and a key organizational leader and member of the CIW’s Fair Food Program worker education team, received the 2023 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on October 10, 2023.