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Shwetlena Sabarwal (2008) and Tommy Westerlund (1981) have been awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals.

The all-University Award for Global Engagement is given to faculty and staff members in recognition of outstanding contributions to global education and international programs at the University or in their field or discipline.

Several UMN faculty and professionals have been selected as 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholars. The program sends U.S. scholars and professionals to approximately 130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

Dr. Harvey Charles will serve as the University’s next vice provost for international programs and senior international officer, effective July 31, 2023.

The latest issue of Global U, the GPS Alliance e-newsletter for alumni, donors, and friends, is out now.

For the second year in a row, the University of Minnesota (U of M) participated in the Times Higher Ed Impact Rankings (THE Impact Rankings), which in 2023 ranked submissions for 1,591 institutions from 112 countries/regions.

Two students from the Twin Cities campus and two students from the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota have been awarded The Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization.

In the fourth webinar in the "Global Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" series, panelists from Argentina, Palestine, and Japan/Spain shared their perspectives on how issues related to DEI are being discussed around the world. 

In the third webinar in the "Global Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" series, panelists from Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia shared their perspectives on how issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are being discussed around the world. 

Marta Hardardottir has always wanted to study somewhere outside Iceland. “I thought it would be a good way to widen my horizon, get to know other cultures, as well as my own,” she said.