A U of M fraternity marks its centennial by creating a scholarship honoring civil rights pioneer, Roy Wilkins. "It’s how we give back,” says CLA alumnus Stanley Osuagwu, who…
RIDGS is partnering with ODEI to launch a book club for all UMN community members to explore how the book and conversations inform their self-work and racial equity group work…
A December 2020 Honors graduate, Lilli Ambort began studying Chinese in high school and completed a minor in the language at the University of Minnesota and her BA In Global…
As a researcher, Craddock examines social, political, and environmental factors—including inadequate infrastructure and degraded living conditions—to help determine how and…
Memory could have a stronger hold on our current circumstances than we think. Professor Alejandro Baer of the Department of Sociology and the Center for Holocaust & Genocide…
For a developing country an IT revolution holds the promise of economic prosperity, but at what cost? Michael Goldman has been examining Bangalore, India over the past decade…
Being from NYC, Cassidy Drummond hasn’t seen her family since January due to COVID-19. But with the help of her friends and professors, she built a support system that helped…
What do you do when a loved one mysteriously disappears and your government won’t investigate? What do you do when this happens over 61,000 times? This happened in Mexico, and…
Deborah Jane, IGS outreach coordinator, is dedicated to closing the US educational achievement gap. She designed a study tour of Finland for US teachers to learn how Finland…
Joseph Rojas learned abroad in three countries and three languages. He discusses how his experiences in Brazil, Venezuela, and France informed his career path. “Adaptability…
How can the social sciences learn from the humanities? Global studies and anthropology professor, Stuart McLean, bridges the gap between the two in his book Fictionalizing…
According to undergraduate Anishaa Kamesh, child trafficking is “not what you see in ‘Taken,’ or what you see on 'Law and Order.'” As one of the first recipients of the Fraser…
