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Recent News
UN Security Council Briefing on Sudan by Hala Al-Karib, DHRC Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Practitioner Fellow
"The future of Sudan must be written by its own people."
The Michigan Daily Covers Title VI Funding Cuts
II Director Youngju Ryu, ASC Director Omolade Adunbi, and II students are quoted in a Michigan Daily article covering Title VI grant funding cuts and their effect on foreign language and area studies at U-M.
The International Institute (II) brings together distinguished and diverse faculty and scholars with deep area studies and international expertise to enrich the university’s intellectual environment and to provide the U-M community with the knowledge, tools, and experience to become informed and active global citizens. We advance this mission through education, engagement, and innovation. READ MORE
Events
Feb
21
Multi
CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
10th Floor Gallery, Weiser Hall from February 2 to April 30, 2026
8:00 AM
Feb
21
Multi
LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador
February 2-26, 2026 | International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall
8:30 AM
International Institute Gallery, Room 547
Weiser Hall
Feb
24
WCEE Teach-In On Ukraine: Where Are We Today, Four Years Into the War?
2:30 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Feb
24
WCEE Film Series on Ukraine.
Lina (2024, 30 min, dir. Mykola Nosok & Oleksiy Oliyar)
Panel Discussion
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Feb
25
II Teach-In. The World at a Tipping Point: U.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens
Omolade Adunbi, Elizabeth King, Gavin Arnall, Ann Lin; Moderated by: Youngju Ryu
12:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Feb
25
WCEE Lecture. The Roots of Russia’s War on Ukraine
Serhy Yekelchyk, Professor of History and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
