Global Michigan

All things international at the University of Michigan and far beyond.

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Tomorrow, 11/12! Join us on Zoom or in East Hall 4448 for the last CJS Noon Lecture of the fall semester.

Learn more: https://t.co/SWgL7QCDeX

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

#Latino teens tend to hide mental health struggles over guilt or fear of being labeled "loco" by their parents. @UMich study reveals how family dialogue can bridge the gap. https://t.co/5LblxBRyl9

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

New @umich research finds that people can feel close to #chatbots and still feel #lonely.
https://t.co/lzuCTSEbH5

[Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy @fordschool]

At Global #Fordies fall potluck, students, families, & friends gathered to enjoy delicious food and celebrate our community's diverse cultures! Join us in creating lasting memories & strong relationships that support your academic & professional journey: https://t.co/hw17qAkI5v

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

#GenerativeAI uses more energy on non-English text, according to @UMich researchers.

https://t.co/XPr3bnsP7Y

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28 chimps killed after their community split in Uganda. @UMich anthropology professor emeritus Mitani says the violence reveals how humans differ: we help strangers. "This gives me hope." https://t.co/4Dz7gs8yFL

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

It’s not (just) the heat, it’s the humidity.

New research led by @umich contains valuable insights for public health officials and communities in #Nigeria as they navigate pregnancies through increasing heat and humidity.

https://t.co/lIP0DmNB73

[Center for South Asian Studies @umCSAS]

Upcoming Lecture!
Beyond the Seas Blue with artist Asma Kazmi (UC Berkeley).
Explore the global history of lapis lazuli—from Badakhshan mines to digital infrastructure. Hosted by @umCSAS.

Fri, Oct 30, 2026
4-5:30 PM
555 Weiser Hall / 💻 Zoom: https://t.co/h2tf3N8nwR

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

LSA Professor Sara Ahbel-Rappe teaches the history of art, magic, and philosophy: https://t.co/xYaQeNQZUx

[UofMAfrica @UofMAfrica]

Join @UofMAfrica tomorrow 10/29 at 3 PM, 1010 Weiser Hall: Nigeria’s 2027 Elections and the Future of Democracy in Africa: MKO Film Screening and Panel Discussion. Register at https://t.co/2FQ5uyllaL
@iiumich @umichLSA @GlobalMichigan @LadeAdunbi

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

Embolism treatment developed at @UMich receives FDA clearance https://t.co/LpcgMTebLs

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Relatively simple changes to the way traditional brick kilns operate in Bangladesh can reduce pollution, save fuel and improve the quality of bricks they produce. Learn about this @umich research.
https://t.co/E2Ba9SBhwd

[University of Michigan School of Public Health @umichsph]

“Safety doesn’t come from certainty. It comes from community.”

At @UMichSPH's inaugural Global Public Health Futures event, Dr. @RajPanjabi discussed trust, resilience and leading through crisis with Dean Charles Holmes.

Read more: https://t.co/5nO9AyOJ6k

[UM Islamic Studies @umichGISC]

Next week! Have you RSVP'd yet? https://t.co/CDlsOxJubr

[UM Islamic Studies @umichGISC]

RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX
Date: November 4, 4:30 PM ET
Location: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor MI

Join the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on November 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, University of Michigan, for a Qahwah & Authors book series author talk on LANDING IN PLACE, Sherine Hamdy's coming-of-age graphic novel about Anisa, a second-generation Egyptian-Muslim American college girl navigating identity, culture, religion, and family.

Balancing humor with family tragedy and moments of joy amid political trauma, LANDING IN PLACE weaves together personal and global histories, spanning the Suez Crisis of 1956, the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and contemporary global protests for Palestinian rights. Through Anisa’s experiences as a young, hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Hamdy explores how migration to and diaspora in the United States, and neocolonialism and foreign intervention in Egypt and the Global South shape individual lives and family histories. LANDING IN PLACE begins as a story shaped by migrant and exile frustration and external assumptions about Muslim women, and evolves into one that celebrates Muslim identity and cultures, and the power of finding one’s voice.

This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Program in the Department of American Culture.

About Sherine Hamdy: Sherine Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine, where she joined the faculty in 2017. She was previously a tenured faculty member at Brown University since 2006. She has published widely on the themes of Muslim medical ethics, the political economic distribution of disease in Egypt, and the role of physicians in the Arab spring uprisings. Her first book Our Bodies Belong to God: Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt was published by the University of California Press in 2012. Hamdy also inaugurated the University of Toronto Press graphic novel series ethnoGRAPHIC with her co-authored graphic novel Lissa: A Story of Friendship, Medical Promise, and Revolution, which combines panel-to-panel comics narration with her medical anthropology research. In 2026, Penguin Random House published Hamdy's graphic novel Landing in Place, illustrated by Myra El Mir. Hamdy currently serves as Series Editor for the University of Toronto Press ethnoGRAPHIC series, and encourages academics to adopt multiple media forms in their distribution of research findings.

For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit https://t.co/tzcjrHIiHj.

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

🏅Legalized online sports #gambling is a growing problem among college students, according to @UMich expert.
https://t.co/SvmMvA5YiU

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

🏠 Does where you live impact your risk for #dementia? Researchers at @umichsph are analyzing memory and cognitive data across 20 countries to uncover global variations and shape tailored prevention strategies.
https://t.co/vEppr9SKY3

[Global Michigan @GlobalMichigan]

Species matters more than location for mollusk microbiomes 🐚 @umich researchers reviewed 85 studies & found that two clams of the same species in Michigan and Europe share more similar gut microbiomes than two different species in the same lake! 🧬

🔗 https://t.co/f9pvCWWR13

[U-M College of LSA @umichLSA]

Beth Lane, an English alum from LSA, chronicled the journey of her mother, aunts, and uncle—seven Jewish siblings who were hidden in Germany before escaping to the U.S. https://t.co/R96s1oRsT6

[U-M College of LSA @umichLSA]

The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature has been awarded to Anne Carson, former LSA professor, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” https://t.co/JfOcEbQGHV