Small World,
Big Ideas
Meet winners of the inaugural
President’s Award for Global Learning
March 29, 2019
Thanks to the support of generous donors, this summer, seven groups of UT Austin students and faculty members will spread out across the globe to take on fully funded cross-cultural projects in research, social impact and entrepreneurship. These teams are benefitting from the inaugural President’s Award for Global Learning:
Cambodia
Generating community-led, entrepreneurial solutions to waste management
India
Distributing low-cost sensors to measure air pollution
Lebanon
Creating and studying sustainable women’s hygiene products in refugee camps
Mexico
Generating community-led, entrepreneurial solutions to waste management
Georgia
Studying successful methods of lowering maternal mortality rates
South Korea
Developing culturally grounded suicide intervention programs
Cambodia
Generating community-led, entrepreneurial solutions to waste management
India
Distributing low-cost sensors to measure air pollution
Lebanon
Creating and studying sustainable women’s hygiene products in refugee camps
Mexico
Generating community-led, entrepreneurial solutions to waste management
Georgia
Studying successful methods of lowering maternal mortality rates
South Korea
Developing culturally grounded suicide intervention programs
The President’s Award for Global Learning is a signature program of the International Board of Advisors, a small group of alumni and friends who work closely with the President’s Office and UT Austin leadership. The program is administered by the International Office. Learn more or make a gift to support the program at presidentsglobalaward.utexas.edu.
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