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President’s Award for Global Learning 2026 Faculty Programs Selected
October 15, 2025Two faculty teams at The University of Texas at Austin have been selected to receive the 2026 President’s Award for Global ...
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With Lessons Learned in Northern Ireland, Students Aim to Improve Healing Spaces on UT Campus
Nov 22, 2024Each year, the President’s Award for Global Learning, administered by Texas Global, sends UT students out into the world to engage with ...
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Sisters Collaborate on President’s Award Project in Japan
Nov 22, 2024It wasn’t until they boarded the flight to Tokyo together that Sarah and Sophia Snapp — sisters from Clear Lake, ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning Launches Faculty Programs for 2025
Sep 10, 2024The President’s Award for Global Learning is a prestigious experiential learning program that advances The University of Texas at Austin’s strategic mission ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning 2024 Faculty Programs Selected
Nov 01, 2023Four faculty teams at The University of Texas at Austin partnering with international universities and nonprofit organizations in Northern Ireland, ...
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Faculty Proposals Receive 2022-2023 President’s Award for Global Learning
Sep 13, 2022Two outstanding proposals from faculty at The University of Texas at Austin have been selected to receive the 2022-2023 President’s Award ...
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Inspired Cohorts Return from President’s Award Journeys with Broadened Perspectives
Aug 30, 2022From talking with garment workers on factory floors in India to building solar panels in the Galápagos Islands to addressing ...
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Natural Sciences Researchers Win President’s Award for Global Learning
Sep 17, 2021Five teams with College of Natural Sciences students were honored this year with the President’s Award for Global Learning, which aims ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning 2022 Faculty Programs Awarded
Sep 09, 2021Three innovative faculty programs partnering with international businesses and universities in Sweden, India, the United Kingdom, and Ecuador have been selected to ...
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President’s Award Team Recognized at 2021 LGBT Health Workforce Conference
May 28, 2021A 2019-2020 President’s Award for Global Learning team has won Best Education Poster at the 2021 LGBT Health Workforce Conference, ...
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President’s Award Team Wins 2021 Longhorn Research Poster Session
May 28, 2021One of the 2019-2020 President’s Award for Global Learning teams has won first place in the 2021 Longhorn Research Poster Session for their project on using interprofessional education ...
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President Hartzell Announces Launch of Newly Conceived President’s Award for Global Learning
May 13, 2021President Hartzell recently unveiled a new vision for the President’s Award for Global Learning signature program centered on increasing student access and ...
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UT Austin Students to Tackle Global Challenges on 3 Continents
Nov 30, 2020Five teams of students and faculty members are helping to have an impact on the world by addressing conservation efforts ...
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2020-2021 President’s Award for Global Learning Finalist Teams Selected
Sep 04, 2020Twelve interdisciplinary teams of student and faculty researchers have been selected to pitch their multifaceted international projects for the 2020-2021 President’s Award ...
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2020 UT Alumna, Incoming Dell Med Student Champions Fair Care for All
Sep 03, 2020UT alumna Veronica Remmert wants to help marginalized communities in the U.S. overcome healthcare disparities and ensure equitable treatment for everybody. After graduating this ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning Program Updates – COVID-19
May 13, 2020Texas Global and the President’s Award for Global Learning (PAGL) is committed to supporting students and faculty as the university ...
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President’s Award Team Tackles Colorism in Interactive “Museum of Color”
Apr 24, 2020After implementing their research abroad in Ghana last summer, four President’s Award for Global Learning students brought their impactful findings back to ...
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President’s Award Researcher Shares Personal Impetus Behind Project in India
Jan 14, 2020Computer science student Rosaleen Xiong is the lead developer for a mobile app to help Indian LGBTQ+ patients receive ...
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UT Faculty Expand President’s Award Research in Puebla, Mexico
Jan 10, 2020After a team of UT students and faculty spent several months researching and implementing their project in Puebla, Mexico last ...
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President’s Award Researchers Want to Change the Standard of Refugee Health
Nov 20, 2019While sanitation is widely considered a human right by many global organizations, menstruation is often overlooked as a major issue ...
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President’s Award For Global Learning Winners Honored at Celebration Dinner
Nov 13, 2019Students and faculty from across disciplines gathered to celebrate the five winning teams of the President’s Award For Global Learning ...
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Winning Teams Selected for the 2019-20 President’s Award for Global Learning
Oct 30, 2019Teams of students and faculty members that will create biodegradable embellishments for clothes in Copenhagen, research gaps in diabetes care in ...
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President’s Award Researcher Shares Her Experience Studying Colorism in Ghana
Oct 07, 2019After senior Christina Cho’s team won the President’s Award for Global Learning in 2018, they spent 10 weeks in ...
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Returning President’s Award Teams Present Summer Research Projects
Sep 18, 2019After conducting research abroad this summer, the 2018 winning teams of the President’s Award for Global Learning presented their projects ...
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Finalist Teams To Pitch Projects For The President’s Award For Global Learning
Sep 09, 2019The International Board of Advisors has announced the 11 finalist teams for the 2019-2020 President’s Award for Global Learning. Each ...
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“Time For An Awakening” with Bro. Elliott 8-4-19 guest Timia Bethea and students from Univ. Texas at Austin (Awakening Media)
Aug 19, 2019‘ “Time For An Awakening” for Sunday 8/04/2019 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guests was International Business senior, Ms. Timia ...
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Texas varsity will monitor city’s air (Bangalore Mirror)
Jul 08, 2019A team of four researchers from University of Texas (UT) are in the city to map the air quality (PM ...
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Cultural communication exchange: Rebecca Chen checks in from Ghana research trip
Jul 01, 2019Ghana welcomed our team in many ways. From the sweetest fruit juices that we instantly incorporated into our daily diet to children ...
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‘It’s all a stepping stone:’ students seek to understand colorism in Ghana through summer research (The Daily Texan)
May 15, 2019In Ghana, women of color are bleaching their skin despite the country’s ban on the products. This practice is one ...
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Learning how to lower maternal mortality in Texas from an unlikely source (KXAN)
Apr 04, 2019Too many mothers in Texas are losing their lives before they ever get to see their babies grow up. The ...
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Anastasiya Byelousova wants Texas mothers to survive and thrive.
Mar 22, 2019UT junior Anastasiya Byelousova won’t be spending the summer at home in San Antonio. She will be traveling across the ...
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Fighting the Effects of Colorism in Ghana and at UT
Mar 05, 2019Kinesiology and Health Education junior Vida Nwadiei and Educational Psychology Professor Kevin Cokley will travel to Ghana this summer as ...
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Three LBJ School-mentored teams win inaugural President’s Award for Global Learning
Dec 06, 2018Three undergraduate research teams mentored by faculty from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at ...
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Two of seven winning teams feature Richards School talent
Dec 06, 2018Every year, The University of Texas at Austin’s President’s Award for Global Learning is awarded to visionaries who seek solutions ...
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Awardees Honored at a Special Dinner Hosted by President Fenves
Nov 13, 2018A big bold idea inspired the creation of the President’s Award for Global Learning and the big bold ideas of ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning Teams Selected
Nov 01, 2018Research teams looking into air pollution in India, housing conditions in Mexico and perceptions of skin color in Ghana are ...
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President’s Award for Global Learning Finalist Teams Announced
Sep 14, 2018We are excited to announce the 14 finalist teams for the inaugural year of the President’s Award for Global Learning. The ...
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