outreach

The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) has been awarded a seven-year, $4.99 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support veterinary services capacity-building in East Africa.

Dorcas Kunkel is assessing the relevancy of an existing set of core competencies for training and practice of advanced practice nurses in primary health care contexts, in particular family nurse practitioners in Liberia and for additional application in sub-Saharan Africa.

Institute on Community Integration Director Amy Hewitt helped lead a conference in Taichung City, Taiwan focused on inclusive community living for people with disabilities.

The Institute on Community Integration is helping to establish an assistive technology center at KL University in Andhra Pradesh, India, and will collaborate on future inclusive education initiatives with KL, a leader in engineering studies.

University of Minnesota Extension has helped female farmers in Kenya improve the quality of their vegetables in the field and on the way to markets. Now, those farmers are helping growers in Minnesota.

The Institute on Community Integration this summer trained community health workers in Rwanda on identifying the signs of autism in children and on principles for addressing the needs of people with disabilities in rural communities. 

The University of Minnesota recently hosted 13 faculty and international educators from seven European institutions to foster conversations on the relationship between international education and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The first disability studies certificate program in West Africa recently began at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana, the result of a nearly two-year partnership with the UMN Institute on Community Integration and other organizations.

Eating produce from home can be comforting for immigrants. Researchers and master gardeners are working to understand what can grow in Minnesota.

The exhibition, my life, begins July 26 with a program and reception featuring photos and other media images from participants in Minnesota, Singapore, and the Czech Republic.