From interning at fashion companies “down under” to getting a crash course in sustainable development in Patagonia, nearly 1,000 University of Delaware students explored all corners of the globe this Winter Session. Faculty from eight colleges led 49 programs in 24 countries. Here, UDaily highlights a few of them.

Zeroing in on policy themes abroad

Sixteen University of Delaware students spent nearly three weeks in the capital of Argentina learning about the various and complex ways a nation’s culture uniquely impacts its policies. Led by associate professor and policy scientist Tibor Tóth, the trip focused on comparing public policy between Argentina and the U.S., zeroing in on a variety of common policy themes — from education to health and social issues. The students accomplished this through trips to food banks and long-term homeless shelters, state-funded “summer” camps for over 6,000 schoolchildren, daily travel on public transit, guest speaker presentations by sociologists and government officials, the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory, and more. These experiences helped the group learn to compare policies across nations effectively, providing them with a deeper understanding of what drives government decision-making at both the national and global levels.

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