{"id":11222,"date":"2026-05-19T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/?p=11222"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:46:11","slug":"the-40th-year-of-the-uwm-jlu-giessen-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/the-40th-year-of-the-uwm-jlu-giessen-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"The 40th year of the UWM &#8211; JLU Giessen exchange!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jeff Zimm (MA 1988) sent some wonderful photos &#8211; many thanks.&nbsp;His trip down memory lane took him to the summer of 1988 when he participated in the second year of the UWM &#8211; JLU Giessen Student Exchange.&nbsp;That makes this summer the 40th consecutive year that students have been exchanged between UWM and our German partner, JLU.&nbsp;What a fantastic history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/05\/photo1.webp\" alt=\"Jeff Zimm, Prof. Yoshio Niho (UWM) and Prof Hans-Georg Petersen (JLU)\" class=\"wp-image-8103\" \/><figcaption>Jeff Zimm, Prof. Yoshio Niho (UWM) and Prof Hans-Georg Petersen (JLU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year Prof. Avik Chakrabarti will be leading the joint summer school in Giessen and we look forward to having JLU students in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/05\/photo2.webp\" alt=\"Jeff Zimm and UWM classmates in Giessen, 1988\" class=\"wp-image-8104\" \/><figcaption>Jeff Zimm and UWM classmates in Giessen, 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Zimm (MA 1988) sent some wonderful photos &#8211; 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