Articles tagged with "in the news"
The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit, a film made by two graduate students at the University of Iowa, has just been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Information about the film can be found at http://www.agonyandsweat.com.
PRESS RELEASE
April 14, 2011
By B.A. Morelli, The Press-Citizen
4/7/2011
University of Iowa officials are defending increased travel spending for international efforts at a time when many units across campus have chopped travel expenses.
Units such as International Programs, Office for Study Abroad, and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, saw sizable travel expense increases in fiscal 2010. Those expenses included international and domestic travel.
The following commentary by Peggy Mills appeared in the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Mills is a professor of Russian at The University of Iowa.
4/7/2011
Note: The UI Center for Human Rights is part of International Programs.
By Eric Hawkinson, The Daily Iowan
4/7/2011
March 25, 1911.
By Ariana Witt, The Daily Iowan
4/7/2011
University of Iowa employees spent more than $28 million on travel in fiscal 2010, a number that has steadily increased since 2006.
4/6/2011
By Erica Pennington, The Gazette
Photo by Karen Wachsmuth – See more photos here
By Josh O’Leary, The Iowa City Press-Citizen
4/3/2011
They were half a globe removed from the calamities that befell their native country last month, but in the weeks since, members Iowa City’s Japanese community have been doing all they can to lend a hand.
The University of Iowa’s Japanese Students and Scholars Club sold baked goods, origami crafts and T-shirts to raise money for Red Cross disaster relief Sunday at UI’s annual Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival.
By B.A. Moreill, The Press-Citizen
4/3/2011
If there was ever a contest for a confluence of major life events, Sabah Hassain Enayah might take the prize.
This announcement appeared in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
3/30/2011
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host several events related to labor rights and the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911. All events are free and open to the public.
By Alison Sullivan, The Daily Iowan
3/29/2011
Political uprisings in numerous Middle Eastern countries and a disaster in Japan have kept study-abroad offices on their toes and in touch with students abroad this semester.
“This semester has had the most challenges in terms of study abroad and security of students,” said Janis Perkins, the director of the University of Iowa Office of Study Abroad.
From: Child Rights Desk – Pakistan
3/29/2011
Aiming to build strong ties between students of the US and Pakistan, the US Education Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) is ready to launch a summer programme for students of 11th and 12th standard.
By Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education
3/25/2011
By Laura Willis, The Daily Iowan
3/24/2011
Dinner-table conversations at the Kjaer house centered around politics and ideas. Growing up near her Danish grandparents and a father who taught world history, life for Joan Kjaer revolved around diverse cultures.
“I never thought the world was a scary place,” she said. “I just wanted to know more.”
From the March 2011 IP Newsletter
By Katelyn McBride
3/24/2011
Yume Hidaka, a native of Kagoshima in southwest Japan, crouched under desks with her head safely covered during practice drills every year from elementary school through college to prepare for a potential earthquake.
