By Regina Zilbermints, Des Moines Register
12/21/2010
Eric Scott spent 46 hours in airports or on airplanes.
The 20-year-old was trying to get home to Adel from a semester in London when weather forced airlines all over Europe to delay and cancel flights.
“I had to sleep in line so I could leave the next morning,” Scott said. “I slept on the linoleum with hundreds of people surrounding me.”
And Scott, a Central College student who made it back to Adel on Saturday, may be one of the lucky ones.
By Lee Hermiston, The Press-Citizen.
12/21/2010
Gifts, trees and Santa Claus — most, if not all, children across the country know about holiday traditions in America.
But what about other countries across the globe?
Seventh-grade students at North Central Junior High in North Liberty got a lesson in holiday celebrations in other countries Monday, courtesy of several University of Iowa students. A half dozen UI students gave presentations on holidays in their home countries, which included Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, China and Malaysia.
By Ariana Witt, The Daily Iowan
12/17/2010
Cassie Creasy grew up in a family that never talked politics. Her parents never made a big deal over elections or party affiliations — something she enjoyed.
“I was never expected to think a certain way or believe anything in particular,” Creasy said.
By Erin Jordan, The Gazette
Photo by Karina Schroeder
IOWA CITY – Looking for a University of Iowa camiseta for your hermana? You’re in luck.
The fall 2010 Proseminar in Cinema and Culture film series on Latin American comedy was supported, in part, by International Programs’ Institute for Cinema & Culture
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By Kalle Eko, The Daily Iowan
12/16/2010
The Opera Studies Forum is part of UI International Programs.
By Alyssa Marie Harn, The Daily Iowan
12/15/2010
A woman takes the stage dressed in leather boots, a button-up blouse, and a cowgirl hat, riding a live horse. Staples of the Wild West surround Minnie, the cowgirl, as she rides around the stage and belts out her Italian lyrics in the opera La Fanciulla del West.
By Laura Willis, The Daily Iowan
12/14/2010
As a child, Courtney Hageman became used to her father’s monthly work trips.
During her freshman year of high school, the eye specialist took Courtney with him to Europe. While her father gave lectures about macular degeneration, a disease that causes blindness, the then 14-year-old explored tiny Italian villages near the Mediterranean Sea.
UI International Programs' Japan Outreach Coordinator Yume Hidaka helps Van Allen Elementary students, from left, Nile Latcham, Cole Piercy and Molly Cox, with folding origami during the school's International Day on Monday in North Liberty. (Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst)
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By Samantha Gentry, The Daily Iowan
12/7/2010
A conductor who previously had touched the community through her music now reaches Iowa City through promoting the cultures of those outside of the United States.
This is a guest opinion from the Iowa City Press-Citizen by UI history professor H. Glenn Penny
12/7/2010
By Nina Earnest, The Daily Iowan
12/2/2010
Despite harsh economic times, University of Iowa students are continuing to find the means to study overseas.
Nationwide, the number of students who studied abroad for credit dropped slightly in 2008-09—the first time such a decrease has occurred since the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange first released numbers 25 years ago.
Nina Earnest is an International Studies B.A. candidate.
12/2/2010
Daily Iowan reporter Nina Earnest has been awarded second place in the 2010 Hearst Foundation feature-writing contest.
She was recognized for her work on an article “Education on hyper drive,” published Oct. 28, which told the story of four gifted siblings between the ages of 10 and 16 enrolled at the University of Iowa.
Earnest spent six weeks meeting with the eldest sibling, Gohar Manzar — a first-year biomedical-engineering doctoral student — and her family.
