9/28/2010
Writer Yiyun Li, an alumna of the University of Iowa’s Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the English Nonfiction Writing Program (NWP), has been named a MacArthur Fellow.
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posted onSep28, 2010
By: Samantha Baehr, The Daily Iowan
9/28/2010
In Japan, Yume Hidaka’s baby nephew is awaiting a special omiyag — souvenir — a Hawkeye shirt.
Hidaka, 27, the University of Iowa’s newest Japanese Outreach Initiative coordinator, is experiencing Hawkeye culture for the first time but with a Japanese twist.
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posted onSep22, 2010
By The Gazette Editorial Board
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9/22/2010
Seven years after U.S. troops were deployed to unseat then-President Saddam Hussein, military operations in Iraq have ended. But rebuilding the Middle East democracy — isolated and ruled by a brutal dictator then wracked by years of conflict and insurgency — has only begun.
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posted onSep15, 2010
9/15/2010
By Diane Heldt, The Gazette
Photo by Brian Ray.
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posted onSep13, 2010
9/13/2010
Photo: Yume Hidaka, Japanese cultural ambassador through University of Iowa International Programs, shows residents of Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City how to make origami decorations.
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posted onSep7, 2010
From the September 2010 Newsletter
By Katelyn McBride
9/7/2010
The number of international students on campus this fall is at a record high thanks to IP’s recruitment efforts. Around 800 new international students are enrolled at the UI, making the total international student population roughly 2,800. That’s almost 9 percent of all students on campus.
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posted onAug31, 2010
By Cathryn Sloane
Photo by Haoran Wang
The Daily Iowan
Scott King, director of ISSS, helps incoming graduate students during the Fulbright orientation on Monday.
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posted onAug30, 2010
By Madison Bennett, The Daily Iowan
Photo by David Scrivner
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8/30/2010
Adnan Abdulwahid, 31, walks through aisles in the Bread Garden Market on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.
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posted onAug26, 2010
By Alicia Hatch, The Daily Iowan
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8/26/2010
The University of Iowa has seen a substantial increase over the last five years in the number of students studying abroad in the Middle East, mirroring a national trend.
Only five students traveled to that region five years ago; last year, the number ballooned to 55.
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posted onAug25, 2010
8/25/2010
University News Services
Four Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) have arrived at the University of Iowa where they will spend the next year in International Programs teaching Turkish, Indonesian, Hindi and Arabic and serving as cultural ambassadors for their home countries. The teaching assistants will also take two courses a semester as non-degree students during their year in Iowa.
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posted onAug24, 2010
By Lois Gray, University News Services
University of Iowa students who participated in a previous short-term study abroad program winter trip spend time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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posted onAug23, 2010
By Lois Gray
This feature story about our own Joan Kjaer appeared in fyi, The University of Iowa’s faculty and staff electronic newsletter. See the original article here.
8/23/2010
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