By Rob Daniel, Iowa City Press-Citizen
11/17/2010
CORALVILLE — People with disabilities are able to work in a paying job, run in a marathon and dance, said Scott Gill, president of the Iowa State Association of Independent Living to a group of middle school students.
“Do you think a person who is blind could climb Mount Everest?” he said before switching on a video about Erik Weihenmeyer, a blind man who reached the peak of Mount Everest in 2001.
By Evan Clark, The Daily Iowan
11/17/2010
“Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.”
Famous Russian theater director and founder of Method acting Konstantin Stanislavski wasn’t talking directly to University of Iowa graduate Emily Larson when he uttered those famous words, but he might as well have been.
What do you imagine when you think of the American West, particularly the West of the 19th Century? Join us at 5:00 p.m. on December 10 in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol when WorldCanvass guests explore “The American West of the Imagination.” The event is free and open to the public.
By Josh O’Leary, Iowa City Press-Citizen
11/16/2010
Sixth-graders from Iowa City’s Longfellow and Hoover elementary schools and students from North Central Junior High in North Liberty will be among the 300 middle-schoolers thinking globally today during the University of Iowa College of Education’s International Day.
By Molly Rossiter, The Gazette
11/16/2010
IOWA CITY – American Muslims are facing ‘a rising tide of Islamophobia’ that is worse than it was post-Sept. 11, panelists said last night.
By Nina Earnest, The Daily Iowan
See the original article and a video feature.
11/16/2010
Islamophobia is not just a fear. It’s a prejudice.
Miriam Amer shared this definition with a crowd in the Main Library’s Shambaugh Auditorium on Monday night.
The UI Opera Studies Forum (OSF) will continue its lecture series coordinated with the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD theatre screenings with a talk on Verdi’s “Don Carlo” Tuesday, Nov. 30, presented by Miriam Gilbert. All lectures take place at 5:30 p.m. in the University Capitol Centre conference seminar room 2520D and are free and open to the public.
Gilbert is a professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
By Drew Davis, The Daily Iowan
11/15/2010
Officials said University of Iowa programs and individuals are becoming more active in encouraging students to travel abroad and form a global perspective.
And at a “WorldCanvass” event Nov. 12, Mary Jo and Richard Stanley received the first-ever International Impact Award for helping the UI do just that.
From The Daily Iowan
11/15/2010
The UI will present “Intolerance and the First Amendment: Islamophobia,” a discussion of Islamophobia, human rights, and religious freedom, at 7 p.m. today in the Main Library’s Shambaugh Auditorium. Admission is free.
11/15/2010
From University News Services
International student enrollment at the University of Iowa is growing faster than national trends, especially among undergraduates, and the percentage of UI students studying abroad continues to climb. This is according to data released today by the UI International Student & Scholar Services and the UI Office for Study Abroad in conjunction with the Open Doors Report.
The next “Slavery in Global Cinema” film series screening will feature two films Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in 2520D UCC. The event is free and open to the public.
This series from the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies allows audiences to explore the history and meaning of slavery practices through a variety of documentaries, feature-length films and personal accounts by filmmakers.
This week’s films are:
The following commentary, written by Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas, was featured in the Iowa City Press-Citizen on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.
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By Nina Earnest, The Daily Iowan
11/10/2010
Note: this article was not published on the Daily Iowan’s website and therefore the below article is a scanned image from the newspaper.
By Max Freund, The Daily Iowan
Blandina was featured on the East Africa WorldCanvass program on February 18, 2011.
11/10/2010
Blandina Giblin has more than 65 children.
