2007 Archived News
July 2007
July 12, 2007
Daily Iowan
A chunk of Iowa in Andes
Cathy Jensen de Sanchez, a UI alumna and former professor of linguistics, runs the Iowa Institute at the Universidad de los Andes in Merida, Venezuela to teach English to both advanced and beginning learners.
July 13
Daily Iowan
Not so sticky wicket finding cricket
A group of UI graduate students from India introduce their national sport, cricket, to the Iowa City community.
July 14
Press-Citizen
Built to Last
A group of UI engineering students design and help build a bridge in the Andes mountain village of Yavina in Peru.
July 20
Daily Iowan
UI, Chinese School reach Olympic agreement
The UI signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with Tsinghua University in Beijing to allow 26 UI students to work as media volunteers at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
July 20
Daily Iowan
Climb every mountain
UI student Travis Eiselstein went mountain-climbing in Hampi, India, to complete an independent-study photography class.
July 26th
Gazette
UI students to cover ’08 Olympics in China
University of Iowa students will have the opportunity to work as media volunteers at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in China.
June 2007
June 20th
Press-Citizen
Measure backs studying abroad
The House passes the Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007, with the goal to have one million U.S. students studying abroad by 2017.
June 26th
Press-Citizen
Thomas to head up rights center
Downing Thomas, UI international Programs associate dean and professor of French and Latin in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become the new director for the University of Iowa Center of Human Rights.
June 26th
Daily Iowan
Rights center names new director
Downing Thomas, UI international Programs associate dean and professor of French and Latin in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become the new director for the University of Iowa Center of Human Rights.
June 27th
Daily Iowan
Two local women honored
Iowa City residents Joyce Aron and Jean Lloyd-Jones receive the United Way’s “Women of Courage and Conviction” award.
June 27th
Press-Citizen
Clinton surprises honorees with call
Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton called the United Way’s “Women of Courage and Conviction” event in Iowa City to congratulate the two recipients, Joyce Aron and Jean Lloyd-Jones.
June 27th
Press-Citizen
Soaring higher than ‘Kite’
Afghan-born author Khaled Hosseini writes a novel about the complex and controversial issues of the social restrictions placed on women in Afghanistan.
May 2007
May 1
Press-Citizen
Speaker will discuss genetic engineering
Haribabu Ejnvarzala will speak at an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council luncheon at noon Friday at Rockwood Fellowship Hall, Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton St. in Iowa City.
May 2
Press-Citizen
UI professor to speak at foreign relations luncheon
Judy Polumbaum, who has a doctorate degree in communication from Stanford University, will speak at an ICFRC luncheon.
May 3
The Gazette
For Muslim studies program, first milestones on a long road
The spring 2007 semester marks the first time that University of Iowa undergraduates can graduate with a transcript documenting their understanding of the Muslim world.
May 10
Press-Citizen
Frost-Kumpf to speak at graduation reception
Going back to school to get a second master’s degree after earning a doctorate and working for nearly a decade as a professor is not a typical education path, but that’s exactly what Hilary Anne Frost-Kumpf did.
May 12
The Gazette
Academic achievement
Zoliswa Mali expects there will be dancing until the wee hours tonight at her house in Iowa City.
April 2007
April 1
Press-Citizen
Indian groups compete in front of sell-out crowd
A little bit of tradition and a little bit of modern dance came forward at Nachte Raho on Saturday night at the Iowa Memorial Union, an event sponsored by the UI Indian Student Alliance.
April 2
Daily Iowan
Dance break
Members of the Bosnian dance group K.U.D. Koto change between numbers at the Slavic Bazaar on Sunday.
April 2
Press-Citizen
Indian dance contest showcases culture
Saturday night’s fifth annual Nachte Raho dance competition showcased a vibrant fusion of traditional Indian culture and youthful energy.
April 2
Press-Citizen
Sharing meal, crossing borders
Formal business manners were taught at Sunday’s global etiquette dinner organized by the UI’s International Programs.
April 3
Daily Iowan
Brushwork
How Pham, Seashia Vang, and others work on paintings at the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center on Monday.
April 3
Press-Citizen
Convocation examines migrants’ vulnerabilities
The conditions and vulnerabilities of labor migrants will be the focus of the eighth annual UI Crossing Borders Convocation Thursday through Saturday on the UI campus.
April 3
Gazette
Dance competition
Colors and cloth swirl around dancers from Northwestern University at Nachte Raho in the IMU Ballroom on the UI campus.
April 3
Press-Citizen
Professor to give talk on Mozart’s last work
Robert Ketterer, an associate professor of classics, will discuss Mozart at the next Opera Studies Group lecture at 4:30 p.m. April 5.
April 3
Daily Iowan
UI program promotes ‘exotic’ languages
Elena Osinskaa, Suwimol Jetawattana, and Ingrid Frisk laugh at a teasing question from the audience during an International Mondays program focusing on the UI’s Autonomous Language Learning Network (ALLNet).
April 3
Press-Citizen
Weston heads project on human rights, climate
The UICHR and the UI Center for Global and Environmental Research will join the Vermont Law School in a new initiative to examine the human rights and legal rights implicated by global warming and climate change.
April 5
Press-Citizen
Labor migration examined
The conditions and vulnerabilities of labor migrants will be the focus of the eighth annual UI Crossing Borders Convocation.
April 5
Press-Citizen
Studying abroad
Caleb Brown will be among the 109 UI students who have indicated so far that they will study abroad sometime the next academic year.
April 8
Gazette
Dinner and a dance
A series of pictures taken from Nachte Raho on March 31.
April 8
Gazette
International Programs position filled at UI
The UI has named Downing Thomas, professor and chairman of the Department of French and Italian, as the new associate dean of UI International Programs.
April 12
Press-Citizen
NYT editor to take part in religion conference
The New York Times religion editor Laurie Goodstein will visit the UI to join several distinguished scholars for the conference “European Religion/American Religion, Why the Difference?” on April 20 and 21.
April 14
Gazette
Slavic heritage honored at UI
A series of photos from the Slavic Bazaar held on April 1.
April 18
Press-Citizen
Speaker to address foreign policy issues
Mark Noll will speak at noon Friday at Rockwood Fellowship Hall, Congregational Church 30 N. Clinton St. in Iowa City for an ICFRC luncheon.
April 19
Press-Citizen
Fiesta to showcase performances, cuisine
Caribbean funk music, African drumming and traditional Russian dance will be just a few of the featured performances Friday at the second annual Bridging Fiesta, hosted by OASIS.
April 19
Daily Iowan
International-student office to set up counseling
The UI OISS will hold a session for international students at the university to help alleviate any worries or concerns that they may have following the Virginia Tech shootings.
April 19
Daily Iowan
See Evil, speak of Evil, know Evil
Jennifer Geddes will give a lecture today at 7 p.m. in C425 Pomerantz Center titled “Towards an Ethics of Responding to Genocide Survivor Testimonies”.
April 20
Daily Iowan
Uneasy times for some Koreans
Due to the recent Virginia Tech shooting, the Korean Undergraduate Student Association postponed its annual barbeque, because it didn’t seem right to celebrate. The UI OISS held a session for international students Thursday to help alleviate their concerns about the shooting.
April 21
Gazette
Religions take independent turns over decades
European and American religions may have followed a parallel path for many years, but they have taken independent turns over the last 50 years, religion and history scholars said Friday at a roundtable discussion on “European/American Religion: Why the Difference?”
April 23
Daily Iowan
Event stresses diversity, peace
Many cultural performances were featured during the UI OASIS sponsored second annual Bridging Fiesta on April 20.
April 23
Press-Citizen
UI site of ‘Paper Tiger’ premiere
Renowned Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina will host the world premiere of his newest movie this week on the UI campus.
April 25
Gazette
Children to explore celebrations from around the world
Area elementary students will learn about global celebrations involving the first day of school in Germany among others at the seventh annual UI International Programs’ Global Exploration Day on Friday.
April 26
Press-Citizen
Students to learn about worldwide celebrations
Area elementary school students will learn about global celebrations Friday at the seventh annual UI International Programs Global Exploration Day.
March 2007
March 1
Press-Citizen
Lecture takes fresh look at ‘La Boheme’
“Reinventing ‘La Boheme’: Taking a Fresh Look at the World’s Most Popular Opera” will be the focus of the next UI Opera Studies Group lecture March 1.
March 4
Press-Citizen
Careers for Change reschedules forum
The Careers for Change, sponsored by the UICHR, rescheduled the opening forum, “Housing and Homelessness Problems and Possibilities” to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the International Commons.
March 5
Daily Iowan
A slice of Russia
Keri George and Erin Vaughn serve borscht during a Russian dinner in the University Capitol Centre on Sunday evening. This dinner is part of a series organized by Racheal Bland, with help from International Programs.
March 5
Daily Iowan
Revelers ring in Chinese New Year
Chinese international students take part in festival to bring in the Chinese New Year.
March 6
Press-Citizen
International Programs gets new associate dean
Downing Thomas, professor and chairman of the Department of French and Italian, was named the new associate dean of UI International Programs.
March 6
Daily Iowan
Int’l Programs names new official
UI International Programs named a new associate dean Monday, Downing Thomas.
March 7
Daily Iowan
Hit or miss manners
A commentary on the Russian Global Etiquette Dinner sponsored by International Programs.
March 8
Daily Iowan
Group theory important in college
By coming together, members of the newly formed UI Muslim Women’s Group are able to reconnect with old friends and create new ties.
March 8
Press-Citizen
Public invited to Musical Café
Musicians and fans are invited to share and learn about music across cultures at Musical Café Central from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday in the International Commons.
March 9
Press-Citizen
Author, scholar Markovits to speak at Schaeffer Hall
Andrei Markovits, a specialist in the politics of Western and Central Europe and Germany and Austria in particular, will speak in a lecture sponsored in part by International Programs.
March 9
Press-Citizen
Scholar to speak about politics of revolution
Gyorgy “George” Toth, a doctoral candidate at the UI, will present the lecture “Reprise the Revolution: The Cultural Politics of the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising” at the March 19 International Mondays.
March 19
Daily Iowan
Deadline approaches for Cmiel internship
The deadline is approaching for applicants for the 2007 Kenneth J. Cmiel Human Rights Funded Internship Program, created in honor of the deceased director of the UICHR and a history professor.
March 20
Press-Citizen
Indian Student Alliance presents dance contest
The UI’s Indian Student Alliance will host its fifth annual dance competition, Nachte Raho, starting at 5:30 p.m. March 31.
March 20
Press-Citizen
International studies focus of panel Monday
A panel of educators and professionals will answer this question and many others at the next International Mondays, “So What Do We Really Mean When We Say ‘International Studies’?”
March 22
Press-Citizen
Author to discuss ‘Why Europe Dislikes America’
Andrei Markovits, a specialist in the politics of Western and Central Europe and, in particular, Germany and Austria will speak on Friday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in a lecture sponsored in part by International Programs and the European Studies Group.
March 23
Press-Citizen
Souaiaia speaks on reforms in Africa
Ahmen E. Souaiaia, an assistant professor in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will present a lecture to the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council.
March 25
Gazette
UI’s Indian dance event draws national teams
Nachte Raho, the UI’s fifth annual intercollegiate Indian dance competition, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Main Lounge of the IMU. This event is hosted by the UI’s Indian Student Alliance.
March 27
Gazette
Best Behavior
UI sophomores Mike Kamradt and Shanthi Nandam hold out their cups as host Na Li toasts to China’s pandas at the Chinese etiquette dinner Sunday at the International Commons of the International Programs office in Old Capitol Town Center, Iowa City.
March 27
Press-Citizen
UI Human Rights center lists two essay winners
Two UI students have been named winners of the third annual Burns H. Weston International Human Rights Essay Prize Competition, sponsored by the UICHR.
March 27
Press-Citizen
WAVES Film Festival features diverse themes
WAVES, a UI Asian and Asian American student group will host the seventh annual WAVES Film Festival Sunday at the University of Iowa.
March 29
Press-Citizen
Annual celebration of Slavic crafts, food, music Sunday
The UI will celebrate the rich traditions of Slavic cultures at the 2007 Slavic Bazaar hosted by the UI Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES)
March 30
Press-Citizen
U.S.-Japan relations will be focus of luncheon
The U.S.-Japan Alliance is the topic of the next Iowa City Foreign Relations Council luncheon with Toshihiro Minohara.
March 31
Gazette
Bazaar celebrates Slavic cultures, traditions
The public is invited to the Slavic Bazaar from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. This event is sponsored by CREEES, International Programs, and the Department of Russian.
February 2007
February 1
Press-Citizen
Lecture series examines Caribbean transitions
The UI Caribbean, Diaspora and Atlantic Studies Program will kick off its spring 2007 lecture and performance series, “Caribbean Discourses and Contrapuntal Modernity at 3 p.m. Monday with a faculty colloquium in the International Programs Commons, 1117 University Capitol Centre.
February 6
Daily Iowan
Event to examine international law
Internationally known US diplomats, UI law professors and others will discuss the role of international law and the execution of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, during the War Crimes Symposium at the UI law school this week, sponsored in part by International Programs, the UICHR and others.
February 7
Daily Iowan
Sponsors made trip possible
A thank you for International Programs, Office of Study Abroad and others from the students that partook in a visit to India recently.
February 8
Press-Citizen
Registration deadline Wednesday for free trade, global workplace seminar
Business, government and academic leaders are invited to register for the first UI Provost’s Forum for International Affairs. The forum will discuss free trade and the global workplace, and is supported by International Programs.
February 10
Gazette
Fostering cross-cultural meal manners
To help UI students, Rachael Bland is helping organize a series of etiquette dinners to introduce students to the dining mores of other cultures by working with International Programs and the marketing department of the Tippie College of Business.
February 13
Daily Iowan
Ex-Peace Corps volunteers extol service
UI Associate Professor Scott McNabb talks about his Peace Corps experience at the Thammasat University in Thailand at the International Mondays lecture series.
February 17
Gazette
Cultures convene in Corridor
For the past 17 years, the UI has been bridging the gap between diverse international and domestic cultures through its annual Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival.
February 21
Press-Citizen
Across the Fence: Josiah Alamu
Josiah Alamu, president of OASIS, is recognized for his passion for diversity.
February 21
Press-Citizen
Across the Fence: Dau-shen Ju
Dau-shen Ju, a former international student who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the UI, is recognized for reaching out to international students.
February 21
Press-Citizen
Q&A
A Q&A with Ciao-Wei Chen, a graduate student in accounting from Taiwan.
February 22
Press-Citizen
Scholar to discuss Iraq, America’s future
Juan Cole, a leading scholar on the modern history of the Arab world and professor of history at the University of Michigan, will visit the UI from Saturday to March 1 as an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor. This is sponsored in part by the UI Middle East and Muslim World Studies scholarly group and International Programs.
February 22
Press-Citizen|
Students invited to internships meeting
The UICHR is accepting applications for the 2007 Kenneth J. Cmiel Human Rights Funded Internship Program.
February 24
Gazette
Lecture to focus on Darfur human rights issues
Anyone wanting to learn more about human rights issues in Darfur is invited to attend a free lecture and buffet dinner sponsored by UICHR.
February 27
Press-Citizen
Human rights activist to speak about landmines
Alexis Bushnell of the UICHR will present “Landmine Work in Cambodia: Problems in the Filed” at the next International Mondays lecture.
February 27
Daily Iowan
Sudanese refugees speak out
Abdalla Mohammed Abdalla discusses human rights in Darfur in the University Capitol Centre on Monday in a lecture sponsored by the UICHR.
February 27
Daily Iowan
Walking for peace
Kathleen Staley, an assistant director of the University Counseling Service, speaks about her peace walk from Odessa to Kiev at an International Mondays lecture.
February 27
Press-Citizen
WiderNet director to discuss his work
Cliff Missen, the director of the WiderNet program will discuss his work to increase digital communication in developing nations at the ICFRC luncheon March 6.
February 28
Daily Iowan
Mideast expert critiques U.S. policy on Iran
Juan Cole, a Michigan professor of modern Middle East and South Asian History, speaks Tuesday afternoon at an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council luncheon in the Congregational Church.
January 2007
January 3
Solon News
When two worlds collide
Swapnil Sharma, a UI graduate student and speaker from the UI International Programs, introduces concepts from the Hindu religion to 8th grade language arts students at Solon Middle School as part of the International Classroom Journey.
January 15
Gazette
Inaugural events, Iowa City
New IP Media Intern Kate Casper answers the question of what it will take to get more young people interested in and involved in politics. She says, “A lot of people who are in their 20s are just frustrated with the bureaucracy…If politicians themselves were working to accomplish what they set out to do, then people would see results and see the political system as effective.”
January 18
Press-Citizen
International students meet others at event
Members of the public can meet UI international students at “Snacks, Chats and Laughs,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the UI International Commons.
January 18
Daily Iowan
The world visits Iowa
When South African exchange student Sidney Rash applied for his US visa in order to come to Iowa, he was asked if he had “done something wrong.”
January 24
Daily Iowan
British official: U.S., UK must fight terrorism
A British consul general who visited the UI on Tuesday emphasized that the US and Britain must fight terrorism together for the world’s security at an ICFRC luncheon.
January 25
Press-Citizen
U.S. national security talk kicks off series
A renowned legal scholar and authority on international affairs, Anne-Marie Slaughter, will present “A Conversation on U.S. National Security in the 21st Century: A Grand Strategy from the Princeton Project” at the first spring semester International Mondays.
January 26
Gazette
Passage to India
During winter break from classes, 17 University of Iowa students, three faculty members and two guests traveled to India to study microfinance enterprises run by women.
January 30
Daily Iowan
Scholar: Security needs vision
For a Princeton University official, it’s time for a new method making the US secure. Anne-Marie Slaughter spoke at the International Mondays lecture yesterday.