Upcoming Events

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Engaging Across Cultures: Navigating Intercultural Conflicts

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Virtual
Instructors: Pauline Beazer James, Senior Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services; and Shuhui Lin, International Education Program and Student Affairs Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services Description: In this two-part interactive session, participants will explore the four intercultural conflict styles using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS). The ICS is an 18-item assessment that measures individuals’ core approaches to communicating about differences...
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International Student Weekly Coffee Hour

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 11:30am to 12:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Starting Jan 22, 2025, Life in Iowa, hosted by International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and International Student Support and Engagement (ISSE), invite international students and scholars at the University of Iowa to join them for a weekly coffee hour.
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Cultivating Success: International Teaching

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:00pm to 4:30pm
University Capitol Centre
This event was rescheduled from February 12. Teaching in a new cultural environment can be both rewarding and challenging. This panel discussion is designed to share faculty expertise on how to address these issues. In this panel discussion, veteran faculty with successful teaching careers at the University of Iowa will share different pedagogical approaches and discuss ways to enrich classroom environments based on transnational knowledge and wide-ranging experiences to enhance students’...
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Fostering Climate Resilience Together

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Iowa City Public Library
Researchers, sovereign tribal communities, and women farmland-owners will discuss how they are collaborating to foster climate resilience through the newly established Central Midwest Climate Opportunities and Learning Team (CM CO-Learn), funded by the NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, that supports Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. This panel brings together a tribal community member, a woman farmland owner, and several project researchers to share what they are learning from each other, what tangible climate-wise action is underway, and how these strategies participate in global efforts to adapt to a changing climate.
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Engaging Across Cultures: Navigating Intercultural Conflicts

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Virtual
Instructors: Pauline Beazer James, Senior Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services; and Shuhui Lin, International Education Program and Student Affairs Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services Description: In this two-part interactive session, participants will explore the four intercultural conflict styles using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS). The ICS is an 18-item assessment that measures individuals’ core approaches to communicating about differences...
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Building our Global Community: Mental Health Concerns of International Students and Ways to be an Ally to International Students

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:50am
Virtual
Instructors:  Huan-Chung Scott Liu, PhD, Staff Psychologist at University Counseling Service (UCS) and Tianyi Xie, PhD, Staff Psychologist at University Counseling Service (UCS) Description: This session highlights how concerns unique to international students impact their mental health. These concerns can affect international students’ transition to the University of Iowa, their functioning on campus, and their broader adjustment to the United States. We will explore how the forbearance...
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International Student Weekly Coffee Hour

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 11:30am to 12:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Starting Jan 22, 2025, Life in Iowa, hosted by International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and International Student Support and Engagement (ISSE), invite international students and scholars at the University of Iowa to join them for a weekly coffee hour.
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Building our Global Community: Navigating Intercultural Conflicts

Monday, April 14, 2025 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Virtual
Instructors:  Rudia W. Kihura, PhD, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Early Childhood, Black Hills State University; and Brandon Paulson, Associate Director, International Student and Scholar Services Description: In this two-part interactive class, participants will explore the four intercultural conflict styles using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS). The ICS is an 18-item assessment that measures individuals’ core approaches to communicating about differences...
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Engaging Across Cultures: Developing Your Intercultural Insight

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Instructors: Shuhui Lin, International Education Program and Student Affairs Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services; and Engagement and Brandon Paulson, Associate Director, International Student and Scholar Services Description: In this two-part interactive session, participants will learn about developing their intercultural insights by exploring the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). The IDI generates an individual profile of “worldview orientation to difference,” and is...
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International Student Weekly Coffee Hour

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 11:30am to 12:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Starting Jan 22, 2025, Life in Iowa, hosted by International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and International Student Support and Engagement (ISSE), invite international students and scholars at the University of Iowa to join them for a weekly coffee hour.
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IP Series and Annual Events

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Commitment to Internationalization Lecture Series

Started in 2016, this series features experts in the field of international education. These experts help to foster ongoing, campus-wide conversations about the UI’s vision and strategic themes for campus internationalization.

2022 YALI Mandela Washington Fellows

Cultivating Success: A Global Faculty Initiative

Drawing on the expertise of veteran faculty, these panel discussions focus on a range of topics relevant to international scholarship and teaching, including cross-national research collaborations, navigating administrative structures, work-life balance, tenure and promotion, and classroom experiences.

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International Education Week

UI celebrates International Education Week each year, serving as an example of our commitment to preparing Americans for a global environment and to attract future leaders from abroad to come to the U.S.  Multiple events and activities take place across campus to promote the importance of international education.

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Major Projects Award

Through the generous support of the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization, this award promotes important contributions to scholarly debates and exchanges on international topics, issues, discoveries, and arts. These may take the form of collaborations, symposia, conferences, lecture series, artistic exhibitions, and performance events.

Gautam Yadama

Provost's Global Forum

This forum is the premier annual event on campus focused on international and global issues. It brings together experts from the faculty and leading voices from a variety of areas to raise awareness about, and contribute to debate on, the foremost issues in globalization that face us today. 

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Study Abroad Conversation Series

This new series, for prospective and returned study abroad students, covers essential topics like funding study abroad, leveraging international experiences for career growth, gaining global skills, and traveling mindfully.

Series Archive

Global Alumni Spotlight Series

This series featured in-depth conversations with UI alumni who have international backgrounds or experiences, and explore global and international topics that cross disciplines, borders, and connect Iowa with the world.

WorldCanvass

WorldCanvass®, which ran for 15 years, was hosted by Joan Kjaer. Through discussions with scholars, community members, and thought leaders, the program explored topics that were international in scope and central to our understanding of how individuals fit into the global landscape.