UI student receives a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship award to the Czech Republic

Muslim Student Association will host a variety of educational events for Islam Awareness Week on campus, including a ‘fastathon,’ a chance to try on a hijab, and a play.

I’m currently beginning my third month living in Prague, and it has truly flown by. I can remember my first night here perfectly – I was jet-lagged, scared, homesick, and just entirely overwhelmed. Now, only about seven weeks later, I am adjusted, happy, and Prague feels like home.

UI student receives a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship award to Germany

UI student receives a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship award to South Korea

The UI Conversation Center and Friendship Community Project hold Community Conversations to help people in the community learn English in a relaxed environment.

Iowa City will host the Cities of Literature annual meeting to mark the 10-year anniversary of its literature designation.

When I told my study abroad advisor I wanted to go to Uruguay for my semester abroad, she told me, “I hope you’re prepared to eat a lot of beef.” As a vegetarian, this probably should have been a red flag.

During the months of March and April, Tokyo undergoes a transformation. Neighborhoods, rivers, parks, and temples become shrouded in white and pink. Cherry blossom season is, perhaps, a bit like our Christmas—a time in which people forget time, to soak in the sakura for a few blissful and carefree hours.

UI student receives a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship award to Portugal