This select group of students will document and share their experiences abroad in real time on the @uiabroad Instagram account, offering a closer look at what it’s really like to live and learn in another country.

Katie Mathew (BA English & creative writing ’24) is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (ETA) to Germany for 2025-26.

Maddie Cason (BS political science, BA economics ’25) is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany for 2025-26.

UI Associate Professor of Instruction and Coordinator of the Russian program, Irina Kostina, was awarded the International Programs’ Special Projects Award to host a virtual conference about a conflict-ridden region near Russia titled “Caucasus: A Mosaic of Histories and Cultures.”

Dr. Azeez Butali, professor of oral pathology, radiology, and medicine in the UI College of Dentistry, has been awarded a Fulbright to further his groundbreaking work in human genetics.

Isabel Rushton (BA global health studies ’24) is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Slovakia for 2025-26. Rushton is the first UI recipient of a Fulbright to Slovakia.

Hser Dir Mu, (BS human physiology ’25) is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Thailand for 2025-26. 

Emily Callahan (BA political science, journalism & mass communication ’22) is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Montenegro for 2025–26.

The scholarship, founded by UI alumnus Richard J. Tyner in 2017, assists students majoring in world languages, international relations, international studies, or political science as they pursue transformative international internships and coursework.

Duong (Jun) Le, a recent UI graduate from Vietnam, has been awarded the 2025 Peace, Charlie One World Scholarship. As she begins her master’s in piano pedagogy at Iowa, Le continues her mission to promote intercultural understanding through the unifying power of music.