Authored by Erin Jordan

Lilian Sanchez, a 2018 University of Iowa graduate, is photographed Jan. 29, 2019, with U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris at the CNN town hall

8/7/2019

In the news: University of Iowa grad, now working for Kamala Harris, shares her immigration story

Lilian Sanchez, UI grad, is working for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, a California Democrat running for president, to help the candidate connect with Latino voters in Iowa.

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Erin Jordan

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in the news,

alumni

Ambassador in Residence Ron McMullen sits in at his office in Schaeffer Hall on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Thursday, June 8, 2017 surrounded by mementos of his over-30-year career as a diplomat. McMullen was the ambassador to the Africa

6/13/2017

In the news: University of Iowa ambassador-in-residence talks about 30 years as a foreign diplomat

As someone who spent 30 years trying to build bridges between the United States and developing countries that included Sudan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Fiji and the Dominican Republic, Ron McMullen thinks President Donald Trump’s plans to ban travel from several Muslim-majority countries and wall off Mexico are shortsighted and dangerous.

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Erin Jordan