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UI alumna carries her international studies into post-grad life

Thursday, July 5, 2018
UI alumna Abby Peeters (BA studio arts, BA social work, certificate in American Indian and Native Studies) has had her eye on international work since she was a young girl, watching her father travel the world as a production assistant for a video production company.

Young African leaders arrive in Iowa City to learn about entrepreneurship and promote international dialogue

Monday, July 2, 2018
For the third consecutive year, UI’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) welcomes 25 Mandela Washington Fellows from Sub-Saharan African countries to the University of Iowa to learn about U.S. entrepreneurship and promote international dialogue.

In the news: I don’t care for the term ‘Indology’: Philip Lutgendorf

Monday, July 2, 2018
Chai addict, Ramayana translator, Sholay lover, this scholar says his love for the country could be because of past-life samskaras

In the news: UI community reacts to Supreme Court’s backing Trump travel ban

Monday, July 2, 2018
Seven countries are affected, five with mostly Muslim populations.

Academic life in the sultanate

Friday, June 29, 2018
I am now deep into my intensive Arabic language studies at the Noor Majan Training Institute (pronounced “Noor Magán”), so it’s about time I give a glimpse into academic life here in the sultanate.

Worlds apart, but together in family medicine

Friday, June 29, 2018
For more than twenty years the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Iowa has had an active collaboration with the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Studies (MAPO), now the Northwestern State Medical University (NWSMU) in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In the news: UI graduate heads to Amsterdam with Fulbright Grant

Thursday, June 28, 2018
Martin Wolgen will return to the country his father left in the 1950s to retrace the history of his religious origins while earning a graduate degree in theology and religious studies.

Diversity of study abroad offerings allowed UI football player Jake Gervase to earn academic credit in Havana, Cuba

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
A demanding football schedule left Jake Gervase (BBA, finance and management ’18) doubtful he could incorporate a study abroad experience into his undergraduate career—that is, until he learned about global spring break opportunities. Gervase jumped at the opportunity to travel to Cuba through the International Entrepreneurship and Culture short-term study abroad course led by UI faculty members Dimy Doresca (UI Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center) and Jim Dreier (UI School of Music). Gervase plans to use his fifth year of eligibility to continue his UI football career during the 2018-2019 academic year. While doing so, he will be pursuing a graduate degree in sport and recreation management. We caught up with Gervase recently to learn more about his study abroad experience in Cuba.

In the news: Matsalyn Brown keeps her Tai Dam culture alive in Iowa

Thursday, June 21, 2018
Brought to Iowa as a child as part of Governor Robert Ray’s resettlement initiative, Matsalyn Brown preserves the culture of her people, the Tai Dam of Vietnam

In the news: UI pharmacy student promotes public health in his native Nigeria

Thursday, June 21, 2018
University of Iowa student Ishaya David has big plans for the future, plans that include assuming leadership of a small nonprofit organization started by his beloved brother and traveling the rural roads of his native Nigeria to educate youth about the dangers of unprotected sex and HIV/AIDS, and the health hazards associated with substance abuse.