International Accents

Katarina Newcamp, who will receive a BA in political science from the University of Iowa in May 2021, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Kosovo for 2021-22

University of Iowa alum Michael Scheuerman, who says his time at Iowa opened his eyes to what was happening in the world, has earned an Academy Award nomination for shining a light on a human rights catastrophe in Yemen.

Join International Programs for Bridging Domestic and Global Diversity's annual Open Forum event taking place on Thursday, April 15, 2021, from 3:30-4:45 p.m. via Zoom.

Four former students of professor Irina Kostina detail how her classes expanded their knowledge beyond the classroom.

This spring, 24 University of Iowa students are serving on global virtual teams with peers in Kosovo as part of a Tippie College of Business course focusing on the international business environment.

The Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs offers three prizes for papers written by students - the Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize for graduate students, and the Sidney DeVere Brown Prize and the Mikiso Hane Prize for undergraduate students. MCAA also offers the Jackson and Caroline Bailey Public Service Award for outstanding work in the advancement of Asian Studies. These prizes are awarded at the MCAA Annual Meeting held each fall.

Will Story, assistant professor in the University of Iowa (UI) College of Public Health, and Nema Aluku, research associate at Tangaza University College in Nairobi, Kenya, were recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study HIV stigma among adolescents in western Kenya. The study represents a promising international collaboration with significant public health insights. Learn more about this important research project through the Q&A below with Dr. Story and Dr. Aluku.

University of Iowa MFA student (book studies) Sarah Schlosser of North Canton, Ohio, has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a summer virtual intensive language and cultural program in Hindi.

International Programs develops new virtual global experiences and aims to send students abroad again in the fall.

Are you an international student, immigrant, or English language learner (ELL) considering the University of Iowa?* Attend a special virtual recruitment event “Iowa, Kirkwood, and You: Finding a Pathway to the University of Iowa," Wednesday, April 21, from 7-8 pm. Co-sponsored by Kirkwood Community College and International Programs at the University of Iowa, students will hear from UI admissions staff, financial aid representatives, spokespeople from the STEM fields, and a student panel about the strengths of coming to the University of Iowa.

Would you like to teach English, study, or do research abroad for an academic year at no cost?

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most original, impactful, and complex figures of the 20th century. Revered around the world for his activism, self-sacrifice, and nonviolent methods of confronting a repressive colonial power, Gandhi remains a much-admired figure today. Gandhi may be best known in America for the influence his teachings on nonviolence had on leaders of the civil rights movement. But the story of the man and his legacy is layered and not without its contradictions. Our guests on the April 16 WorldCanvass will reflect on Gandhi at 150. This event will foreshadow the Provost’s Global Forum planned for November 2021 on “The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi at 150: Nonviolence, Race, and Politics.” Join us for this virtual WorldCanvass on April 16 from 5:30-7 p.m. Free and open to all, the program will be aired on Zoom and on Facebook Live.