Dr. Kanwal Singh Matharu, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Carver College of Medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright for fall 2025.

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.

People from all over the world came together to discuss how university and private sector partnerships lead to student success at the 2025 Provost's Global Forum at the University of Iowa.

Espinosa, associate professor of history in Latin American Studies, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The award will support Espinosa’s research and writing for a book chronicling the professionalization of medicine in Puerto Rico.

This three-day symposium will bring together experts from the UI and beyond to explore sustainable partnerships between universities and the private sector that enhance education, innovation, and economic growth.

Maia Sheppard, an assistant professor and coordinator of social studies education in the University of Iowa College of Education’s Department of Teaching and Learning, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Grant to lead a cross-cultural project in Namibia.

The University of Iowa (UI) is pleased to announce that Claire Fox, professor of English in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Alberta, Canada, for the 2024-25 academic year.

A checklist of considerations when working with foreign collaborators or conducting research or scholarly activities abroad

This year’s Provost’s Global Forum, LGBTQ Youth in Global Perspective: Resistance, Resilience, Reimagination, will assemble experts from around the globe to speak to the power and agency of LGBTQ youth and their stories. 

Dr. Nada M. Melhem, visiting faculty from the American University of Beirut, opened the eyes of Iowa City residents to the public health challenges impacting her home country of Lebanon during a lecture on cholera on Sept. 13.

The Major Project centers on a week-long visit in September by Dr. Nada Melhem, professor of infectious diseases and microbiology in the Division of Health Professions, Medical Laboratory Sciences, at the American University of Beirut.