Two UI students, Kyra Seay and Tess Haverkamp, recently traveled to China on the Rivers as Bridges program that examines the sister-river relationship of the Mississippi River in the U.S. and the Yangtze River in China.
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With more Chinese students showing up on University of Iowa class rolls than ever before, the Henry B. Tippie College of Business last month invited its faculty and staff to a workshop to learn how to pronounce the students' names.
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The Tippie College of Business hosted a workshop to help faculty and staff learn to properly pronounce the names of students from China, which are at a record high in the college. Story
Wenfang Tang, a UI political science professor, says that compared with their predecessors, the new Chinese leaders seem to show more sophistication, confidence, and ambition in a CNN weekly column focusing on China's new austerity in response to directives from Beijing.
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2012.10.16 | By University Communication and Marketing | 03:55 PM
The Life of Discovery creative exchange project will bring four of China’s top young writers to Chicago and Iowa City for a series of creative meetings and events in the four-year project’s final exchange. Story
2012.07.27 | By Jackie Hartling Stolze and Tom Jorgensen | 11:08 AM
The Mississippi River, which holds such an important place in North America’s geography, ecology, and culture, is also helping build bridges between the United States and China. Top Chinese high school students visited a UI-operated research station near Muscatine, Iowa, to learn about the Mississippi and get a taste of U.S. culture. Photo Feature
University of Iowa political science professor Wenfang Tang says Chinese people know when to claim their right to resist the local government, especially effective in an Internet age using grassroots activism.
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Downing Thomas, UI dean of International Programs, cites the economic impact of international students, the educational value of cross-cultural exchanges, and the imperative of learning to succeed in a connected world. Story
University of Iowa President Sally Mason discusses current topics. The second half of the show focuses on a new collaboration between the UI and the Iowa State Bar Association encouraging young lawyers to practice in small towns.
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