A group of African entrepreneurs is learning more about how to start and run a business during a six-week program hosted at UI by the U.S. State Department.

The University of Iowa is hosting 25 business leaders from Sub-Saharan African countries who want to learn more about how to run a business. Their goal isn’t just to earn a living; they want to change their communities for the better.

A group of 25 young African business leaders toured an organic farm near Davenport on July 8 as part of their participation in the U.S. State Department's Young African Leadership Initiative, offered through the University of Iowa.

A group of young Africans looking to start businesses in their homelands toured the Quad Cities on July 8 as part of their fellowship at the University of Iowa through the U.S. State Department's Young African Leadership Initiative.

James Leach, university chair in public affairs and professor in the College of Law, comments on the possible impacts Iowa could feel if British voters opt out of the European Union.

The University of Iowa is hosting 25 young African leaders as part of the Mandela Fellows, a program in the U.S. State Department's Young African Leadership Initiative. The fellows will be on campus for six weeks and will visit businesses and landmarks around the state.

The University of Iowa will host 25 young business and government leaders from several African countries this summer as part of the U.S. State Department’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for African Leaders, who will arrive on campus Friday, June 17, for a six-week visit.

Columnist Nick Kristof writes of University of Iowa student Emily Roberts' efforts to bring a 19-year old Afghan woman to the United States so she can study string theory and dark matter.

University of Iowa students participating in the Dr. Ken Magid Child Advocacy Service Scholarship program will travel to Cuba for the first time this summer as part of the program's annual service trip experience. In 2017, alumni will be able to volunteer as well.

Lea VanderVelde, of the University of Iowa College of Law, has long-held ties to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and played a part in his nomination for several years until his selection in 2014.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase understanding between people of the United States and other countries by providing participants opportunities to study, teach, conduct research, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.