In honor of International Women's Day March 8, UI International Programs shares just a few achievements of UI students, staff, and faculty; the inspiring and high-impact work of these women is a true testament to the day's 2014 theme, "Equality for women is progress for all."

The 2014 Provost’s Global Forum at the University of Iowa, “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility,” will address the global and local impact of child abuse and neglect through several events that are free and open to the public March 26-28 on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa has several experts available to comment on the crisis in Ukraine, from political to social to economic impacts.

Salt Lake City playwright David Kranes will participate in Book Wings, a collaborative theater project at the University of Iowa and the University of Baghdad, with participants in Baghdad and Iowa City collaborating via teleconference.

Two days before linking up with performers in Russia, the Book Wings collaborative theater initiative will connect performers from the University of Iowa with artists at the University of Baghdad March 11. The initiative uses the latest technologies to bring together artists and stage spaces—in this case, 6,500 miles apart—to produce one integrated, interactive experience.

UI finance professor Art Durnev, who studies the intersection of foreign affairs and finance, notes that major corporations with stakes in Russia and Ukraine have seen stock prices drop: "We are facing this absolutely tremendous economic uncertainty in that part of the world," he says.

At 11 a.m. Thursday, March 13, the University of Iowa will link up with the Moscow Art Theatre to present the third and final performance of Book Wings, a groundbreaking collaborative theater initiative that uses the latest new media technologies to bring together actors, writers, directors, translators, and stage spaces 5,000 miles apart to produce one unified theater experience.

Chinese teachers with the Confucius Institute in University of Iowa International Programs visited Muscatine High School to teach students about the tea ceremony in the Chinese culture. After the presentation, students brewed tea in pots they made and shared it with classmates.

Author and chemist Carl Djerassi will give a keynote address at the symposium "Pill and Pen: Contraception and Unwanted Pregnancy in Literature and Popular Culture." The symposium will be held March 7 to 9 in various locations across the UI campus.

UI graduate Marcelo Mena-Carrasco's interests in musical diversity, sustainability, and cultural diversity all will inform his work as Chile's nextundersecretary of the environment.

UI finance professor Art Durnev is a native of Russia and has closely followed the Ukrainian turmoil. He says that the Ukrainian economy is "a mess right now," due to government corruption.

Ragamala Dance is committed to preserving an important dance heritage while pushing the art form forward. "Sacred Earth" unifies this unique dance vision with other forms of art. The UI’s Hancher will present Ragamala Dance March 6 and 7 at Space Place Theater.