UI political scientist Vicki Claypool said accommodations from the EU would help smooth the way forward following violent protests in Ukraine: “The European Union has to be more accommodative in the sense of not being quite as critical of Ukraine’s political system and economy."

Students at Prairie Trail Elementary School in Ankeny saw works by African artists up-close when Dale Fisher, curator of education at the UI Museum of Art, brought the museum's K-12 School Programs Collections to the school the week of Feb. 17. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

Krishna Das, who received his Master of Arts from the UI College of Education in 2000, volunteered to spend a year in Iraq because he believed he could make a difference, making the leap from an education scholar to an international diplomat working for the U.S. Department of State.

University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have secured summer internships with human rights organizations in the United States or internationally should consider applying for the Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program.

A University of Iowa workshop to be held this week will address issues that stem from recent increases in the number of Chinese students at the university.

As international students flock to the University of Iowa and alumni leave Iowa City for all corners of the globe, the role of international engagement takes on greater prominence. Suyun Ma, UI International Programs' first external global relations coordinator, uses social media platforms to engage this growing, varied audience.

Marcelo Mena-Carrasco, a University of Iowa College of Engineering alumnus, has been named to a cabinet post in the administration of Chile’s president-elect Michelle Bachelet.

UI engineering students have built five bridges, located in Peru, Zambia, and Nicaragua, under the auspices of the nonprofit group Bridges to Prosperity, and are currently designing and fundraising for a sixth, which is scheduled to be built this summer.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

A group of educational leaders from various Japanese universities is visiting the University of Iowa to discuss Iowa’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) initiative and garner strategies and tactics to develop a STEM program in Japan.

Katrina Korb, who received a doctorate from the UI College of Education, is doing everything from working with student healthcare workers to Muslim youth in a football program through her work at the University of Jos in Nigeria, where she recently stepped into a temporary leadership role.

As the number of international students attending the University of Iowa continues to grow, officials are offering a new program to help students integrate to Iowa and the United States comfortably.