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.

University of Iowa College of Nursing Professor Joann "Jo" Eland and 18 students provided a helping hand in India over the winter break as part of a class that provides hospice and palliative care overseas.

Research shows that there is not one profession whose clients and customers wouldn’t benefit from their service providers having received multicultural training. When it comes to having a diverse population to serve, I believe educators are at the top of the list of those in this category.

A unique study abroad program in Peru allowed University of Iowa sophomore Macz Norton to blend study, service, and immersion for an unforgettable experience last summer.

The MFA program in Spanish Creative Writing in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences draws upon traditional Hispanic views of art and the role of the writer in the community to prepare students for careers as writers and teachers, in addition to helping local populations tell their stories.

The Ponseti International Association will collaborate with Management Sciences for Health on a two-year, nearly $2 million project to bring clubfoot treatment to underserved populations in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Peru.

Hualing Nieh and her late husband, Paul Engle, founded the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1967. IWP has since hosted more than 1,000 writers from 120 countries and regions. Nieh and IWP are the subject of a new documentary, One Tree: Three Lives.

"Western Africa Before the Boats," an exhibition at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, brings alive pre-colonial Western Africa—and the School of Art and Art History and UI Museum of Art are playing an important role.

Roberto Ampuero, a UI assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese who is on leave to serve as the Chilean ambassador to Mexico, is also a best-selling novelist and the creator of Cayetano Brulé, one of Spanish-language crime fiction's most traveled modern private eyes.

UI professor Armando Duarte, a choreographer at the UI since 1993, was inspired to create a three-week study abroad program in his native Brazil to share the culture of Carnival with UI students. He is currently in Brazil with 20 UI students so they can study the unique culture firsthand.

A University of Iowa law professor believes the legal ramifications of geo-engineering need to be thought through in advance and a global governance structure put in place soon to oversee these efforts.

Ronald McMullen, a University of Iowa visiting associate political science professor and ambassador, shares his thoughts on globalization in Iowa, also the topic of the next UI International Programs' World Canvass program Friday, Dec. 7. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)