UI alumnus and internationally renowned opera singer Simon Estes will be recognized along with winners of the annual photo contest during International Education Week.

Through the nonprofit organization she leads, the 2007 University of Iowa engineering graduate is connecting people in isolated communities across the globe to opportunity and prosperity.

While hundreds of University of Iowa students spent their summer completing internships in their chosen fields of interest, a group of about 60 students took their experiences to the next level by completing internships abroad—allowing them to gain global experience while strengthening their intercultural communication skills and building confidence.

Three Iowa faculty members have been awarded Fulbright grants to conduct research, study, or teach abroad in 2019–20.

Entrepreneurs from Africa who are attending the six-week Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) at the University of Iowa this summer recently visited the Quad Cities to see two icons of America—the Mississippi River and John Deere.

The University of Iowa’s International Programs office produces a series of 10 pre-arrival webinars for incoming students that provide information about being successful at UI and life in Iowa City and the U.S.

A record 19 University of Iowa students have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research, attend graduate school, undertake creative projects, or serve as English teaching assistants abroad in 2019–20, with an additional two students selected as alternates.

Less than two years after studying together at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Lucas Borg and John Lorenz found themselves last fall reuniting 6,000 miles from Iowa City as they began separate, yearlong assignments at Incirlik Air Base near the city of Adana, Turkey.

John Achrazoglou, clinical associate professor and chief technology officer in the University of Iowa College of Education, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for a three-week English language specialist project focusing on technology in Pakistan.

Former Iowa crew teammates Taylor Williams and Kennedy Voss wanted to take part in Semester at Sea through the University of Iowa’s study abroad program in spring 2019. But they didn’t know how they were going to pay for it.

Ronald McMullen, the university's Ambassador in Residence and lecturer in the Department of Political Science, has been awarded the 2018-19 International Engagement Teaching Award by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and International Programs. The award recognizes faculty members who excel at integrating internationalism into their teaching.

The UI was included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. students, marking the fourth consecutive year the university has achieved the elite ranking. Eleven UI students and alumni received Fulbright awards for academic year 2018-19.