International

UI student Haley Church studying abroad in Botswana

Farewell reflections from Botswana

Tuesday, May 20, 2014
UI student Haley Church, from Forest City, Iowa, who is majoring in interdepartmental studies and pre-medicine, reflects on her semester studying abroad in Gaborone, Botswana this past spring semester.

Livestreaming UI commencement to Chinese audience

Monday, May 19, 2014
Commencement ceremonies from the Tippie College of Business were live streamed to China with translation and analysis from UI staff members from China. About 20 percent of the Tippie College's students are from China.
Writing in Chinese charachters on a piece of paper.

UI livestreams Tippie commencement to China

Monday, May 19, 2014
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business' commencement ceremonies were live streamed to China on Saturday.

UI livestreaming commencement to Chinese audience

Friday, May 16, 2014
Two University of Iowa staff members who grew up in China will provide commentary and translation during Saturday's Tippie College of Business commencement live-stream to China.
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UI is broadcasting a commencement ceremony in China

Thursday, May 15, 2014
The University of Iowa is live-streaming its business school commencement on Saturday in China, with Chinese translation and commentary for family members of graduating students; it's an unusual step for an American college, but it probably won't be a rarity for long.

UI to offer commencement video with Chinese narration

Thursday, May 15, 2014
Parents halfway across the world will now be able to experience their children’s graduations as a UI student organization teams up with Video Services to provide a narrated, live-stream broadcast of the Tippie College of Business commencement ceremony.
Transgender candidate Hijra Guru Baseer Kinnar a.k.a. Kamala Kinnar

Lutgendorf, Dutta discuss India's 'third gender' ruling

Wednesday, May 7, 2014
UI professors Philip Lutgendorf and Aniruddha Dutta discuss an Indian Supreme Court ruling giving Indians the right to choose their gender, including a “third gender” category for those who don’t identify as either male or female.

Eight UI students, alumni receive Fulbright awards for 2014-15

Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Eight University of Iowa students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research, undertake creative projects, or serve as English teaching assistants abroad in 2014-15.

White Rose exhibit commemorates student anti-Nazi movement

Friday, May 2, 2014
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to view a traveling exhibit commemorating a German student movement that urged nonviolent resistance to the Nazi government in 1942-43. The exhibit is on display May 2-30 in the College of Public Health Building.
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Morcuende promotes Ponseti clubfoot treatment in Nigeria

Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The UI's Jose Morcuende, medical director of the Ponseti International Association, described the Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment as “a simple, manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery.”
Blake Rupe

Trading sandals for trash bags

Monday, April 21, 2014
For most students, summers are filled with bikinis and beach balls; however, for Blake Rupe, a UI graduate student from Ottumwa, Iowa, her beach gear consisted of safety gloves and sanitary bags as she conducted research on the garbage presence in Veracruz, Mexico.

UI educator outlines benefits of foreign language instruction

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Pamela Wesely, UI assistant professor of foreign language and English as a Second Language education, outlines the detrimental effects of planned foreign language cuts in the Iowa City school district.