UI a "top producer" of U.S. Fulbright students
The University of Iowa is one of the top producers of Fulbright students for 2015-16! Twelve University of Iowa students were awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant, making it the greatest number of placements the UI has ever secured in a single calendar year. Read more about this honor here.
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Iowa's man in Japan
Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Kendall Heitzman, tells the story of Hiroyuki "Larry" Kasuga (M.S. industrial engineering, '53), a 93-year-old Iowa alum who is bringing alumni together in Tokyo, Japan. Read the inspiring story here.
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UI to host Mandela Washington fellows this summer
The University of Iowa will host 25 young business and government leaders from several African countries this summer as part of the U.S. State Department's Mandela Washington Fellowship for African Leaders. The fellows will spend six weeks in Iowa, participating in entrepreneurial education programs on the UI campus in Iowa City and also touring the state. Learn more in our Accents post.
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ReCap: WorldCanvass show "Encountering New Technology"
We live in an age of new technology, expecting any day to wake up to yet another jaw-dropping device or a discovery that simply changes everything about the way we live and work. On February 9, Joan Kjaer and her WorldCanvass guests contemplated the larger implications of the adoption of new technologies-how they change the ways in which individuals interact, the sharing of information, the movement of people and ideas from place to place, and what all of this means to the shape and form of a culture. Check out this ReCap of the event with access to see and hear the full program.
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