UI named Fulbright Top Producing Institution! 
The University of Iowa has been named a top producer of Fulbright students for 2017-18, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. This is the third year in a row that the University of Iowa has achieved this elite ranking. Read more.
NEWS
UI to welcome Mandela Washington Fellows this summer
Beginning in mid-June, the UI will host 25 of Africa's brightest emerging business and entrepreneurship leaders, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The UI is one of 27 institutions chosen this year to host the larger group of 700 Mandela Washington Fellows (selected from the more than 37,000 applicants) visiting institutions across the United States this summer. Read more about this honor.
UI undergraduates awarded prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Chosen from thousands of applicants from colleges and universities across the U.S., Gilman scholarship recipients receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs. The program aims to diversify the students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. Read about the winners.
Upcoming Events
2018 Provost's Global Forum - Obermann Humanities Symposium 
Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice
Practicing archivists, engaged scholars, and interdisciplinary artists will share projects from guerrilla archiving of climate data to mining corporate records for evidence of organized violence. The symposium will also include the  2018 Joel Barkan Memorial Lecture.  Join us for three days of lectures, panels, film screenings, and exhibits. Learn more about this event.
WorldCanvass
Join us for the first event of the 2018 Provost's Global Forum - Obermann Humanities Symposium, Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice.  Panelists at this month's WorldCanvass will open the virtual doors of archival cabinets and share some of Iowa's and our nation's most intriguing stories and little-known history. WorldCanvass will take place from 5:30-7 p.m., February 22, at MERGE, 136 South Dubuque Street. The program is free and open to the public. Please come early for a pre-show catered reception from 5-5:30 p.m. Learn more about this event.
Japanese program presents documentary film series
Join the University of Iowa Japanese Program and the Department of Cinematic Arts for a series of documentary film screenings with Japanese filmmakers Mori Tatsuya, Nakamura Takayuki, and Kana Tomoko.  All screenings are free and open to the public.
February 23 - 25 |  FilmScene
Study Abroad to host geographic-specific info sessions
Take the first step to studying abroad! Join UI Study Abroad for a series of information sessions taking  place during the week of February 26 at the Iowa Memorial Union. Learn the basics about study abroad and discover what types of programs are offered in each area around the world!
Feb. 26 - March 1 | IMU
WorldCanvass
On Thursday, March 1, from 5:30-7 p.m., the internationally acclaimed Elias String Quartet will take WorldCanvass inside the process of music-making.  In a performance-filled program called Translating Music, members of the quartet and Elizabeth Oakes, director of the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program in the UI School of Music, will discuss what it takes to bring a piece to life by focusing on two themes-nationality in music and storytelling through music.  WorldCanvass takes place at MERGE, 136 South Dubuque Street, and the program is free and open to the public.  Please come early for a pre-show catered reception from 5-5:30 p.m. Learn more about this event.
International Programs provides scholarships, guidance, and support for international students in the University of Iowa community, as well as assistance for UI students studying abroad.  You can continue to support globally oriented programs and resources by contributing to International Programs. For more information, please contact Javier Perez, assistant director of development, UI Foundation, at [email protected] or 800.648.6973.
International Programs provides leadership and sup port for internationally-oriented teaching, research, creative work and community engagement.  Learn more .
 
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