Isabelle Davis, an International Studies student at the University of Iowa, earned a 2020 David L. Boren Fellowship, and will spend next year studying Turkish in Azerbaijan as part of the new 2020 Turkish Flagship Language Initiative.

An International Studies course taught by Peter Gerlach, "Service Learning: Community Engaged Learning with Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa," turned what was going to be a panel discussion into a Coronavirus Awareness Webinar for Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa. Participants included the mayor of Iowa City, Iowa's State Refugee Coordinator, and other experts.