Maria Osman, who received a BA in international studies from the University of Iowa in 2022, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Indonesia for 2024-25.

During summer 2023, International Studies Senior Abby Fowler had the privilege to spend two months in Japan as a recipient of a Critical Language Scholarship. Her experience was exceedingly positive, and she wants all Hawkeyes to be aware of the great exchange opportunities offered by the U.S. government. Click here to find out how you can have the experience of a lifetime for nearly or totally free!

The International Rescue Committee, a global organization that rehomes refugees, is helping settle around 100 refugees in Iowa City over the next couple of months after opening an Iowa City office late last year. In efforts to assist unaccompanied minors who are refugees, the International Rescue Committee will launch a new program aimed at these individuals to get documentation and connect with a guardian, Terlouw said. The program will start March 1.

Camry Pritchard is a fourth-year international studies major from Bettendorf, Iowa. In addition to a Gilman Scholarship, she is also the recipient of a Critical Language Scholarship. She will be studying abroad this summer in South Korea on the TEAN Korea summer program. Click the title to read more from Camry!

University of Iowa Professor Ari Ariel (International Studies) was quoted in the article La Guerre Israël-Hamas Dans Les Assiettes in the French newspaper Le Monde. The article discusses how the Palestinian cause has been realized in the United States via food boycotts and by chefs promoting Palestinian cuisine to speak out against its erasure.

Marlén Mendoza’s career path was shaped by her time at Iowa, from her coursework and work experience to her study abroad experiences.

A recent petition signed by nearly 900 food professionals calling for a cease-fire raises, once again, questions of contested cuisines. “We tend to think of food as humanizing but when there is conflict, food becomes part of the conflict,” said Ari Ariel, an associate professor at the University of Iowa who has written about and lectured on what he calls the Hummus Wars.

Orion Little (International Studies major and Global Health Studies and Spanish minors) and a Diversity Ambassador Scholarship recipient went abroad in Spring 2023 with USAC Montevideo.

Maria Osman's study abroad experience in Jordan inspired the University of Iowa grad to co-found Posterity International, a non-profit charity.

University of Iowa international studies and economics student Ryann Hubbart of Clinton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2023 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Arabic this summer in Nizwa, Oman. This is the second year in a row that Hubbart has been awarded this prestigious scholarship. In 2022, Hubbart spent the summer in Amman, Jordan.