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MA-MFALT Student Quentin Véron awarded 2026 PEN/Heim Translation Grant
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Quentin Véron, a first-year LLLC graduate student enrolled in the dual degree of MA in French-MFALT has been awarded the 2026 PEN/Heim translation grant for his translation from the French of Solitude of a Python in Paris by Romain Gary (writing as Émile Ajar). Click the title to read more!
International Studies major María José Blanco Arias finds academic excellence, community, and purpose at Iowa
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
For María José Blanco Arias, the University of Iowa is more than just an academic destination - it’s a return to a place that shaped her childhood and continues to inspire her future. An international studies major from Colombia, Blanco Arias first experienced Iowa as a child living in Davenport. Years later, those memories helped guide her university search. Click the title above to read more!
Anne Frank Initiative, directed by German faculty Kirsten Kumpf Baele, worked to establish student-designed Little Free Library at the Children's Hospital
Friday, September 5, 2025
A student-designed Little Free Library, inspired by Anne Frank’s life and legacy, found a permanent home in the Janice and Bruce Ellig Children’s Library at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital on August 19, 2025, thanks to a collaborative effort between the Anne Frank Initiative (AFI), Iowa Youth Writing Project, and Clear Creek Amana Middle School.
