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ASL Immersion Weekend Registration Open!

Monday, December 15, 2025
The University of Iowa ASL Program will be hosting the first annual "ASL Immersion Weekend!" It will be held at Camp Wapsie from Friday, April 17th to Sunday, April 19th, 2026. At the event, attendees will be able to interact with Deaf Mentors, attend workshops and presentations, and get to know people in the Deaf community! The ASL-only weekend is a great opportunity to practice your signing and meet new people! Click the title to learn more and register for the event!

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!
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LLLC Work in Progress Group

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Phillips Hall
WIP Writing Workshop/Presentations will take place once a month for an hour and a half, and will feature writing by WIP group members, which will be circulated beforehand by the author/translator/scholar-- please email diana-thow@uiowa.edu to get reading materials in advance of the meeting. In this group we create a space for writers researchers, and translators working in topics related to World Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures to share their work and get feedback, edits, ideas from others in the humanities while working towards a submission or publication. We meet the fourth Tuesday of every month, with January 27th, 3:30-5pm for our first meeting. So that would also mean: Feb 24th, March 24th, and April 21 for workshops.
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Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: Irish Writing Program

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 4:20pm to 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
Learn more about this faculty-led program designed for UI students to study under the direct mentorship of an award-winning creative writing faculty member in Dublin, Ireland.
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Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: (Re)tracing Anne Frank: Living, Fleeing, Hiding & Writing

Thursday, January 29, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Virtual
Learn more about this faculty-led study abroad program designed to familiarize yourself with Anne Frank’s life and legacy by following in her footsteps in Amsterdam, the city in which she hid, when life in Germany became too dangerous.
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14th Annual Fulbright Intensive U.S. Student Program Workshop

Friday, January 30, 2026 9:30am to 11:30am
Virtual
Join International Programs at the University of Iowa (UI) for the 14th Annual Fulbright Intensive U.S. Student Program Workshop.
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