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.

Anne Frank Initiative welcomes more than 200 Clear Creek Amana eighth graders to UI campus to learn about Anne Frank’s legacy

9 UI students, including Kiana Shevling-Major, have been awarded Gilman Scholarships to study and intern abroad in 2025.

9 UI students, including Shefa’a Tawil, have been awarded Gilman Scholarships to study and intern abroad in 2025.

Kostina received an International Programs’ Special Projects Awards to host the event, which provides funding for small-scale international activities on the UI campus to support internationalization at Iowa.

After passing her dissertation defense, Wenqi has graduated from the University of Iowa's Linguistics PhD program! The title of her dissertation is "Questioning monolingualism: The effects of bidialectism on language processing."

The Pomerantz Career Center recognized and celebrated award-winning students, staff, faculty, and business partners who have gone above and beyond in their support of career success for students. Among the recipients was Associate Professor Dr. Yasmine Ramadan who teaches Arabic in the department!

Learn more about how the pandemic cause Iowa public to explore study aboard options

On Wednesday, May 7th from 5:30-7:00p.m., Professors Kirsten Kumpf Baele and Kay Ramey along with their daughters and two university students proudly represented the university at “World Wide Wickham,” an evening of celebration, community, and fun at Wickham Elementary School.

Global Access Ambassador Folasade Olawoye, an international studies major with a minor in Korean studies and translation, participated in the TEAN South Korea: Korea University Program.