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News and announcements

Linguistics Major Lucia Rongerude Receives Fulbright to Colombia

Thursday, May 7, 2026
Lucia Rongerude (BA linguistics and Spanish ’26) is the recipient of a 2026–27 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Award to Colombia. To ready more about her achievement, click the title above.

Japanese major Constance Rubach awarded Freeman Foundation Asian Internship Scholarship

Friday, May 1, 2026
Constance Rubach, a third-year student majoring in Japanese and illustration will be interning abroad through the CIEE Tokyo Summer Internship Program. To read more about Constance's accomplishment, click the title above.

UI alumnus Tristen Wendling awarded Fulbright to teach English in Germany

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Tristen Wendling (BA German ’25) is the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany for 2026–27. To read more about Tristen's achievement, click the title above.
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Events

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Chinese Corner

Thursday, May 7, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Come practice your Chinese! This event provides a fun and engaging space to practice Chinese conversation skills and explore Chinese culture.
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Arabic Cultural Hour

Thursday, May 7, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Phillips Hall
Join the UI Arabic Program for Arabic Cultural Hour! We have set up a number of exciting activities to explore the cultural practices behind Arabic and their relationship with the language. These activities include traditional crafts, cooking, movies, and more. Alongside each activity we will practice our in-class vocabulary and learn new terms to describe the activity.
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Art & Write Night

Friday, June 5, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, August 7, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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