Talking to teens can lead to safer drivingIowa researchers: More parental communication benefits young driversAn Iowa study finds that training parents how to improve communication with their children about safe driving reduced the probability of future unsafe driving incidents by as much as 80 percent, especially when combined with onboard…

Name: Zhiting ("Jack") Feng Hometown: Lanzhou, China Field of study: double major in biochemistry and ethics & public policy Campus Leadership & Involvement Highlights Undergraduate research assistant, MacGillivray Lab At-large senator, University of Iowa Student Government Undergraduate research assistant, Eugenics Legacies Lab Early Scholar, UI Certificate in Clinical & Translational Science Research member, Health Advancement Equity Lab Ambassador, Iowa Center for…

Ana Arzate (BA French, international studies ’17) completed a global internship in Paris, France, as an undergraduate student at the University of Iowa. Arzate lives in Hiawatha, Iowa, where she works at Channel Fusion as a bilingual client relationship associate.

University of Iowa international studies major (East Asian studies and international business) Angel Trachta, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a 2019 U. S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).

University of Iowa economics and art major Mark Schoen from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a 2019 U. S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) and will travel to Malang, Indonesia, to study Bahasa, the official language of the most populous Muslim country.

Abby Rinaldi, a native of Tampa, Florida, and a graduate student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, has been awarded a 2019 U. S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).

Alex BareAlex Bare, a native of Walcott, Iowa, who will receive a BA in international relations this May from the University of Iowa, has been awarded two prestigious international scholarships: a 2019 U. S.

Four University of Iowa students were recently awarded Critical Language Scholarships (CLS): Alexander Bare (to study Arabic in Tangier, Morocco); Abby Rinaldi (to study Mandarin in Dalian, China); Mark Schoen (to study Bahasa in Malang, Indonesia); and Angel Trachta (to study Korean in Gwangju, South Korea).

Anna Patty (B. A. journalism, Spanish ’03) isn’t afraid to dream big and take risks—characteristics that served her well not only at the University of Iowa, but also today as a business owner, as a community leader, and as a mother of four.

Getting accepted to the University of Iowa was the beginning of many “firsts” for Ana Arzate and her family. As a first-generation college student, attending college meant taking a new path no one in her family had taken before.