Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
Doug Shelton received his art training at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art. He is a long time Des Moines artist and an accomplished painter who has documented his unique imagination on canvas for many years. Described...
Kelly McLaughlin is a graduate student at the University of Iowa. She is pursuing an M.F.A in intermedia & video art, as well as a P.H.D. in American Studies. In both fields she is explicitly concerned with new media technologies. Her work often...
James Kaufmann is a freelance writer and artist living in Iowa City. He has written for The American Scholar, the New York Times Book Review, Afterimage, Camera Arts,
A recipient of both the University of Iowa Arts Fellowship and the Wilhelm and Jane Bodine Fellowship, Matt received his MFA in Sculpture from the University of Iowa in 2000, where he also taught through the teaching assistantship program....
Jon Winet is Associate Professor and Area Head of Intermedia in the School of Art & Art History at The University of Iowa. He also directs "The Daily Palette" and wishes to thank all the participating artists in-and visitors to- the project, as...
Born in Valmiera, Latvia, Velga Easker grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, earned a BA in Art, University of Iowa, and recently left full time employment in various human service capacities. She has attended numerous workshops and conferences with a...
Downing Thomas serves as Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs at the University of Iowa. Thomas joined the
faculty of the UI Department of French and Italian in 1991. He chaired the department from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2003...
Susan Bridenstine was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and was raised in Muscatine, Iowa, until she graduated from Muscatine High School in 1996. She was always interested in foreign affairs, and she pursued this interest in high school and in college,...
In fall 2010, Alan Brody was a consultant in Malawi where he worked with colleagues to develop a
nutrition communication strategy. Their plan focused on how to mobilize wide-scale action to disseminate
knowledge and resources for the "one thousand...
Mr. Sambaiew's presentation will focus on how coordinated actions by groups of nations, international bodies, and nongovernmental organizations are essential to meeting global challenges of all types (nuclear threats, economic growth, human...
Manpreet Singh Anand has worked on international policy and development issues with a number of organizations, largely focused on U.S. diplomatic relations with South Asia. Mr. Anand served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of...
Jay Sehgal is the Executive Vice President of the Sehgal Family Foundation and Representative at the S.M. Sehgal Foundation in India. An alumnus of The University of Iowa, he worked in Information Technology in leading private sector organizations...
Dr. Rubie Watson attended the University of Iowa in the 1960s, received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the London School of Economics, and has taught anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University. Her research interests...
The world's leaders say nuclear terrorism is the greatest threat we face-with good reason. Even if there's little chance of it, the explosion of one crude nuclear bomb in one major city would change the world forever. Not only could it cause death...
Sue Simon has worked in the public health and social justice arena for 25 years. Since 1986, she has focused on HIV/AIDS issues from a public policy and direct service capacity for organizations including Gay Men's Health Crisis, Planned...