Can the enchantment of Havana survive?
May 19, 2015 - 3:02pmThis article was written as a guest column for the Iowa City Press-Citizen by Joan KjaerA few weeks ago, my eyes and my heart were opened to the extraordinary people and culture of...
View ArticleStudy abroad benefits from improving Cuba/U.S. relations
Jul 20, 2015 - 2:37pmBy Yun Lin, The Daily IowanIn the upcoming years, students will be able to get an up-close view of Cuba as never before. In December 2014, President Obama announced the loosening...
View ArticleRevisiting Our Man in Havana
Jul 30, 2015 - 4:38pmBy Adriana Méndez, guest column for the Iowa City Press-CitizenThis August marks the 30th anniversary of my arrival in Iowa City. I came as a young, rather doe-eyed, academic to...
View ArticleReflections of Ethnicity and Identity Abroad - African Heritage in Cuba
Aug 31, 2015 - 12:00pmNadia Doubiany is a senior majoring in international studies with an emphasis in human rights, as well as fundraising and philanthropy communications and Spanish at the University...
View ArticleAcademic adventure in Cuba
Sep 9, 2015 - 9:38amUI student learns from ‘great Cuban minds’ on study abroad programBy Lois J. Gray, Iowa NowThis is the view Nadia Doubiany viewed each evening as the sun set from the view of her...
View ArticleDecember 8 WorldCanvass on Cuba: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Nov 15, 2015 - 6:47pmSee event poster.Visit the ReCap of this program to access audio, video, photos and moreOn December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of...
View ArticleFuture of Cuba must be sustainable one
Dec 8, 2015 - 2:01pmThis article originally appeared in Iowa City Press-CitizenBy Julio Cesar Perez Hernandez, Guest OpinionHavana, the beautiful capital of Cuba, is ready for a sensitive change and...
View ArticleWorldCanvass ReCap: Cuba: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Dec 17, 2015 - 2:38pmOn December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of openness and interaction between their two countries. On December 8, 2015, Joan Kjaer...
View ArticleUniversity of Iowa eyes Cuban study
Feb 29, 2016 - 2:59pmPhoto: Special to The GazetteBy Vanessa Miller, The GazetteAs a University of Iowa senior studying political science and psychology, Jake Murphy long has been intrigued by Cuba.The...
View ArticleUI students to volunteer in Cuba
Jun 14, 2016 - 11:22am The winners of the 2016 Dr. Ken Magid Child Advocacy Service Scholarship. From left to right: Micah Augusma, Amira Nash, Alyssa McIntyre, Ben Hyland, Alyssa Peiffer, and Margaret...
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