Samantha Khamphilanouvong, a fourth-year Spanish major from Ottumwa, Iowa, will study in Chile through the IES Abroad Santiago Health Studies program. To read more, click on the title above!

International Programs, in partnership with the Graduate College, Graduate and Professional Student Government, and the Tippie College of Business, held an award ceremony on Friday, May 1, to celebrate the achievements of international students at the University of Iowa, including Spanish PhD Camila Núñez-Bergsneider. Click the title above to read more.

In this stand-alone podcast interview, Professor Ana Fernández Bravo sits down with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball standout, Álvaro Folguerias, who captured the hearts of Hawkeye fans everywhere this past March. A native of Málaga, Spain, Álvaro speaks candidly about his beach-side upbringing, tight-knit family, and how he fell in love with basketball at age four. He traces his path from Unicaja's youth academy in Málaga to crossing the Atlantic at 16, arriving in the United States with little English and an unwavering dream of playing at the highest collegiate level.

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.