International Studies News

Help us congratulate and wish good luck to Jace and Guillermina! Both will find out later this spring if they have been selected.

Monday, January 31, 2022 02:27 PM

Take a look at the CLAC courses being offered this spring semester!

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 02:43 PM

The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarship, a program of the U.S. Department of Education, provides financial support toward tuition and fees to eligible undergraduate students interested in studying Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Ecuadorian Quechua, Hindu-Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Nahuatl, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, or Vietnamese.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 12:52 PM

View highlighted courses being offered this spring semester!

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:23 AM

Take a look at all the exciting events International and Area Studies has been hosting and sponsoring this academic year.

Thursday, November 04, 2021 01:05 PM

Did you miss any of our events this year? Would you like the chance to watch them again? Click here to find the YouTube links.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 11:32 AM

The U’s International and Area Studies programs wish to convey our belated support and recognition of Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. As we commemorate emancipation and freedom from slavery in this country, we are reminded of the ongoing need to actively confront racism and oppression and to work toward racial justice on all fronts.

Monday, October 18, 2021 04:56 PM

Take a peek at some of the courses being offered this semester.

Monday, October 18, 2021 04:01 PM

Congratulations to our four International Studies 2021 Students of the Year award!

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 05:15 PM

Did you miss any of our events this year? Did you want the chance to watch them again? Below we have the events that took place this academic year with YouTube links for you to enjoy!

Thursday, February 04, 2021 01:48 PM

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) at the University of Utah helps students apply their proficiency in a second language to courses in a variety of majors. The languages offered in fall 2020 include Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Monday, August 03, 2020 01:31 PM

CLAS at U of U congratulates Manette and Alice two rising seniors in the Granite School District on a website they developed as part of Utah History Day.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:29 PM

The International Studies office is proud to celebrate four standout students who are receiving the 2020 Student of the Year award - congratulations!

Wednesday, May 06, 2020 04:39 PM

Two students from International Studies and Latin American Studies have received Fulbright Grants! Congratulations to Caitlin Silianoff and Rogelio Brambila!

Monday, May 04, 2020 12:06 PM

Interested in the relationship between animals and humans? Check this special topics course for Summer 2020! This course counts for International Studies and Latin American Studies. Speak with an advisor to see how it can be applied to your major.

Thursday, February 13, 2020 03:34 PM

Interested in films, representation, and Asia? Check out this brand new class for Spring 2020! The course counts as an elective for Asian Studies and for International Studies (Culture/Identity or as a Culture Elective). Speak with an advisor if you have any questions.

Monday, January 06, 2020 02:34 PM

A brand new faculty-led program in International Law and Human Rights has been approved for this summer! Students will be able to complete both their CW communication/writing and international experience this summer in Kiel, all while studying law and human rights.

Thursday, December 05, 2019 10:18 AM

Wednesday, Nov. 20th, 4:30-6:30PM. Hear from professionals about their global careers and how to get started!

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 03:46 PM

Gabriela Villalobos, a junior at the U, studying sociology and international studies, shares her story of being a first-generation student at the U.

Monday, August 05, 2019 11:27 AM

This past spring semester, International and Area Studies hosted our bi-annual Going Global Career Panel. Read more about the event here.

Tuesday, July 02, 2019 03:29 PM

Samantha Thorne, a double major in economics and international studies at the University of Utah, has been selected as one of 62 Truman Scholars for 2019.

Monday, May 06, 2019 08:00 AM

We are excited to share that Hans Liu, one of our International Studies Spring 2019 graduates has been selected as the recipient of the annual Excellence in Humanities Award.

Wednesday, May 01, 2019 10:21 AM

Wednesday, March 27th 4:30-6:30PM hear from professionals about their global careers and how to get started!

Thursday, February 14, 2019 03:13 PM

Come experience a lesson in one of the following less commonly taught languages: Cambodian, Vietnamese, Nahuatl, and Portuguese.

Thursday, February 14, 2019 02:38 PM

Arizona State University professor, Monica H. Green, will be lecturing on the new analyses of the evolution of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial pathogen that causes plague. Join us for a lively discussion!

Friday, January 25, 2019 10:33 AM

The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) application for summer 2019 and academic year 2019-2020 awards is now available and entirely online! The due date is January 25, 2019.

Friday, November 30, 2018 01:17 PM

This course will trace the intersecting histories of the U.S and Vietnam throughout the 20th century and beyond.

Friday, November 30, 2018 01:05 PM

Professor Hugh Cagle, Director of International Studies, has published a new book, Assembling the Tropics.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 10:14 AM

For this past homecoming, Janet Tran, a senior majoring in International Studies and Management, was recognized as Homecoming Royalty.

Monday, November 19, 2018 12:58 PM

Tuesday, Nov. 13th, 4:30-6:30PM Hear from professionals about their global careers and how to get started!

Monday, October 29, 2018 10:54 AM

The grant supports international education and language study

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 02:34 PM

FLAS Scholarships are open to U of U students in any department (except the School of Medicine) for the study of a less commonly taught foreign language and related area studies.

Thursday, September 20, 2018 11:35 AM

Students in a new course, “Coming to America,” taught by a German and a Spanish professor are learning about immigration. The course combines this timely topic with cutting-edge research in the digital humanities in a hands-on way.

Friday, March 16, 2018 11:23 AM

We are pleased to announce that Clayton Booth and Uriel Morales, both International Studies students with a focus in global health, will be presenting at the National Council on Undergraduate Research this year.

Friday, January 26, 2018 11:49 AM

Alongside the College of Humanities’ past Dean Dianne Harris, Kevin Knight, a graduate of International Studies at the University of Utah, was featured by the U to speak on “why the humanities matter.”

Wednesday, January 03, 2018 01:11 PM

Hans Liu, majoring in History and International Studies, was recently featured in the Humans of the U series.

Wednesday, December 06, 2017 09:54 AM

Jason Chen was recently featured in the U.S. Department of Education’s blog, ProFellow, where they highlight recipients of government-funded fellowships.

Tuesday, December 05, 2017 12:57 PM

FLAS scholarships are open to U of U students in any department (except the School of Medicine) for the study of a less commonly taught foreign language and related area studies.

Friday, October 13, 2017 01:46 PM

Nandini Deo, Student Speaker, and Olivia Juarez, Outstanding Senior.

Friday, October 13, 2017 01:23 PM

International Studies’ student Tara Streng is aiding the national movement against sexual violence on college campuses and collecting accolades for her work along the way.

Tuesday, October 03, 2017 11:12 AM

A group of faculty from U of U International Studies has been awarded one of three highly sought-after Global Learning Across the Disciplines (GLAD) grants from the Office for Global Engagement (OGE).

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 04:31 PM

In January 2015, Fatima Liaqat was selected as the inaugural winner of The Creative Mind Group's 'Live The Dream' Scholarship.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 04:30 PM

College of Humanties Professor of Linguistics, Johanna Watzinger-Tharp, was featured in the Salt Lake Tribune with her Op-ed piece on Utah's Dual Language Immersion Program.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 04:27 PM

Congratulations to Molly Pace on publishing her research "Health Service for Refugees in the United States: Policies and Recommendations"

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 04:25 PM

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 04:22 PM

Nikolette Winters and Damian Greene have both been chosen as recipients for the competitive Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship!

Friday, August 18, 2017 04:37 PM

Ashley Glenn, academic advisor in International and Area Studies, has received the Outstanding New Advisor Award as part of the 2017 Global Awards Program for Academic Advising from NACADA: The Global Network for Academic Advising.

Thursday, August 17, 2017 01:50 PM

Nandini Deo, Student Speaker, and Olivia Juarez, Outstanding Senior.

Thursday, August 17, 2017 01:48 PM