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Learning and Living in Senegal With more than 50 countries available, Global Grant recipient Rachael Mattson (IAFS ’18) had a daunting task of choosing where to study abroad. With her academic interests in politics and environmental issues in West Africa, she chose the Dakar Development Studies program in Senegal during...

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of one of the most significant events of the Vietnam War. In late January 1968, during the Vietnamese New Year holiday (Tết), communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army forces launched a surprise attack on multiple targets in South Vietnam. The attack ultimately...

Michael Carlson (IAFS ’00) discovered his passion for international affairs in his IAFS classes at CU. However, he had another interest that had been with him for many years. As a teenager, Carlson’s family hosted a German exchange student, José Neumann, who shared his love of soccer. After Neumann returned...

Rana Novack, the daughter of Syrian immigrants, gave Doug Snyder's Humanitarianism class an exciting and informative guest lecture on the Syrian refugee crisis back in 2015. Since then, her work with refugee and humanitarian issues has crossed over with her role at IBM, where for the past couple of years...

The Foreign Policy Association The Foreign Policy Association is holding a film and essay contest with a range of cash prizes and a funded trip to New York to the FPA centennial celebration’s Spring Dinner. You are invited to submit either an essay or video answering the question to: "What...

Special congratuations to IAFS majors: Jamie Briscoe, Ecuador ( Global Grant recipient) Lauren Hartshorn, France ( Global Grant recipient) Soraya Yanez, multiple sites CU Boulder Today: 9 undergraduates to study abroad this spring thanks to Gilman awards Published Jan 19, 2018 ( original article ) Nine CU Boulder undergraduate students...

CAS Event Wednesday, January 31, 2018; 5 p.m. Humanities 250 The Center for Asian studies and the Tibet Himalaya Inititive present Doplo, The Hidden Land! CU graduate, Dorje Dolma will give a talk about her new book, Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal! Dorje Dolma...

Political tensions, climate change, and democracy are normal dinner discussions for students in Ketchum 1B60 on Tuesday nights at the International Affairs Club. Club Co-President Nick Harvey (IAFS ’19) describes the student organization as “a forum to have open and informed discussions on pressing issues” where students can share their...

Andrea Marr Casanueva’s passion for investing in her local community all started with her experiences abroad. While finishing high school in Maine, she participated in a 10-week Outward Bound program to Central America, volunteering in rural cities. She continued to develop her interest in global issues by choosing to study...

When Tropical Storm Nate hit Costa Rica in October 2017, Global Grant recipient Kathryn McConnell (IAFS ‘20) was taken by surprise while studying abroad in San Jose. The day of the storm was chaotic—power outages, flooding, and rain storms cancelled classes and hindered communications. In the following days, landslides and...