Indiana University is ranked 15th nationally and tied for third in the Big Ten with 14 recipients of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants, according to a recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Additionally, five IU gradaute students have received Fulbright-Hays Grants. Together, they will study in 18 countries on research projects covering a variety of disciplines.

Indiana University will celebrate its international breadth with the third annual IU World's Fare, featuring international food, song, dance, exhibits and conversation on Nov. 11 (Wednesday) at 5 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall. Faculty, staff, students and members of the Bloomington community are welcome to join the festivities.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Sept. 4) joined with the chief executive of the Australian National University -- that nation's top-ranked institution of higher education -- in signing a partnership agreement for the creation of a jointly operated Pan-Asian Institute. The new institute will combine the complementary academic strengths of the two universities into a single research and teaching enterprise with expertise that encompasses a broad range of Asian countries.

Kubat Tabaldiev of Kyrgyzstan traveled six thousand miles from one of the most culturally diverse sites on earth to watch members of the Ojibwe tribe perform Native American dances in Michigan. He loved the experience so much that he couldn't wait to get back home and share what he learned.

For 50 years the Leo R. Dowling International Center at Indiana University Bloomington has acted as a link for international students to student organizations and the IU Bloomington community, providing Friday coffee hours, language conversation groups, orientation activities, informational workshops and weekly concerts. This Friday (March 6), the IU and Bloomington community will celebrate at the center, which is located at 111 S. Jordan Ave., with a 4 p.m. event planned by IU students.

Voices and Visions, a consortium of six Title VI National Resource Centers at IU, led by the Center for the Study of Global Change, is being recognized for its efforts to counter misperceptions and improve understanding about the second most practiced religion in the world.

Christopher J. Viers, associate vice president for international services at Indiana University, has been elected to become president and chairman of the board of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the world's largest organization of international educators. His term will begin in 2010.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will lead a university delegation to the Republic of Korea, where IU is expected to form new partnerships with several leading research universities, and to China, where he will participate in a major conference on the globalization of higher education.

Patrick O'Meara, vice president for international affairs at Indiana University, has announced that new grant programs for IU faculty members and academic units are available to help meet the goals of the university's international strategic plan.

The Indiana University Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy (CCLP) has received a $1 million grant over three years from The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) within the U.S. Department of Defense.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today (Aug. 11) that 33 Indiana University students have been awarded 2008-2009 Fulbright grants -- a 65 percent increase over last year.

A new project at Indiana University, funded with a $96,600 grant from the Social Science Research Council, hopes to break down some of the misconceptions about Islam and increase intercultural dialogue and understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie will join a delegation of American university leaders on a trip to Israel, June 29 to July 7, to explore closer academic and research ties between the two nations.

Indiana University Bloomington will host the Washington, D.C.-based Americans for Informed Democracy's first Midwest conference focusing on student action and global health. The conference, held March 29-30, is titled "Mobilizing and Engaging Communities for Global Health."

Indiana University today (Dec. 6) unveiled a new strategic plan to improve the global literacy of its students and faculty and strengthen the university's position as a leader in internationalization. The plan calls for increased student and faculty participation in study abroad and international service learning programs as well as the development of strategic international partnerships that support overseas study, global research and the recruitment of international students.

Indiana University and Zhejiang University, one of China's leading universities, held their first-ever joint symposium focusing on university research commercialization and technology transfer and involving senior leaders of both institutions. In addition to the symposium, IU and Zhejiang formally strengthened their partnership by signing a new agreement that renews for five more years an agreement first signed in 1982.

Indiana University Bloomington ranks in the top 20 universities nationally both for numbers of international students studying in Bloomington and for IU students studying abroad, according to the latest Open Doors report released last week by the Institute of International Education.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will lead a 10-member university delegation to China from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1. McRobbie's first trip abroad since becoming IU president on July 1 is expected to result in expanded relationships with leading universities in China as well as increased opportunities for student and faculty exchanges.

Constitutionalists from around the world will gather Oct. 25-27 at Indiana University Bloomington to consider the dynamic processes of constitutional narrative during "Paths to Democracy: An International Conversation about Constitutional Stories," an interdisciplinary conference.

IU President Michael A. McRobbie today announced that he has appointed Patrick O'Meara to the newly created position of Vice President for International Affairs. McRobbie said he was creating this new position because of the rapidly increasing importance of the international and global dimension in higher education.

Narendra Jadhav, an economist and educational leader in India, and the author of best-selling books about his family's experience overcoming India's caste system, Tuesday (June 26) returned to visit Indiana University, where he met with university administrators and former professors, and toured the campus where he lived for more than four years.

Narendra Jadhav, an economist and educational leader in India who is the author of best-selling books about his family's experience of overcoming his country's caste system, next week will return to visit Indiana University, where he earned his doctorate.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, celebrate the study of Alzheimer's, explore the artwork of Kalidou Sy and find out if you are fit to breed.

Several Indiana University students and faculty have had starring roles in a nationally broadcast television program with a potential viewership of more than 180 million people in the world's most populous country -- China.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will present a talk and reading at Indiana University Bloomington on Oct. 26 at 4:30 p.m. at Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. He is one of three former U.S. Poet Laureates who will visit the campus in the coming months as part of a series on the topic of "Solitude."