A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's own upbringing, the plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who try to make it in rural America during the 1980s.

Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, and Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University, discuss his upcoming book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, which highlights how individuals can support the pursuit of truth during a time when facts have become negotiable. 

In this article, Rauch presents evidence for the return of human tribalism and the decline in loyalties towards larger institutions, such as countries or nation-states. 

This activity, from Zygomatic Studios, helps participants demonstrate creative storytelling abilities. 

This activity introduces the concept of lookism and helps participants identify how appearance affects bias. 

This activity helps students challenge stereotypes related to intellectual ability and reflect on their own strategies for growth. A version for middle school students is available in the Links tab. 

The games on this site expose young learners to a variety of intercultural learning concepts:

• Cultural Diversity Test
• Cultural Quiz
• Guess the Proverb!
• Trip Around Europe
• Trip Around Europe 2
• Your Cultural Identity

Includes two related activities:

• Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters
• Images of Others: An Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters through Visual Media

When Ifemelu departs military-ruled Nigeria to pursue her studies in America, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. This powerful and tender novel illuminates race relations in contemporary America through Ifemelu’s refreshing wit and brazen honesty.

Feitosa, J., & Salas, E. (2020). Today's virtual teams: Adapting lessons learned to the pandemic context. Organizational dynamics, 100777. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2020.100777

Researchers have highlighted five main challenges that ordinary virtual teams face during the COVID pandemic. Considering the current situation, the authors revisit these original challenges to contextualize them with the goal of helping managers better navigate these unprecedented times.

Beckie Supiano writes about a workshop developed by Martha Fay Burtis, a learning developer and the associate director of the Open Learning and Teaching Collaborative (CoLab) at Plymouth State University. In this workshop, faculty members use storytelling to process and reflect on their experiences teaching during a pandemic. The storytelling strategies implemented in this workshop are similar to those used in intercultural learning. 

Italian architect Stefano Boeri designed 1,500 special pavilions where the coronavirus vaccine will be administered across the country. These pavilions feature a primrose theme and go hand and hand with Italy's vaccine program slogan: "With a flower, Italy comes back to life." 

This article, written by Lee Skallerup Bessette, describes how the wellbeing of staff members —who have helped to keep campuses up and running during the pandemic —  has largely been ignored or forgotten. 

In this commercial, a Turkish family shares their dinner (in a socially distanced way) with an elderly German man who lives alone and has been diagnosed with COVID-19. 

This documentary, directed by Cassie Jaye, focuses on the men's rights movement. Watching this film will enable participants to listen to perspectives on this movement and issues facing men and boys, as well as discuss issues related to gender, power, and privilege. 

Individuals from around the world (such as South Korea, Senegal, Singapore, Germany, and Australia) were shown videos and statistics centered on the United States' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of their responses were negative, and they compared their own countries' responses to those of the U.S. 

This page features a compilation of pieces by Purdue photographers and videographers. Some of these pieces focus on Purdue's response to the pandemic, including changes to Boiler Gold Rush in light of the Protect Purdue guidelines.