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Online networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn have made it easier for young people to socialize and for professionals to conduct business around the world, but using web tools in the...

The important yet often overlooked role of libraries as vehicles for community development initiatives anchored the latest forum in IREX’s Technology Serving Civil Society Speakers Series...

Posted on May 7, 2009 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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In the tradition of encouraging and supporting US scholars and students in the field of Eastern European and Eurasia studies, IREX has partnered with Bennett College for Women, one of only two...

Posted on April 24, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Muskie fellow Margarita Aksyonova with HIV actvist, Patricia Kelly

“No matter how many movies or news stories you’ve watched about [people living with HIV/AIDS], it’s totally different from actually dealing with them on [a daily basis].

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Muskie fellow Anna Andrianova

Youth who are incarcerated are more likely to be incarcerated as adults.*

Ken Banks, the developer of FrontlineSMS

The potential of mobile technology to help close developmental gaps has been a source of excitement and hopeful discussion. 

Posted on March 9, 2009 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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At first glance, the University of California, Davis and Telavi State University, in the Republic of Georgia don’t appear to have much in common. However, it is some of their differences...

Posted on January 12, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

An update on how six Muskie alumni have been connecting with and contributing to their communities.

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On a recent morning at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, secondary-school teachers from Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, and the United States came together to discuss strategies to teach the...

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On November 13, IREX’s Technology for Civil Society Speaker Series hosted David Barnard, Executive Director of the Southern...