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“We come from many places, but we share a common future,” President Barack Obama said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly this September. This statement could not be...

Posted on November 13, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Alexandru Mocanu outside a polling site

On November 3, 2009, Virginians elected a new governor, and Muskie fellows Alexandru Mocanu and Andriy Olenyuk were in the thick of the excitement as poll monitoring volunteers.

Posted on November 2, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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From September 2-11, Aicholpon Jorupbekova, a 2004 Muskie alumna, organized therapeutic dance classes on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan for 25 young people from Obereg, a...

Posted on October 29, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Andro Gigauri (center) with LSC staff.

Andro Gigauri, a 2008 Muskie fellow from Georgia, learned more about the U.S. legal aid system during his summer internship at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Washington, DC and made...

Posted on October 2, 2009 - in Education, Research Support
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To remain competitive in the global economy, there is an increasing need for globally-aware young learners who are able to understand their peers in other countries and think critically outside...

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The majority of Hasnain Imam’s students in Howrah, India, near Kolkata, are from economically disadvantaged families; many of their parents are migrant laborers who never entered a...

Posted on September 6, 2009 - in Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support
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Through IREX’s Title VIII Programs, Maria Sonevytsky (IARO) and Jeremy Tasch (EPS) were able to engage in field research in Ukraine and Azerbaijan respectively.

Posted on September 4, 2009 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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Located only 30km from the Chinese border, the Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law (KSAEL) attracts many Chinese students pursuing higher education abroad.

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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...