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Brighter Colors and Brighter Futures for Scholarship Recipients May 11, 2011 by Ashley Snell While university scholarships provided to Kazakhstan’s disadvantaged youth will certainly help them towards brighter futures, there is still an important component necessary for becoming an empowered and successful individual. That piece is the development of the life skills necessary in order to “effectively improve the economic and social situations of their families, communities, and nation."	Social Media Skills for the Next Generation of Iraqi Journalists February 24, 2011 by Namo Abdulla IREX’s efforts to enhance new media literacy among journalists and civil society in Iraq coincides with a wave of demonstrations for democracy across the Arab World that has shown the power of social networking sites, leading authorities in Egypt, then later Libya to cut Internet and mobile phone services in an attempt to disrupt demonstrations.
Merging Perspectives on Programmatic Results January 6, 2011 by Troy Johnson IREX, Save the Children and the World Bank work together to pursue programmatic goals while conseptualizing results differently.	Global UGRAD Fellows Explore Local Community December 10, 2010 Participants of the Global UGRAD in Eurasia and Central Asia program get involved in events in their host communities.
Eurasian Fellows Pitch-in Across the Nation December 10, 2010 Participants of the Global UGRAD in Eurasia and Central Asia Program actively participated in volunteer events in their host communities.	New Media Center Launched in Erbil, Iraq December 6, 2010 The Erbil Technical and Administrative Institute in Erbil, Iraq recently launched a new media center with the support of IREX. The center will allow for students to learn about new technologies, social media, and new media and how they can apply these tools to journalism and communications.
Fighting Poverty in Kazakhstan: In the Service of Children and Youth November 30, 2010 by Troy Johnson Increasing the Effectiveness of Social Service Delivery to Vulnerable Children and Youth	International Education Week: 3 Things I learned as an American Student in the USSR November 15, 2010 by Joyce Warner This year marks the 20th anniversary of my first trip to the Soviet Union. Actually it was my first trip anywhere across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans for that matter.
Building the Brand: Is US Education Still Internationally Appealing? November 2, 2010 by Amy Ahearn I was boarding a train in Madurai, India, saying my last goodbyes to the Tamil family I had lived with, when my host mother, Usha, pressed my hand and said, “We’ll see you again when Nivetha goes to MIT.”	IREX Welcomes University Administration Support Program Fellows September 30, 2010 by Darrell Kendall Twelve University Administrators from Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Russia and Ukraine arrived at IREX on September 27^th to begin their University Administration Support Program Fellowship.