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Coming to a Theater Near You August 20, 2010 by Amy Ahearn It’s not often that my work at IREX intersects with the Sundance Film Festival. Yet on September 24th, “Waiting for Superman,” a film about problems plaguing the American education system will hit theatres	Teaching Fellow Brings Russian Culture to Greensboro, NC August 8, 2010 A native of St. Petersburg, 2009-2010 Teaching Fellow Yelena Francis is passionate about sharing her culture, not only with the students in her Russian language and Russian literature and media courses at Bennett College for Women, but with the Greensboro community at large.
IREX Teaching Fellow Creates First Russian Club at a Hispanic-Serving Institution March 24, 2010 Through IREX’s Teaching Fellowship Program for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, Leila Zakhirova, a 2009-2010 visiting professor at Whittier College, has made a significant impact on campus.	Need-Based Financing Opens Doors to College for Kazakhstani Students March 22, 2010 by Susie Armitage Muratbek Kuskulov, a cheerful young man from Kazakhstan, radiates optimism despite having faced many hardships in his 20 years. He’s supported himself since the tragic loss of his parents several years ago, and graduated from a vocational high school last spring with excellent grades.
US Embassy Policy Specialist Program Attracts More Embassies and a Growing Number of Scholars March 11, 2010 It began as a small-budget project intended to connect the scholarly community with US foreign policy practitioners in Eurasia. EPS scholars traveled to the region and served US Embassies and Consulates as policy specialists-in-residence for one to two months.	Using Skype, Kyrgyzstani Law Student Reaches Out to University Back Home December 9, 2009 by Susie Armitage Baktygoul Koubanytchbekova was amazed by the issues her fellow students raised in classes during her first few weeks at Columbia Law School. “Back in Kyrgyzstan we are very limited to the statutes and regulations,” she said. “[In the US] it’s more about critical thinking and applying the norms of international law.” She adapted quickly, earning a 3.57 GPA her first semester, but wanted to do more.
IREX Celebrates International Education Week November 17, 2009 “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 more fitting for International Education Week (November 16-20), which celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.	Blogging from the Field: IREX Fellows Share Findings in Real Time September 6, 2009 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.
IREX Partners with Bennett College for Women and Whittier College to Introduce Russian and Eurasian Studies Curricula on their Campuses August 26, 2009	IREX Partners with Bennett College to Introduce Russian Studies Curriculum on Campus May 7, 2009 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 historically black women’s colleges in the United States, to develop and introduce a Russian studies curriculum on campus through the Teaching Fellowship Program for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies.