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January 6, 2011
Pakistani Fellows at Orientation

This week 50 undergraduate fellows from Pakistan began their semester in the United States through the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan).

January 4, 2011
Salma Bano at Tennessee Technological University

During their four months in the US, Pakistan fellows immersed themselves in community work in their host communities, serving both local and international causes. 

December 9, 2010
by Kaia Benson

The Fall 2010 Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows were invited to enter a competition to make a short video about their lives here in the US.

November 16, 2010

Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows, studying at universities and colleges across the US, reflect on what international education means to them and its impact on their lives and the Americans they encounter day to day.

November 5, 2010

In the past two months, Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows have come together with their campus and host communities across the US to create awareness about the devastating floods in Pakistan and raise funds for various humanitarian organizations conducting flood relief work on the ground.

October 15, 2010
by Amy Ahearn

Working on exchange programs can sometimes feel like providing logistical support to people trapped in a mine. 

October 13, 2010
Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows at fundraiser

The Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows at the University of Arkansas in collaboration with the Red Cross Student Organization and other student groups organized a fundraiser for Pakistan flood relief on Monday, September 25, 2010.

February 7, 2006

Just opposite the palm-lined promenade defining the reach of the Indian Ocean, journalists and NGO activists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo to discuss how the power of the media can help to eradicate human trafficking and violence against women and children in the region.

July 21, 2004
Jamsa Masjid (Friday Mosque) Lahore, Pakistan

IREX today announced Dr. Matthew Nelson as the 2004 recipient of the John J. and Nancy Lee Roberts Fellowship.