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Fellows Reflect About Cross-Cultural Exchange for International Education Week November 12, 2010 View videos from Global UGRAD in Eurasia & Central Asia fellows about International Education Week in the US	Bibliomist Program Triggers Fresh Government and Private Sector Investment in Ukrainian Libraries November 9, 2010 There is a famous saying that we are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. This was the situation Ukrainian librarians faced when, at the height of the economic crisis, they were asked to secure government funds for ongoing internet connections and to prepare a safe and secure environment for computers to be eligible to participate in the Bibliomist program.
Local Libraries Pioneer Innovative New Services for Users November 8, 2010 Ukrainian libraries are increasingly using the internet to offer a wider range of services to users. These services include free public access to the internet, but also go a step farther to provide targeted assistance to meet some of their communities’ most pressing needs.	Invisible Light October 1, 2010 Alumni Project Brings New Opportunities to People with Visual Impairment
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.	TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant Award Recipients Announced September 20, 2010 by Sarah Dye IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition for the Fall 2010 cycle.
Unemployed Schoolteacher Starts Business with Help from Library September 15, 2010 by Meaghan O'Connor When schoolteacher Tetyana Nishkur was laid off in 2005 after 33 years of service, she had difficulty finding a new job. With the help of the local public library, she learned to write a business plan and started a business renting kayaks and leading tours.	Active Listening to Advance Development September 15, 2010 by Randal Mason When the White House released its New Approach to Advancing Development earlier this summer, I was struck by two of its key points, tailoring development strategies and underscoring local ownership.
Ukrainian Teacher Launches Anti-Drug Campaign September 15, 2010 by Sarah Dye Ukrainian English teacher Oleksandr Korotkov developed a month-long anti-drug campaign to combat drug use among youth in the Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyiregion of Ukraine.	Top Secret Submarines and the Joys of Media Development September 1, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian I realized just how incredibly far media development has come as myself and some colleagues entered the bunker-like submarine tunnels the Soviet navy built to withstand 20 kilotons of nuclear explosion (roughly twice the power of those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)