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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.	YDCP wins 2009 Innovation Award in the Republic of Karelia March 1, 2010 The USAID-funded Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP), implemented by IREX, won Petrozavodsk’s 2009 award for Innovation of the Year.
Mentoring Programs Support Vulnerable Children in Eurasia February 8, 2010 by Susie Armitage Shabnam Almammadova will never forget the day she was watching television at home in Azerbaijan and saw a journalist ask an orphan about his greatest dream. The boy’s eyes welled with tears as he answered that he wanted an older brother—but knew it was impossible. Touched, Almammadova resolved “to make the impossible possible for kids like him.”	Teenagers Mobilize Community to Remove a Health Hazard January 1, 2010
Muskie Fellow Volunteers to Teach University's First Russian Course in Twelve Years November 18, 2009 For the first time in twelve years, Georgia Southern University (GSU) has a Russian language and cultural course thanks to the volunteer efforts of Saida Akbarova, a 2008 Muskie fellow from Uzbekistan studying in GSU’s graduate education program.	Fairy Tale School Provides a Safe Place for Kids in Novosibirsk September 28, 2009 Over 120,000 children are estimated to be abandoned or orphaned each year in Russia. Yet even those living with their birth parents do not always receive the parental care that every child deserves–children such as Masha, Yulia, and Lena.*
Prominent American Radio Host Teaches Master Class for Russian Radio Journalists September 22, 2009 Ira Glass, host of Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, spoke to more than 200 Russian regional radio journalists in Moscow during the Together Radio Festival this summer.	UGRAD Alumna Connects Russian and Chinese Students in Khabarovsk September 4, 2009 Located only 30km from the Chinese border, the Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law (KSAEL) attracts many Chinese students pursuing higher education abroad.
Anti-Trafficking, Anti-Violence Message Spreads throughout Russian Far East July 5, 2009 Closer to the Pacific Ocean than the Volga River, the Russian Far East is home to astounding natural beauty, but local unemployment and the region’s proximity to international borders put job-seekers at risk for human trafficking. Determined to raise awareness of the issue, UGRAD alumnus Ivan Pechorin organized a series of training workshops for over 75 university students and faculty in the Russian Far East.	Helping Local Media Navigate the Global Financial Crisis May 29, 2009 The wide-ranging impacts of the financial crisis have been felt around the world. As citizens and businesses suffer, so too do the media who cover them.