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Run Andriy Run! IREX is so proud of you.
Listen to his journey on how he raised over 50,000 for premature babies by running across Ukraine (only the largest country in Europe, by the way).
Get ready to be inspired! :)
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While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) fellow Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine. ...

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So
awesome! "Cultural Institutions" now on their way to improving
lives. Doctor uses Internet connection in Ukraine library to diagnose
his patient. The patient survived btw. IREX Bibliomist on CNN blog.
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To promote democracy, the United States is working to get Eastern Europe connected to the 'net. The results are more practical.

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The Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) Program provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals to engage in up to 8 weeks of overseas research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy.
Applications for the 2010-2011 year are now posted. Apply today!
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Applications for US Scholar Grant and Funding Opportunities are made available approximately three months prior to the deadline for each program:

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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. ...

IREX Together we make a difference! Let President Obama know that foreign assistance is an excellent investment in our future. http://bit.ly/6wXvo8

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Global
UGRAD applications are now being accepted for Eurasian undergraduate
students to study in the U.S. for the 2010-2011 academic year! The
deadline is 5PM Eastern Standard Time, December 15, 2009. For more
information, visit http://www.irex.org/programs/ugrad/.
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Are you thinking of studying in the United States? Are you an undergraduate student from Eurasia or Central Asia? The Global UGRAD Program may be for you!

IREX Check out some of IREX's favorite photos of exchange program participants sharing their cultures!
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

IREX It's International Education Week! How are you celebrating and what does international education mean to you?
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“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 ...

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Budi’s* friend was shot in the head, one of thousands of lives lost to the sectarian violence that has scarred Indonesia over the past decade. After the tragedy, Budi’s neighborhood in Ambon fractured on religious lines. ...

Come to IREX this Wednesday for the discussion "Increasing Transparency in Governance in the Arab World: The struggle to create a right to access to information" When: October 28, 12-2:30 p.m...

IREX Muskie applications now being accepted for Eurasian graduate students to study in the US during the 2010/2011 academic year!
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Applications are currently being accepted for the 2010 cycle of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program. Applications, including all supporting documents, are due by 5 PM Monday, November 2, 2009.

IREX IREX Salutes Educators on World Teachers Day! We present a few highlights of teachers we've been privileged to work with over the past year.
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To remain competitive in the global economy, there is an increasing need for globally-aware young learners who are able to understand their peers in other countries and think critically outside of traditional subject areas. ...

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Fellowship applications now being accepted for students, scholars, and professionals to perform policy-relevant
field research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
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The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides students, scholars and professionals with support to perform policy relevant field research, in the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. ...

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Join IREX & IYF in DC on October 1 for a debate on
youth violence and where we should invest our development resources.
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IREX and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) are pleased to invite you to the first Youth in Development Work Group event for the 2009-2010 season. Experts in youth violence will present a debate ...
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