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ECA’s Virtual Discussion on Gender Equity in Sport Featuring Sports Icon Billie Jean King

On April 18, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) hosted a virtual panel discussion on gender equity in sport, as part of its year-long programming around the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the United States’ legislation that afforded equal opportunity for women in education and sport.

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ACE Health Foundation Partnership

U.S. Department of State and ACE Health Foundation Partner to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda and India.

Secretary Blinken Meeting with YLAI ExchangeAlumni in Chile

On October 5, in Santiago, Chile, Secretary Antony J. Blinken met with four ExchangeAlumni of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program.

The Department of State renews their commitment to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) with a signing ceremony.

On October 13, 2022, Secretary Blinken and HACU President Flores signed the Memorandum of Understanding in celebration of education and Hispanic Heritage Month.

State Department Announces Gilman Top Producing Institutions

During the academic year 2020-2021, nearly 300 Gilman participating institutions sent nearly 800 recipients to 48 U.S. states, D.C, and Puerto Rico to study or intern abroad, including virtually, in 77 locations around the world.

Building U.S.-ASEAN Partnerships to Protect Cultural Property

For nearly 25 years, since taking emergency action to protect Cambodia’s cultural property from looting in 1999, the United States has worked with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to protect and return their cultural property.

Fulbright Alumnus Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel committee honored Austrian Fulbright alumnus Dr. Anton Zeilingerfor his work in quantum mechanics.

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