1. Nicholas Wong's Fight for Peace

   

   “Fight for Peace uses boxing and martial arts and combines that with education and employment for at-risk kids,” says Nicholas Wong, a U.S. Fulbright student.

2. Fulbright Specialist, Doug Mitchell

   

   Profile of Fulbright Specialist, Doug Mitchell

3. Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

   

   American writer and novelist Jonathan Franzen - who received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Germany in 1981 for a project in creative writing - discusses his Fulbright experience and its impact on his career. Mr. Franzen is interviewed by recently-returned Fulbright Alumnus Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Fulbright U.S. Student award to Germany in 2009 was also for a project in creative writing.

4. Photographing the Sámi in Sweden

   

   Erika Larsen, a Fulbright U.S. Student, who studied in Sweden shares her photos of the Sámi people.

5. Fulbright Alumna Develops App to Mobilize Emergency First Responders

   Jennifer Farrell, a Fulbright alumna, has developed a new mobile phone app and nonprofit social enterprise, CriticaLink, to build and mobilize a network of first responders for medical emergencies in Bangladesh.

6. Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952

   

   Milton Glaser is the artist most famous for creating the "I ♥ NY" symbol. He went to Bologna, Italy in 1952 on a Fulbright to "learn how to draw". In this video, Mr. Glaser discusses Fulbright - "the most profound experience of your life" - and his career.

7. Celebrating the Arts and Cultural Diplomacy

   This month the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is celebrating the importance of cultural diplomacy!

8. Sports Diplomacy Celebrates Soccer Diplomacy at the 2014 World Cup

   

   Sports Diplomacy sponsors soccer programs all over the world that help bring people from different cultures together on the field to share their love of the beautiful game.

9. International Women of Courage Visit the United States

   

   Every year awardees of the International Women of Courage Award embark on a ten day International Visitor Leadership Program.

10. Freedom's Boombox ~ American Music Abroad Tour to Uganda and Madagascar

    

    Freedom's Boombox is an acapella group touring Uganda and Madagascar as not only musical performers, but also cultural ambassadors through the American Music Abroad program.

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