1. U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Travel to Guatemala

   

   Partnering with US Soccer, the U.S. State Department sent former Women’s National Team Players Tracey Noonan and Shannon MacMillan to a sports envoy program in Guatemala.

2. Presidential Victory for Fulbright Alumna from Croatia

   An alumna of Fulbright, Ms. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was recently elected as the first woman President of Croatia.

3. Cristophorus Budidharma on #WithoutLimits

   

   Cristophorus Budidharma, a US Youth Leadership Program participant from Indonesia, tells us what living without limits means to him.

4. U.S. Department of State Pilots Open Educational Resources

   In 2015, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Collaboratory launched and ran three open education pilots as part of our commitment to the second U.S. Open Government National Action Plan. One year in, the Collaboratory examined all three pilots and shared lessons learned from these programs.

5. Vered Cohen-Barzilay

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   Vered Cohen-Barzilay is an Israeli-born social entrepreneur and tenacious advocate for aviation, space and science education. The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) inspired Cohen-Barzilay, a journalist and women’s rights activist, to change career paths and focus on building religious and cultural bridges through innovation and education. Upon her return to Israel, she founded the nonprofit “Out of the Box” to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), space education, and entrepreneurship for youth in Israel.

   Cohen-Barzilay runs the Science Accelerator, a program that has had over 350 student participants. The program is a partnership between many stakeholders, including American iLEAD Charter Schools, the NASA Ames Research Center, U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, the Israeli Ministry of Science, and the Israeli Space Agency. Through lectures and interactive lessons, Israeli and American students interact with space and science experts and entrepreneurs, acquiring the skills to effectively utilize high-tech tools and to pitch and promote their innovative ideas.

   Vered Cohen-Barzilay’s passionate promotion of STEM and space education inspires youth in Israel to reach for the stars.

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6. Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo

   

   ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.

7. English Language Fellow in Moscow

   

   Caralyn Bushey discusses her experience as an English Language Fellow in Moscow.

8. International Visitors RISE in the U.S.

   Nine collegiate and professional international visitors from Saudi Arabia participated in a multi-city tour of the United States

9. ‘Daesh is Stealing Your Antiquities’

   Artifacts stolen by Daesh terrorists have been turned over to Iraqi experts.

10. Two Fulbright Alumni Receive 2017 Nobel Prizes

    The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs congratulates Fulbright Program alumni Dr. Michael Rosbash and Dr. Kip S. Thorne on their recent recognition as 2017 Nobel Laureates.

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