1. A Powerful Lesson in Conserving Ancient Art

   I enjoy the combination of 'detective work' that goes into learning about an object for any given conservation project - its history, how it was made, how it is deteriorating.

2. Learning a Language and Making Personal Connections

   CLS Participant Makes Personal Connections While Learning a Language

3. Teaching Others to Reach for the Stars

   The outreach abroad program sought not only to engage optical scientists and engineers, but to also make a lasting impact on local high school students.

4. Chinese Hospital Stay Inspires Children’s Story

   Erik never expected that his stay in a local hospital would inspire him to write and illustrate a children's book.

5. Mastering Language, Translating Culture

   Georgia native Evangelista traveled to Suzhou, China during the summer of 2012 to study Chinese as a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) participant.

6. U.S. Student Uses ‘Gangnam Style’ to Depict Daily Life in China

   Comedians spend much of their time learning jokes, rehearsing lines and practicing delivery. For Fulbright U.S. Student Jesse Appell, however, the first step isn’t about the lines – it’s about being proficient in Chinese.

7. A Literary Connection

   Filmmaker Ram Devineni travels the Middle East with four writers to connect with Afghan writers, poets and journalists.

8. Living as an American Teenager

   Because of the YES Program I am confident now and I believe in myself.

9. Sharing Our Stories Through Dance

   After more than a decade of war ravaged the village of Freetown in Sierra Leone, the infrastructure remains in ruins and the people now live with the physical and emotional scars of a country taken by violence.

10. Small Actions, Big Impacts in Bangladesh

    "Some boys ran up to me and asked why I was doing this," says Filip. "I explained that I had clean parks and places to play in and for one day I wanted them to have a place like that as well."

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