1. Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye Receives 2014 Knight International Journalism Award

   Nigerian Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye received the award two weeks before she embarked on her fellowship experience in the U.S. with the Young African Leaders Initiative.

2. U.S. Visit Motivates Leaders to Empower Women

   Through an exploration of women, peace and security, international participants took away strategies for directing positive political, social and economic change in a democratic society.

3. Museums Connect: Raising Disability Awareness in New York and Spain

   

   Watch how Museums Connect's emPOWER Parents program created a cross-cultural network for parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder between Queens, NY and Madrid, Spain to provide support and resources.

4. Murrow Program Gives International Journalists Close Look at American Media

   The Murrow Program gives emerging media professionals from around the world the opportunity to examine rights and responsibilities of the free press in a democracy.

5. ISIL Leader’s Loot Photo Gallery

   

   View images of archaeological and historical objects and fragments recovered during a raid in al-Amr (eastern Syria) to capture ISIL leader Abu Sayyaf.

6. U.S. Department of State Partners with International Council of Museums to Fight Illicit Traffic of Libyan Cultural Heritage

   The U.S. Department of State and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) have launched the Emergency Red List of Libyan Cultural Objects at Risk.

7. The Legacy of Benjamin A. Gilman

   In 2000, two years before he left Congress, Benjamin A. Gilman worked with his colleagues to establish the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. This program has since provided over 19,000 scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students who receive Federal Pell grants.

8. Imagery of Archaeological Site Looting in Syria

   These satellite images document the scale of destruction that looters continue to inflict on archaeological heritage sites during the ongoing conflict in Syria.

9. United States and Mali Extend Cultural Property Agreement, Include Protection for Manuscripts

   The United States and Mali extended their Agreement to continue import restrictions on archaeological material from Mali.

10. U.S. Department of State Partners with International Council of Museums to Fight Illicit Traffic of Yemeni Cultural Heritage

    In response to the civil war in Yemen in 2015-2016 and in an effort to help protect endangered Yemeni art and antiquities for future generations, the Department of State asked the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to produce an Emergency Red List of Cultural Objects at Risk for Yemen. It was launched at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on January 31.

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