1. The Collaboratory Launch

   

   Video announcing the launch of The Collaboratory, a new initiative from U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

2. Yes Abroad: Make the World Your Classroom

   

   The YES Abroad program provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to develop a perspective of a Muslim culture first-hand.

3. YES Story: Yasmin

   

   Yasmin discusses her experience being hosted in Massachusetts.

4. YES Story: Yara

   

   Yara discusses her experience as an exchange student in Alaska.

5. YES Story: Sara

   

   Sara discusses her exchange experience in Indiana.

6. UNESCO’S Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws

   The Cultural Heritage Center supports the Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws being developed by UNESCO.

7. Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Workshops for Peruvian National Police, Government and Cultural Officials

   Law enforcement and cultural heritage experts from across the U.S. government recently partnered in Lima for a series of workshops that trained more than 70 representatives from the Peruvian National Police, government, cultural entities, and church archdioceses on enforcing cultural heritage law.  

8. The Stevens Initiative ~ International Virtual Exchange

   

   The Stevens Initiative, conceived and developed in close partnership with Ambassador Stevens’ family, was inspired by the meaningful international exchange experiences that Ambassador Stevens had as a young man, which helped to shape the kind of diplomat he became.

9. U.S. Returns Lost Treasures of Korea: Photo Gallery

   

   Priceless treasures from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty are on a journey home, after the U.S. government returned two royal seals to dignitaries from the Republic of Korea during a June 30 ceremony in Washington.

10. U.S. Sends Stolen Ancient Gold Coffin Back to Egypt: Photo Gallery

    

    New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — commonly known as the Met — has returned a prized item from its collection of Egyptian antiquities after learning that the piece was actually a stolen artifact.

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