Russian Area Studies News
25 April 2023Colleges Host Olympiada of Spoken and Written Russian
On Saturday, April 15, the Russian Area Studies program hosted the Olympiada of Spoken and Written Russian for New York State Colleges and Universities.
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15 February 2023Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Headlines Inaugural Anderton Forum
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is the inaugural guest speaker at the first event of the Anderton Forum in Global Engagement, established in 2022 by former Trustee James F. Anderton IV ’65.
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24 May 20227th Fulbright-Hays Award for Russian Studies and Economics
The grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund an intensive course abroad on the politics, economics and culture of Georgia.
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26 March 2021Protests, Poison, Prison: Navalnys Russian Opposition Movement
HWS will host a virtual forum to discuss the opposition movement led by Alexei Navalny against Vladimir Putins regime in Russia.
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25 June 2020Honors Students Demonstrate Academic Rigor
Twenty-eight students in the Classes of 2020 have graduated with Honors, demonstrating academic rigor and excellence in written and oral communication.
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2 October 2019Curtis '20 Publishes Russian to English Translation
The art of translation requires far more than the simple ability to speak that language, says Alexandra Curtis '20.
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28 August 2019Cavanaugh '20 Returns to Russia
A study abroad experience in 2018 to Barnaul, Russia was all it took to inspire Sarah Cavanaugh '20 to return to the thriving Siberian city.
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