TechGirls: U.S. Empowering Girls in the Middle East and North Africa through Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that the inaugural group of TechGirls –...
Annual Report released online, Celebrating Fulbright at 65: A Gift to the World
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board released its 47th Annual Report this week at the Board’s public quarterly meeting...
U.S. Secretary Clinton to launch the Kindle Mobile Learning Initiative with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will announce the global launch of the...
Secretary Clinton Announces Global Economic Statecraft Day, June 14, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- As part of the effort to promote the growth of U.S. business abroad, today Secretary Clinton announced June 14 as...
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Announces First Round of Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, the Department of State is pleased to...
Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports: Sports Envoys Kiesha Brown, Tamika Raymond Travel to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced today that former WNBA players Tamika Raymond...
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Convenes in NYC June 11-12, Explores Innovation Through Partnership and Connectivity
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- On June 11-12, 2012, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will hold its quarterly meeting in New...
U.S. Department of State Honors Lia Putkaradze of Georgia as State Alumni Member of the Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State selected Lia Putkaradze as June's State Alumni Member of the Month in recognition of her...
U.S. Department of State Launches Center Stage Bringing Cultural Diplomacy to Main Street America
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the U.S. Department of State announced it will raise the curtain June 19 on its groundbreaking cultural diplomacy initiative,...
Winners of the Human Rights Defenders Award for Valor and Leadership Announced
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and Uganda's Civil Society Coalition on...
U.S. Department of State Announces International Exchange to Connect Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Recognizing that investing in women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is one of the best ways to accelerate economic and social growth, the U.S. Department of State announced today an international exchange that brings 34 women entrepreneurs to the United States to develop business networks with their U.S. colleagues.
U.S. Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies Announces American Artist Lecture Series
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) is pleased to announce the AIE American Artist Lecture Series...
U.S. and LIONS@FRICA Partnership to Promote African Innovation and Entrepreneurship
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State,...
United States and Singapore become Hague Abduction Convention Partners
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On May 1, 2012, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between...
U.S. and Panama sign agreement on Environmental Cooperation (ECA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the United States and Panama signed an Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA). The ECA will help ensure that trade and...
Ninth Annual Global Classrooms D.C. Model UN Conference will feature keynote by Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues Ronan Farrow
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) will partner for the Ninth...
U.S. Secretary Clinton Announces Launch of New Partnership to Drive Investment in Innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Yesterday, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a new partnership to promote investment in innovation at the inaugural Global Impact Economy...
U.S. Secretary Clinton Launches New U.S. Water Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In a speech commemorating World Water Day, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today launched a new partnership to improve...
U.S. Department of State's TechWomen Initiative Now Accepting Applications for American Mentors
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that TechWomen – an international exchange that uses technology as a means to empower women and girls worldwide – is now accepting applications from American women in the technology sector to serve as professional and cultural mentors.
Secretary Clinton Praises the Work of the Local Advisory Boards for the U.S. in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- While in North Africa, Secretary Clinton met with the local advisory boards for the U.S. – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO) and praised the work being done by these private sector leaders and innovators.
U.S. Department of State Announces Baseball Sports Exchange with the Philippines
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) SportsUnited division announced a baseball sports exchange that will bring six female softball and six male baseball coaches from the Philippines to the United States February 28 - March 8, 2012.
U.S. Department of State Announces the 2012 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund to Support Exchange Alumni Projects that Tackle Global Challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the 2012 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), which aims to harness the leadership capacity of exchange program alumni worldwide.
U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States and Mexico today signed an agreement concerning the development of oil and gas reservoirs that cross the international maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Department of State Announces 2012 Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame Inductee Barry Larkin to Engage Youth in Ecuador
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that Major League Baseball All-Star and 2012...
United States Commits Support to the Community of Democracies Tunisia Task Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Officials from the United States and more than twenty countries will convene in Tunis, Tunisia on February 9-10 for the...
