Several research centers – the Tian Shan Analytical Center (TAC) of AUCA, the OSCE Academy, as well as the Center for Environmental and Development Studies (CED) and the Department of Applied Geology of the American University of Central Asia – conducted a study on the air quality problem "Smog in Bishkek: Myths and Reality" this summer.

A film by Zarlasht Sarmast portrays Fatima's friends, professors, and family members who share their memories of her, thoughts and beliefs.

The opportunities that open up within the framework of the OSUN partner network are a unique chance for international global communication, the dissemination of knowledge, skills, and the exchange of experience, regardless of geographical borders.

We are pleased to announce that Ekaterina Galimova, an Associate Professor of General Education Department, has become one of the winners of 2020 Contest for Innovative Assignment Design for the Connected Learning Environment.

Congratulations to the Spring 2021 Presidential Research and Education Fund (PREF) Awardees. This year, the commission selected 9 of the most competitive proposals out of 14 applications from faculty, students, and staff.

It has been a long Covid-19 year for teachers and students. Meanwhile, the planet kept getting hotter, with 2020 tying for the hottest year that humans have ever experienced. Yet it is likely that 2020 will be one of the coolest years in the next 100 unless we change course quickly. As we head into Earth Month (or April), how can educators engage students with this critical issue?

Dear AUCA community,
Please join the AUCA Online Socrates Cafe session with Professor Ann Garry this Friday, April 2nd, at 12:00 P.M.
 
Ann Garry is professor emerita of philosophy at California State University at Los Angeles. She is the founding director of the Central for the Study of Genders and Sexualities.

On March 8, United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted the annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony to honor a group of extraordinary women from around the world.

If you want to learn how one person can manage a huge amount of data, how it affects your life and business, and why Data Science is one of the most in-demand areas, then this session with Mirbek Toktogaraev on March 25 at 12:00 is for you.

Students of the Business Administration Department conducted a survey for the Asian Development Bank project on awareness of electric transport in the Kyrgyz Republic