March 2012
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Mar 1st
February 2012
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Roma y carnival
Colin Beacom is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on his adventures in Barcelona, Spain. ¡Muy buenos días! Today, it finally feels like spring will come. The sun has been shining and it just might be beach weather soon, or in the very least, wicked sunburn weather. Now that I have made some predictions about the future, let’s make some about the past. What...
Feb 28th
hannerz7 asked: are there are past people that studied abroad in paris for a full year i can get in contact with?
Feb 28th
A Global Education: No Longer Optional «... →
Share your #studyabroad story #connectingourworld
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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My name is Lianna, but you can call me Ringo.
Lianna Salva is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Leeds, England. In ways more than one, I am a nerd. I love Harry Potter, Star Trek, and know all the lines by heart to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  I’m a theater groupie and a movie freak.  By some definitions, I guess I’m a little bit of a hipster too.  Although I live and study in...
Feb 27th
urbanego asked: Hello API, This is my Travel Blog for Argentina!
Feb 27th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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#studyabroad re-entry and how to deal →
From the fine folks at @ilovestudyabroad
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Doha News: Al Jazeera English wins UK award for... →
How great that @UMAbroad @UMNews got to #studyabroad on this topic with @APIstudyabroad! dohanews: Britain’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has for the first time named Al Jazeera English its pick for news channel of year, beating out the BBC and Sky News. Al Jazeera English, now in its sixth year on air, also took the prize for “Innovative News” program for its new social…
Feb 23rd
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Creative Ways to Pay for Study Abroad →
Great article by API Peer Mentor and HerCampus.com student rep Makena Sage!
Feb 23rd
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10 Things I've Noticed About Seville... So Far...
Allanah Wright is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Seville, Spain. 1.  There are many types of different desserts.    2.  Christopher Columbus is buried here. 3.  The city is made up of beautiful architecture. 4.  Lunch is the largest meal of the day. 5.  The rumors are true.  Sometimes the food really does stare back at...
Feb 22nd
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U.S. Presidents also #studyabroad!
In honor of Presidents’ Day today, we’d like to refer you to one of our favorite blogs (www.sarahmcnitt.net), which regularly documents famous persons who’ve studied abroad (real and fictional). Did you know that John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. President) and Bill Clinton (42nd U.S. President) both studied abroad (along with numerous other important political figures)? Find out more...
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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GoAbroad Innovation Awards - GoAbroad News →
Like #studyabroad? Love API and what we do? Consider nominating us for one (or more) GoAbroad.com Innovation Awards! Thanks :)
Feb 16th
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Construction of Doha Metro due to begin in 2013 →
dohanews: Qatar Railways announced yesterday that the much-anticipated Doha Metro project will begin construction early next year. A call for tenders on the project has already been delayed, but the company says they will awarded before the end of 2012. Phase 1 of the Doha Metro, which includes a Red Line from the south of Doha through the city toward Lusail, is supposed to be completed in...
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Sharjah - Fest continues to light up minds,... →
Check out the Sharjah light festival!
Feb 16th
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A semester of #studyabroad is just not enough!
Siobhan Neela-Stock is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Granada, Spain. The first time the thought to study abroad popped into my mind I was a junior in high school. The wonderful language of Spanish had been introduced to me only a mere year ago. I had already tried my high school’s first two options of languages to study (Latin and...
Feb 14th
HMC: Demand for nose jobs, other cosmetic... →
Interesting… dohanews: The number young people turning to cosmetic procedures to improve their looks is on the rise in Qatar, says one doctor at Hamad Medical Corp.’s plastic surgery department. Rhinoplasty in particular appears to have grown in popularity; HMC, which performs surgeries free of charge for nationals, has “thousands” of patients on a two-year waitlist for the procedure,...
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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http://events.uri.edu/event/academic_programs_inter... →
Come see API #studyabroad at URI :)
Feb 12th
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La calçotada
Colin Beacom is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on his adventures in Barcelona, Spain. This semester really just seems to be flying by, I used to be pretty good at writing a blog by every Thursday but I seem to have been distracted and busy in the past few weeks by some very great people and intercambios (also people). Let’s get this blog started by...
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Sharjah Light Festival 'plays crucial role' - The... →
Wish we could’ve been there for this!
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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10 Types of People Youll Meet in Your Program and... →
Humorous look into the 10 types of people you’ll meet studying abroad.
Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Tips to enjoy your #studyabroad trip to Florence
Mallory Bazan is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Florence, Italy. To Have and To Have Not We have all been there. You are sitting next to the person who can do everything, because they have the money, because they got luck of the draw, because somehow, maybe, the universe just favored them. And again we’ve all been on the other side of...
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 3rd
Kanye West Set to Shoot New Short Film in Middle... →
Sweet! Kanye in Qatar ~
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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The World Has Changed: Foreign Languages Make a... →
Feb 2nd
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API Student Contributor Colin in Barcelona
Colin Beacom is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on his adventures in Barcelona, Spain. Friends, acquaintances and anybody who might not fit into that group for whatever reason, welcome to another installment of my daily life. As far as lives go, I think I am really killing it, in the sense that I am really enjoying my days and appreciate all of the people...
Feb 2nd
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Doha News: Qatar population reaches all-time high... →
dohanews: The population of Qatar exceeded 1.76 million people at the end of January, a new all-time high for the rapidly developing country, according to newly released Qatar Statistics Authority figures. The 1,759,227 figure, which represents the number of nationals and expats within Qatar as of…
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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