Embassy of the United States

U.S. Fulbright Scholar Teaches Engineering Classes
A U.S. professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering is teaching classes for faculty members and graduate students at two Tashkent universities that train the next generation of leaders in the agriculture...

Dance Troupe Integrates Disabled and Non-disabled Dancers
The scenes from the Visage Movement Theatre’s modern dances are both stunningly beautiful and deeply moving. Set on a nearly empty stage against a black background, one piece from “I Dream that I’m Walking” features a woman who is deaf incorporating the movements of sign...

Nuclear Security Regulators Attend Tashkent Workshop
Representatives from government agencies responsible for regulating the use of radioactive materials in several Central Asian nations attended a U.S.-sponsored workshop on regulatory approaches...

Tashkent Region Officials, Students Study Human Rights
Nearly 400 students, along with school officials and representatives from the Government of Uzbekistan, took part in a human rights education seminar January 20 in the town of Parkent in...

Embassy Commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Partners in Uzbekistan
U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland welcomed nearly 100 people, including representatives of civil society and the human rights community, as well as officials of the Government of Uzbekistan and diplomats, who joined him...

Uzbek Artist Donates Sculpture Commemorating Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Well known Uzbek sculptor Rashit Suleymanov met with Ambassador Richard Norland at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and viewed the display of a sculpture he made in memory of the people who died when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana...

Ben Franklin Institute Builds Understanding
About 45 teenagers from Uzbekistan, the United States and nations of South and Central Asia will gather in the U.S. this summer for nearly four weeks of intensive courses in leadership, cross-cultural understanding and community...

English Language Program Receives Reference Materials
Faculty and students at the Institute for English Language Teacher Education (IELTE) can now use the 14-volume Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, a set of authoritative reference books...