An op-ed regarding the status of Ukraine's NATO membership by faculty member Victoria Somoff was published in The Guardian on July 27th 2024. Written as an open letter signed by over 150 scholars from western and European universities, it has been viewed and reposted multiple times on social media and translated and commented upon in many Ukrainian publications.

Eurodonbas Film Screening with Guest Producer and Writer Anna Palenchuck, who will be doing an in person question and answer Following the film. The investigative documentary Eurodonbas aims to debunk Soviet myths and bring to light that more than 100 years ago, Donbas was an integral part of the European economy. April 16th 5pm. Loew Auditorium.

Halyna Kruk, Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine, gave a Zoom lecture on March 1, 2024, Ukrainian scholar and award-winning author Halyna Kruk will join us from Ukraine to offer a woman's voice of the experience of the war. She will read from her poetry and provide her reflections as a witness of war. Please go to the link to watch the full lecture.

Olena Stiazhkina, Prominent Ukrainian writer and history professor exiled from Donetsk since the 2014 Russian occupation gave a lecture on November 9, 2023, give a presentation on the occasion of the upcoming publication of her two books in the English language, the novel "Cecil the Lion Had to Die" and "Ukraine, War, Love: A Donetsk Diary".

Dartmouth Comparative Literature MA Graduate Iryna Shuvalova gave a poetry reading on September 25, 2023 from her book; Learn to Lose.

Nine members of the Dartmouth Student Alliance for Ukraine accompanied by the faculty advisor Victoria Somoff traveled to New York City on June 14-16 to meet with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya. The trip was sponsored by the Dickey Center for International Understanding.

Lada Kolomiyets, a visiting professor from Ukraine, writes about how determination, and a good sense of humor, are embedded in everyday Ukrainians. Kolomiyets also discusses her recent trip to Washington.