Author: Ekaterina Ivashenko

2017 WPI Fellow

Moscow, Russia


Posts by Ekaterina Ivashenko:

UN inside

UN inside

  In New York, the WPI fellows had the opportunity to visit UN headquarters. I would like to tell you about this unique building. The UN headquarters is located in eastern Manhattan and occupies 18 acres of land on the shores of the East River. This is an...
Visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

We arrived in New York City on the eve of the 16th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning 16 years ago, the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda attacked the United States. We visited the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which was opened in...
In the ghost town

In the ghost town

During the last two weeks we have been studying a most interesting topic: nuclear policy.  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States long had the most nuclear weapons, but at its breakup the U.S.S.R. left its nuclear heritage to Russia....