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From Chechnya, With Love

A womanWatch a slideshow about Elena Rodina's journalistic globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to Cuba.


UO international studies grad student Elena Rodina is currently studying press censorship in Russia, but she previously worked at the summit of Russia's journalism world. She traveled around the globe, covering everything from the Beslan school massacre to the people and politics of Cuba, writing for national magazines like the Russian Esquire.

The slideshow below includes photos from her exotic journeys, narrated by Rodina, as she shares the stories and characters she met in her many adventures.

Read the full Cascade story here.

Online Extras

Sing Along With A Mt. St. Helens Ballad

A guitarWhen the volcano erupted, a UO professor discovered that local residents consoled themselves through song.

What's Your Story?

An erupting mountainWhere were you on May 18, 1980? Got a Mt. St. Helens tale to tell?

Suspended Animation

Watch Mark Roth's talk on "hibernation on demand" at the recent TED Conference.

Peer Into Alan Alda's Brain

A man in a suit and tieJoin UO neuroscientists as they bring the host of the PBS series, The Human Spark into their brain research lab.
 

Autism and Animals

TempleGrandinCropped.jpgTemple Grandin, perhaps the world's best known person with autism, drew an overflow crowd to her UO talk.

Once In a Lifetime

A manThat's how Roger Jacob describes his chance to study his tribal language, Sahaptin, with Yakama elder Virginia Beavert.

From Chechnya, With Love

A womanWatch a slideshow about Elena Rodina's journalistic globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to Cuba.