Elissa Nadworny

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Supreme Court overturns legal precedent on college affirmative action programs

Friday, June 30, 2023

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?

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Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

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Families grapple with the rising cost of a college education

Friday, April 28, 2023

As college tuition continues to rise, families are figuring out where their kids will go to college, and how to pay for it. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on April 27, 2023.)

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Families grapple with rising college costs

Thursday, April 27, 2023

As college tuition continues to rise, families are trying to figure out where their kids will go to college and how they'll pay for it.

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In Ukraine, a kindergarten teacher returns to visit a ghost classroom

Saturday, April 15, 2023

In Kharkiv, Ukraine, a kindergarten teacher visits her classroom which hasn't hosted students for more than a year due to Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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How the war in Ukraine has forever changed the children in one kindergarten class

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Broken glass, empty desks and a love story: War brought upheaval, scattering classmates across the world. Here's how they're settling in after schooling, friendships and families were uprooted.

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How the war in Ukraine has forever changed the children in one kindergarten class

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted one kindergarten class in Kharkiv city — spreading families across the world and forcing them to make choices to deal with trauma affecting their children.

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Following one Kharkiv kindergarten class since the Russian invasion

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The Russian invasion spread families of one kindergarten class in Kharkiv across the world and forced families to make choices about how to deal with trauma manifesting in the country's youngest.

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Ukraine's elderly often remain behind; here's how they've survived a year of war

Monday, April 10, 2023

Millions of elderly Ukrainians have remained behind since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The country has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war.

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A year later: How 3 elderly people in Ukraine are surviving in a time of war

Monday, April 03, 2023

Not everyone can evacuate when there is war. A year ago in Kyiv, NPR profiled three elderly residents who stayed behind — unwilling or unable to leave. A year later, we find out how they are doing.

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Ukraine's birth rate was already unsustainably low. Then war broke out

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Russian invasion has cemented the decision for many couples to opt out of having babies, in a country that struggled with incredibly low fertility rates long before the war.

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An elderly couple in Ukraine says their resilience is all about happiness

Saturday, January 28, 2023

An elderly couple who survived a Russian air strike in a town on the front lines in Ukraine celebrate the electricity and water they once again have.

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Ukraine reels from a devastating week

Sunday, January 22, 2023

In the past few days, Ukraine saw an attack on an apartment building and a helicopter crash that killed a government official.

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A tradition of plunging in an icy river persists in Ukraine, despite the war

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Thousands of Ukrainians jumped into the icy waters of the Dnipro River this week to mark the Feast of the Epiphany, which Christians say marks the baptism of Jesus Christ.

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A tradition of plunging in an icy river persists in Ukraine, despite the war

Thursday, January 19, 2023

For many in Ukraine, the tradition of plunging into an icy body of water on Epiphany, which marks the day of Jesus' baptism, serves as a reminder that the new year represents a fresh start.

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Funerals begin for dozens of people killed in an attack on a Dnipro apartment complex

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Mykhailo Korenovsky, a beloved boxing coach and father who was killed in a missile strike on an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine.

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Amid the rubble in Dnipro, Ukraine, a frantic search grows increasingly desperate

Monday, January 16, 2023

Rescuers have been racing to find survivors at an apartment complex attacked by Russian forces on Saturday. At least 40 people were killed, and more than 25 others are missing and feared dead.

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The latest from Ukraine and Russia's ground war — and war of words

Sunday, January 15, 2023

The latest on the ground war - and the war of words and politics - from Ukraine and Russia.

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Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim

Friday, January 13, 2023

Control of the town could allow Russia to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to nearby Bakhmut, another fiercely contested city seen as central to Russia's struggling efforts to control eastern Ukraine.

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During the pandemic many Americans chose not to go to college, but high schoolers did

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Fewer people in the U.S. are going to college, but through early college programs and dual enrollment, many colleges are seeing a growing number of high schoolers in their classrooms.

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