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On Wednesday, 23 April American Library held a presentation by Alexandru Fotea, Educational Marketing, Events and Academic Image at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania). Topic: "How do universities contribute to the socio-economic development of our regions". Speaker did research on how higher education institutions have contributed to the development of their surrounding environment for the past 900 years.
 

On Tuesday, April 22, American Library held a seminar of the American Studies Institute of the US Embassy's course. During April 2014 a series of lectures are provided on topic: «Social Movements and Political Change». This time students learned and discussed the topic of Orange Revolution and the State in Ukraine.

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Today we picked books with thought-provoking ideas on how we can respond to changing public health and ecological risks and create sound environmental policy for the future. All of us - in business and government, activists and citizens - have a role to play in preserving our world for future generations.

Similar to Christmas, Easter Day is the most important Christian holiday in the United States. Many Americans follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy. The Easter Bunny is a popular legendary Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa Claus in American culture. Today we picked books on studying the Bible and the Christian thought, which might be of interest to those who study cultural and religious discourse.

Book of the Week - Barack Obama "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to my Daughters". Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States, is a father of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. In this book, President Barack Obama has written a tribute to 13 prominent Americans, from George Washington to Jackie Robinson, and their ideas that have shaped a whole nation.

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