{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"114646","title":"A banner year for ASU\u0027s Russian program","body":"On a single class day, every student in Arizona State University\u0027s Russian program sat down and wrote an essay in Russian. Twenty-eight of them won national awards.The students, from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences\u0027 School of International Letters and Cultures, ranked seventh in the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-29T09:37:16-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/29\/2026-9:37am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"On a single class day, every student in Arizona State University\u0026#039;s Russian program sat down and wrote an essay in Russian. Twenty-eight of them won national awards. And the contest was just a beginning for what has proved to be the program\u0026#039;s best year ever.","teaser":"On a single class day, every student in Arizona State University\u0027s Russian program sat down and wrote an essay in Russian. 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