Graduate student Jennifer J. Carroll wrote a colorful behind-the-scenes look at the protests in Kiev for the Seattle Times, and has been blogging and photographing the historic events for other outlets. Carroll is pursuing an MPH in epidemiology and a PhD in sociocultural anthropology, and has been studying drug addiction issues in Ukraine.

Jennifer J. Carroll in Kiev

She reports on the destruction, but also captures the dignity and compassion of the protest movement, from volunteer cleaners to a family-friendly art center.

"I am eager to help get the true human story about what's happened here out there and heard," says Carroll. See compelling photos on her Flickr page and read her Jan. 30 and Feb. 21 posts for the UW's Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies.