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News and Events

July 6, 2022

IIE team member Evgenia Valuy reflects on her experience leading IIE-SRF’s alumni impact study

IIE Research and Insights blog
By Evgenia Valuy

In an IIE blog post, IIE team member Evgenia Valuy reflects on her experience leading IIE-SRF’s alumni impact study, To Rescue Scholars is to Rescue the Future.

July 1, 2022

IIE-SRF alumna Binalakshmi Nepram of Manipur, India works to document Manipur’s indigenous people

The Harvard Gazette
By Anna Burgess

In an article in The Harvard Gazette, IIE-SRF alumna Binalakshmi Nepram of Manipur, India discusses her efforts to document the history and traditions of Manipur’s indigenous people.

June 23, 2022

Liberal Education article explores U.S. institutions’ role in supporting threatened and displaced scholars and students

By Allan E. Goodman, James Robin King, and Martha J. Kanter
June 14, 2022

IIE-SRF alumna Fathiah Zakham of Yemen featured for her research on tuberculosis diagnostics

Al-Fanar Media
By Tarek Abd El-Galil

IIE-SRF alumna Fathiah Zakham of Yemen discusses her work to address the challenges of diagnosing and preventing tuberculosis in her home country of Yemen.

May 19, 2022

IIE-SRF alumnus Mustafa Bahran of Yemen pens op-ed on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Ottawa Citizen
By Mustafa Bahran

In an op-ed in Ottawa Citizen, IIE-SRF alumnus Mustafa Bahran of Yemen discusses the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen and calls for increased support for refugees.

May 18, 2022

IIE-SRF partners with Simons Foundation to support STEM scholars

Simons Foundation

IIE-SRF is delighted to announce a partnership with the Simons Foundation in support of threatened and displaced scholars specializing in the fields of computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. A generous $500,000 grant to IIE-SRF from the foundation’s sister organization, Simons Foundation International, will support multiple fellowships for academics facing critical needs. In addition, the foundation is providing direct funding to Simons-affiliated institutions to host IIE-SRF scholars’ fellowship appointments.

May 13, 2022

IIE-SRF partner University of Sheffield shares expanded efforts to support displaced scholars

University of Sheffield News
By George Dean

In a new article, IIE-SRF host partner University of Sheffield announces expanded efforts to support displaced students and scholars.

May 13, 2022

International Higher Education agencies convene for summit in Berlin

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

IIE’s Office of the CEO: Dr. Allan Goodman, Jason Czyz, Sarah Ilchman, and Courtney Temple joined the 2022 G7 and Partners International Higher Education Agencies Summit hosted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The high-level annual gathering of international education organizations representing the G7 countries, and seven other partner countries, met in Berlin for the two-day summit from May 4-5.

Discussions centered on the theme of International Academic Cooperation amidst a World in Crisis: Chances and Challenges. Through roundtable dialogues, meetings, and presentations the summit leaders discussed the challenges facing global academic mobility, as well as the critical need to support the increasing number of displaced and threatened students and scholars.

May 6, 2022

Jessica Zychowicz, head of IIE Kyiv, discusses the war in Ukraine at a Brown University panel discussion

The Brown Daily Herald
By Alex Nadirashvili

Jessica Zychowicz, head of IIE Kyiv, served as a guest speaker at a panel discussion on the war in Ukraine hosted by Brown University’s Department of Slavic Studies.

April 21, 2022

IIE Co-President Jason Czyz speaks with University Business about Ukraine

University Business
By Chris Burt

IIE Co-President Jason Czyz speaks with University Business about IIE’s efforts to help students who have been impacted by the war in Ukraine.