News & Events

News and Events

April 3, 2013

SRF Iraq Briefing: Fall 2012-Winter 2013

IIE/SRF
By IIE Scholar Rescue Fund
March 21, 2013

Syrian scholar part of tradition of academics finding refuge at Indiana University

Indiana University
By IU News Room

Former deputy minister will teach in the new School of Global and International Studies

March 15, 2013

An Effort To Help Preserve Iraq’s Intellectual Capital

TAARII Newsletter

When security concerns in Iraq reached unprecedented levels, such stories were not uncommon among academics, as the campaign to dismantle Iraq’s intellectual heritage raged.

March 12, 2013

SRF Global Briefing: Fall-Winter 2012

IIE-SRF
By IIE-Scholar Rescue Fund
March 7, 2013

Exiled Iranian activist discusses struggles for women’s rights

The Daily Targum
By Kiana Dunn
March 5, 2013

Rescued Scholars receive ELS scholarships for English language study

The Institute of International Education

ELS Educational Services has established a scholarship program to provide English language training to scholars supported by the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund

January 31, 2013

African Bioethicist Urges More Oversight for Clinical Trials

The Washington Diplomat
By Carolyn Cosmos

The Washington Diplomat profiles Paul Ndebele, a noted African scholar and bioethicist. "Ndebele, assistant director for research ethics at the University of Botswana, was recently tapped to be a bioethicist contractor by the Henry Jackson Foundation in Bethesda, Md. With research sponsors at the National Institutes of Health and the European Commission, he's a well-connected, peripatetic activist and academic."

January 7, 2013

Call for Applications: Due January 25, 2013

IIE/SRF
By IIE-Scholar Rescue Fund

The Institute of International Education's (IIE) Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) is pleased to announce a call for applications from scholars facing threats to their lives or academic work. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at colleges, universities and other research institutions outside their home countries anywhere in the world.

January 7, 2013

Interview with Allan Goodman about the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project

South-South News

Allan Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education was recently interviewed on camera by South-South News, a digital media platform that publishes news on major international efforts in sustainable economic and social development to audiences around the world with a goal of advancing the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals through the sharing of best practices. The interview highlights the work of IIE’s SRF Iraq Scholar Rescue Project, which to date has assisted over 270 scholars from Iraq. The interview in full can be viewed on the South-South News website by clicking here.

December 18, 2012

The Rescue of Science and Learning

IIE Scholar Rescue Fund

A summary of the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund’s work on the occasion of the Fund’s 10th Anniversary.