News & Events

News and Events

February 28, 2011

UA Losing Funding, International Scholars

University of Arizona, Daily Wildcat Online
By Jazmine Woodberry

The UA's last international scholar came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2006, but the UA shouldn't expect more scholars any time soon due to budget cuts, according to UA officials.

February 15, 2011

Rebuilding the House of Wisdom

The Huffington Post
By Athanasios Moulakis

 

 

February 1, 2011

Rebuilding Higher Education in Iraq

The Jordan Times
By Ghida Talal and Henry Jarecki

 

 

January 31, 2011

Conference on Reconstruction of Higher Education in Iraq Concludes

The Jordan Times

January 28, 2011

Iraqi Academics Come Together to Debate Future of Higher-Education System

The Chronicle for Higher Education
By Ursula Lindsey

 

 

November 15, 2010

Roundtable Discussion with SRF Scholars

By IIE/SRF

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 the Scholar Rescue Fund hosted a breakfast roundtable discussion at IIE’s headquarters…

October 14, 2010

A Special Message from Madeleine Albright

IIE/SRF

SRF launches its first newsletter with a message from Madeleine Albright. Subscribe now!

October 12, 2010

World-Renowned Biologist and Amazon Researcher Marc van Roosmalen Joins Bard College as a SRF Visiting Scholar and Gives Public Talk on October 26

By Jennifer Wai-Lan Huang

 

October 5, 2010

Exiled Iraqi Professors Lecture at Their Former Universities, From a Distance

The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Aisha Labi

Some Iraqi academics who fled their homeland over the past several years have begun to reclaim a role in their former universities…

September 30, 2010

IIE/SRF meets with Iraq’s Minister of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Aisha Labi

Three years ago, Dr. Abed Thiab al-Ajili, Iraq's minister of higher education, approached SRF with a desperate plea for help…