News & Events

News and Events

February 3, 2009

Speech of HRH Princess Ghida Talal Accepting the IIE Humanitarian Award

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By SRF

Read the full transcript of SRF Board Member, Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal's acceptance speech of IIE's Humanitarian Award (Photo Included)

February 2, 2009

SRF Hite Chair Speaker Series

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SRF is pleased to announce the Hite Chair Speaker Series premiere event at Lafayette College in Easton, PA on February 28th

February 2, 2009

The Credit Crunch According to George Soros

The Financial Times
By Chrystia Freeland

On a chilly Monday night in December George Soros spoke at a benefit for the Scholar Rescue Fund…

January 28, 2009

Speech of HRH Princess Ghida Talal Accepting the IIE Humanitarian Award

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Read the full transcript of SRF Board Member, Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal's acceptance speech of IIE's Humanitarian Award (Photo Included)

June 4, 2008

Cover feature of the SRF Iraq Project

The Jordan Times
By Taylor Luck

In The Jordan Times, SRF Chairman Dr. Henry Jarecki and SRF Board Member HRH Princess Ghida Talal, describe the systematic killing of Iraqi professors “for committing the crime of continuing to teach and research and educate.” In response, SRF is placing threatened Iraqi professors at academic institutions in Jordan and throughout the Middle East to return them to safe and productive academic work.

October 10, 2008

Free Inquiry At Risk

By The New School for Social Research

This keynote event moderated by Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Institute featured a panel of four SRF scholars from Zimbabwe, Belarus, Ethiopia and China.  The panel discussed the causes of persecution and suppresion of academic freedom worldwide and featured comments by SRF Chair, Dr. Henry Jarecki and Director of the ACLU National Security Project, Jameel Jaffer.  It took place at the New School For Social Research on 30th in NYC.

October 1, 2008

Preserving Intellectual Capital

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
By Pearl Stewart

As political strife is a constant around the globe, the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund assists scholars whose academic freedom is threatened in their home countries.

September 30, 2008

Princess Ghida Receives IIE Humanitarian Award

The Jordan Times

SRF Board Member HRH Princess Ghida Talal received the Humanitarian Award for International Cooperation from the Institute of International Education in recognition of her humanitarian work with the SRF Iraq Project and her dedicated philanthropy.

September 26, 2008

Call for Applications: Due SEPT. 30th

UPDATED:  We are currently accepting requests for fellowship consideration at our next selection meeting. Download the call for applications flyer here.