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May 4, 2010

Unseen victims of war

Harvard Gazette Online
By Alvin Powell

An SRF Iraqi scholar speaks to faculty, health practitioners, and students at the Harvard School of Public Health discussing war and its toll on children's mental health…

May 1, 2010

Working toward a cure

By SRF

Dr. Dmitri Lapotko, a former SRF scholar and physicist from Belarus, is leading a team of researchers at Rice University in cutting edge research on the potential use of lasers and gold nanoparticles to selectively diagnose and kill tumor cells.

March 1, 2010

Ohio University offers Iraqi scholar refuge, SRF benefits Global Leadership Center

Ohio University Outlook News
By Monica Chapman

The phone rang at 2 a.m. On the line was a representative from IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund calling to offer an unthinkable opportunity: refuge from his war-torn homeland to pursue research abroad…

January 8, 2010

SRF Chairman and IIE Trustee, Dr. Henry Jarecki’s Closing Remarks to Iraqi Visiting Professors

April 17, 2009

Official Press Release: Scholar Rescue in the Modern World

IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund

A new report by the Scholar Rescue Fund indicates that threats to scholars are chronic and widespread, offers analysis and recommendations and defines an academic oppression index…

October 29, 2009

Jordan to help educated Iraqis

Independent Press Agency of Iraq
By IPA – Iraq

Jordanian Prime Minister, Nader Al-Thahabi, will take new steps to facilitate ease of work permits and residencies for Iraqi intellectuals working in Jordan…