News and Events

The BEACON is the Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF)'s newsletter that features news about innovative program initiatives and the academic achievements of our current and former fellow. The newsletter also includes updates, events, and news from IIE-SRF's partners and affiliated host institutions.

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Previous Editions of the BEACON

July 23, 2018
  • Alumnus Wins Honorable Mention for the 2018 Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies
  • Fellow of Yemen on Universities' Responsibility to Support Displaced Scholars
  • IIE-SRF On the Road: Trieste, Italy – TWAS Hosts "Science International" Working Group
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June 14, 2018
  • Scholars Breaking Boundaries: Dr. Ismael Ibraheem of Syria
  • IIE-SRF Selection Committee Awards Fellowships to 12 Scholars
  • University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants to Launch in July
  • Alumnus from Zimbabwe Receives Ph.D. from George Mason University
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May 23, 2018
  • Iraqi Scholars in the Diaspora Deliver University Courses in Iraq through New IIE-SRF Initiative
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May 17, 2018
  • 'Education under Attack 2018' Report Launches at IIE
  • IIE Recognized by Portuguese Government for Work with Displaced Students and Scholars
  • IIE PEER Expands Higher Education Opportunities for Displaced Students Worldwide
  • Fellow Sreang Heng Writes from Harvard about Justice in Cambodia 
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April 26, 2018
  • Alumna Calls for International Community to Involve Syrian Faculty in Support Programming for Displaced Students
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April 12, 2018
  • Physics Today spotlights four IIE-SRF scientists
  • Thank you to the first-time host institutions of Winter 2018
  • Selection Committee awards fellowships to new scholars from six countries
  • “Science in Exile” documentary premieres at IIE-SRF Forum
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March 29, 2018
  • IIE-SRF Hosts Third Forum on Partnerships in Support of Threatened and Displaced Scholars
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January 23, 2018
  • IIE-SRF: 2017 in Review  
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December 14, 2017
  • "After IIE-SRF": Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Al Saidi of Iraq
  • Thank you to the first-time host institutions of Fall 2017
  • Selection Committee awards fellowships to new scholars from six countries
  • IIE-SRF scholars in the media
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November 22, 2017
  • IIE President and CEO Allan Goodman writes on IIE delegation to Jordan
  • TWAS releases trailer for "Science in Exile"
  • IIE-SRF Director Sarah Willcox published in UNESCO Courier
  • IIE-SRF on the road from Chicago to the Dead Sea
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