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January 26, 2024

Stanford presented with IIE Centennial Medal for supporting endangered scholars

Stanford University
By Stefanie Pietkiewicz
Three people stand holding a medal and certificate

IIE presented Stanford University with its Centennial Medal, which honors institutions and individuals who have made unique and powerful contributions to international education. Stanford’s contributions include collaborating with IIE and the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund to provide a safe academic for scholars since the WWII era through today, hosting scholars from Afghanistan, China, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela in recent years.

November 29, 2023

Cornell profiles IIE-SRF alumnus’ journey from Turkey to Cornell to Florida State

Cornell Chronicle
By Fatima Faizi

The Cornell Chronicle presents an article and short video about IIE-SRF alumnus Azat Gündoğan, who undertook his fellowship at Cornell and now works as an assistant teaching professor at Florida State University.

November 8, 2023

Cornell receives IIE Centennial Medal for hosting threatened scholars

Cornell University

IIE CEO Allan Goodman presented the IIE Centennial Medal, which honors individuals and institutions that have made important contributions to international education, to Cornell University on October 20, 2023. The award honors Cornell’s robust and long-standing tradition of hosting displaced and threatened scholars in partnership with IIE-SRF, as well as the university’s involvement with Fulbright, Gilman and other IIIE-administered State Department Programs.

October 3, 2023

The Royal Society of Canada awards membership to alumnus Kifah Gharzeddin of Syria

Carleton University

Dr. Kifah Ghazeddin, who undertook his IIE-SRF fellowship in 2020-22, is a biologist at Carleton University in Canada. Noted for his contributions to research on enhancing food production in the face of poverty, he has been welcomed as one of the 2023 new members of the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honor.

August 14, 2023

Fellow Nasiruddin Nezaami Reflects on Afghanistan Two Years After Taliban Takeover

Stanford Lawyer
By Monica Schreiber

Nezaami was interviewed by his host Stanford University Law School about leaving Afghanistan to come to Stanford on an IIE-SRF fellowship and his worries for and efforts to give back to those still left behind.

August 13, 2023

The PIE News looks at IIE-SRF as one way the international education sector can assist Yemen

The PIE News
By Viggo Stacey

IIE-SRF Director James R. King spoke with the outlet about the program’s efforts to support Yemeni scholars since the outbreak of war in 2014.