- WASHINGTON—In celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, aptly named for the atomic weight of element number one, hydrogen, American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the Robert Rose Education Award in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Mr. Zachary Batts, a master’s degree student in chemical engineering at Purdue University. Through the Rose Award, Mr. Batts will complete a nine-month residency on hydrogen safety research at the… Read More
- The Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) successfully conducted its inaugural capacity-building workshop in Tajikistan on June 15 and 16, 2023. This training program aimed to bolster the internationalization efforts of Tajik universities and enhance the abilities of Tajik educators to initiate, develop, and execute international collaborative projects. It also fostered institutional ties and cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.A… Read More
- The program, which develops a professionalized workforce of educators and administrators who support academic integrity across Ukrainian higher education institutions (HEIs) and secondary schools, has shifted to help support Ukrainian universities maintain continuity in their curriculum. Immediately after the war begin in February, the Academic IQ team began issuing weekly newsletters to the participating 60 universities with opportunities for faculty members, scholars, and students that aided… Read More
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- This article was originally published in the Seattle Times By Paige Cornwell A big, new study out of Portland found significant gains in reading for students enrolled in dual-language immersion programs, in which students are taught in both English and a second language. Portland students enrolled in such programs had reading skills in English that were almost a full year higher than their peers, according to the study, which was released this month. The study, which included 27,741 children,… Read More
- American Councils Partners with MCC and the Government of Kiribati on the Kiribati Threshold ProgramAmerican Councils for International Education is proud to announce its collaboration with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Kiribati on the Kiribati Threshold Program. This initiative seeks to spur economic growth for I-Kiribati through a $29.1 million MCC investment in the country’s employment sector.Kiribati, an Oceania Island nation in the Central Pacific, faces unique challenges due to its remote location and limited economic opportunities. A… Read More
- In Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the U.S.-Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) hosted two capacity-building workshops for university administrators, researchers, and faculty members from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The key objectives of these workshops were to enhance the research capacity of Central Asian faculties and to promote interdisciplinary and regional cooperation. The agenda of these intensive workshops combined… Read More
- On March 24-25, the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) Internationalization Workshop brought together over 40 Central Asian university representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The distinguished delegation attended for the first time from five Turkmenistan higher education institutions, which marked a significant moment in the history of the UniCEN program and reflected the commitment to internationalization and cross-border… Read More
- American Councils is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Visiting Fellowship Awards for Ukrainian Displaced Scholars (VFA/UDS) to a distinguished group of scholars from war-distressed universities in east and southeastern Ukraine. Fellowship awards provide a semester or year of financial support to enable scholars to continue their research and teaching activities. The Visiting Scholars Program is made possible by grants to American Councils from the Carnegie Corporation of New York,… Read More
- With support from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, alumni of the Ukrainian Public Diplomacy Enhancement Program (UPDEP) continued their professional examination of public diplomacy while attending the University of Southern California Center of Public Diplomacy’s (USC CPD) annual Summer Institute at the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. The two-week program brought together UPDEP alumni Iryna Borovets (Director General for Public Diplomacy and… Read More
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