Dr. Richard Conroy is the Director of the Division of Applied Science and Technology (DAST) at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) as part of the National Institutes of Health. The focus of the division is to support … Continued
Dr. Jeffrey Peck is Director, Europe for AKA/Strategy, an NYC-based consulting firm for non-profits, especially universities. From September 2015 through February 2016, he was a Senior Fellow with the Mercator Foundation working on a project on diversity and internationalization at … Continued
Dr. Christiane Fellbaum Senior research scientist in the Department of Computer Science and a lecturer in the programs in Linguistics and Translation at Princeton University AvH Program: Wolfgang Paul Award Field of Research: Linguistics What are you reading? Florian Illies’s 1913, Kamel Daoud’s Mersault, … Continued
By Dr. Eva-Maria Streier Holding a Ph.D. in American Literature, Eva-Maria Streier is a trained newspaper journalist. Prior to taking up the position as director of DFG’s New York Office in October 2011, she has been working as Head of … Continued
Alumni Perspective: Louise Davidson-Schmich, Ph.D. Louise Davidson-Schmich (Ph.D., Duke University) is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Miami (UM). Dr. Davidson-Schmich also serves as a Humboldtian on … Continued
Alumni Perspective: David Abraham, MBA David Abraham is a Vice President at MasterCard. From 2008-2009, David researched the campaign strategy of the Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei) with the support of a German Chancellor Fellowship (Bundeskanzlerstipendium), in comparison to … Continued
Alumni Perspective: Bernhard Streitwieser, Ph.D. Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser (Ph.D., Columbia University) is an Assistant Professor of International Higher Education at The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development. From 1997–1999, he served as a guest researcher at the … Continued
The future of German higher education reform was in the spotlight on October 30th, with all eyes on a joint meeting of federal and state level ministers and senators for education and research (the Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz) and pending decisions on … Continued
By Dr. Eva-Maria Streier Holding a Ph.D. in American Literature, Eva-Maria Streier is a trained newspaper journalist. Prior to taking up the position as director of DFG’s New York Office in October 2011, she has been working as Head … Continued
Where does YOUR research institution rank? The release of the recent Humboldt ranking has a lot to reveal about the attractiveness to study and research science in German universities. The most obvious fact the ranking highlighted was the dominance of … Continued