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DAAD RISE Alumna Elana Stennett

Elana Stennett graduated from The College of Wooster with a BA-ACS certification in Chemistry in 2010. In 2015, she completed her PhD with a focus in biophysical chemistry at Arizona State University. After a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at The College of Wooster, she accepted a tenure-track job at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Loving the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York, she enjoys hiking (during the summer) and knitting (during the winter).

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Barnard College Group Study Visit

With the support of a DAAD Group Study Visit Grant, Professor Joan Snitzer from Barnard College took some of her students on an art history and visual arts tour around the German capital.

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Come work with us!

Internship Opportunity: Program Support

We are looking for one intern from November 1 through December 31, 2019 (possibly longer) to help process scholarship applications!

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DAAD Grantee Brent McDonnell

Brent McDonnell is a doctoral candidate in the History Department at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Originally from New York, he received his Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in 2014, double-majoring in Political Science and Italian Language and Literature, before completing a Master’s degree in the German and European Studies program at Georgetown in 2016. His current research project focuses on the far-right in Italy and West Germany from the late 1960s into the early 1980s.

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Holidays

DAAD Offices closed on 10/3

The DAAD offices in New York and San Francisco will be closed on Thursday, October 3rd in observance of German Unity Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit). We will reopen on Friday, October 4th and will be able to assist you then.

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IT Internship Opportunity

Network Administration at DAAD New York

Our DAAD regional office in New York is offering an internship in network administration. We are seeking Information Technology majors who are nearing the end of their studies or IT-graduate students.

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DAAD University Summer Course Grant Alumnus Varol Kahveci

Varol Kahveci was born in Turkey in a city called Konya, in the middle of Central Anatolia - Rumi-lovers probably already know the area! He spent three years in Istanbul and one year in England to complete his Bachelor's in Western Languages and Literatures. After completing his Master's at Dartmouth College in Comparative Literature, he began working on his Ph.D. in the Department of Germanic Languages at Columbia University in New York.

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Meet us in SF, Oct. 15, 5-8pm!

Idealist Grad School Fair: San Francisco 2019

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student looking for opportunities in Germany? Or are you a career services or education abroad professional looking to expand your knowledge on what Germany has to offer as a study abroad and research destination? If so, join DAAD at the Idealist Grad School Fair in San Francisco.

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DAAD Young Ambassador Hannah Peter

Hannah Peter grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is currently attending Brock University. She is studying Women’s and Gender Studies, with minors in Intercultural Studies and German. Her hobbies include reading, swimming and photography. She is hoping to spend more time taking photos this year and visit friends in cities across the world, such as Toronto (Canada), Verona (Italy) and Mannheim (Germany). She encourages anyone and everyone who is willing to step out of their comfort zone to go to Germany, explore its beautiful cities and nature, and experience its amazing and friendly people.

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Join us on September 17th!

DAAD/IIE Centennial Salon: Knowledge Diplomacy in the Transatlantic World

As part of Institute of International Education’s (IIE) 100th anniversary celebration, please join IIE and DAAD for a salon-style discussion on the topic of Knowledge Diplomacy in the Transatlantic World. The purpose of this salon will be to interrogate the question of what the ‘Transatlantic World’ means today and what role Knowledge Diplomacy can - and should - play as we look toward the rest of this decade.

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