The Lois Roth Foundation and the Public Diplomacy Council of America (PDCA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 inaugural edition of the Richard T. Arndt Prize for an Outstanding Work on…
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In what has been a deeply troubling year, we are very proud to have managed to uphold our values and carry out our projects in honor of Lois’s memory. Last year, we honored eleven…
Malvikaโs research is rooted in dialogueโbetween clinicians and researchers, between institutions and public health systems, and between nations. A PhD candidate at Texas Tech University, Malvika is the 2025 Project Support Australia winner and…
We stand with the Association of International Educators (NAFSA), its partner institutions, and countless colleges and universities in observing International Education Week as usual, from November 17-21, 2025. This edition of our Lois Letter…
Those of you who have followed us for a long time will know that we occasionally bestowย what we have called an โEmeritus Awardโ for Excellence in Cultural Diplomacy. The idea was to recognize the…
The Lois Roth Foundation for cross-cultural dialogue and the Public Diplomacy Council of America (PDCA) announce six works that have been shortlisted for the inaugural Richard T. Arndt Prize for an Outstanding Work on…
This coming Tuesday, September 30, is INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY. Organized by the International Federation of Translators since 1990, in 2017 the celebration was recognized as a UN International Day. This yearโs events are organized…
The Lois Roth Foundation is honored to present this year’s awardees for Excellence in Cultural Diplomacy at the State Departmentโs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Three will attend the celebration: Johnny O. Hishmeh,…
In Fulbright Finlandโs June Fulbright Finland News magazine, Roth-Thomson awardee, Megan Thiede, describes her recent experiences on her Fulbright and Lois Roth grant: “With support from the Roth-Thomson Award, I traveled to Estonia for…
Many congratulations to Adnan Haydar, retiring Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas. Adnanโs years of contribution in the field of Arabic language pedagogy, Lebanese poetry and translation have shown through his many publications,…
The Lois Roth Foundation is proud to celebrate the continued literary achievement of our MLA-Roth Translation awardee Sasha Dugdale who has been honored with the 2025 Runciman Award for The Strongbox, a powerful poetic…
ย Most of the Inuit artworks that are the subject of Dr. Pushaw’s study are not in Greenland, taken and residing in collections in places as diverse as Oslo and Kansas. Dr. Bart Pushaw, of…
Two years ago, we were proud to support Kalyn McDonough through our Project Support Award for Australia. Recently, the Lois Roth Foundation Board had the pleasure of reconnecting over lunch and hearing how this…
In an enlightening exchange in May 2024, Meryem HammamโChief of Staff of MACECE (the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange)โdescribed the financial situation facingย international Fulbrighters, despite a recent raise in stipends to offset…
Weโre proud to see our 2021 Gill Jacot- Guillarmod Awardee in action! On March 29, Gรถzde Doฤan, Ph.D. gave an inspiring presentation to American University students in a Skills Institute on Cultural Diplomacy and…
Congratulations to Derek Russell, recipient of a 2025 Project Support Award Ecuador! After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Architecture, Derek is undertaking architectural…
Marielle Buxbaum is a recipient of the 2025 Project Support Ecuador Award for her exploration of youth social concerns in Theatre for Youth Futures: Engaging Ecuadorian Urban Teens.ย Marielleโs playwriting-for-social-change program looks to address difficult…
We are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Dick Arndt Prize for an Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy. This biennial award honors Dr. Richard T. Arndtโa distinguished former Foreign Service Officer and founder…
A very Happy New Year to you from the Roth Foundation! We hope you had a warm holiday break and that the new year brings good health, happiness and peace. As I change the…
In this last piece before our winter break, we focus on our most recent awards for translations published in English, which we bestow in collaboration with two partner organizations. Our Translation Awards honor Lois…
This fall, our partner theย Fulbright Associationย held its 47th conference, exploringย the timely theme โthe World at a Crossroads.โย Embodying the Fulbright mission, theย conferences of this US Fulbright alumni organizationย underscore the extraordinary potential of Fulbright alumni to…
In celebration of International Education Week and educational exchanges, we reached out to alumni of our Project Support Award program, and asked them for updates since receiving their award. If you follow us on…
Our Excellence in Cultural Diplomacy Awards capped off a joyfulย awards ceremony at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) on October 23. In her opening remarks, State Dept Assistant Secretary Lee Satterfield reported…