As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
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As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot, in terms of both our programs and our board. We thought it…
As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, we are excited to share that the Roth Foundation has been growing a lot in both our programs and our board. We thought it might be interesting…
Join the Lois Roth Foundation and collaborators for the 2026 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, delivered by internationally renowned techno-sociologist and New York Times columnist Dr. Zeynep Tüfekçi, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public…
A generous gift from Ann O. Thomson provides supplementary project support for up to two American Fulbrighters in Finland every year, in cooperation with the Fulbright Finland Foundation. The 2026 award went to Emily Boyett….
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…
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…
Malvika’s research is rooted in dialogue—between 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 bestow what we have called an “Emeritus Award” 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 year’s events are organized…
The Lois Roth Foundation is honored to present this year’s awardees for Excellence in Cultural Diplomacy at the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Three will attend the celebration: Johnny O. Hishmeh,…
In Fulbright Finland’s 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. Adnan’s 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…
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 Hammam—Chief of Staff of MACECE (the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange)—described the financial situation facing international Fulbrighters, despite a recent raise in stipends to offset…