News Edition
13 Feb 2019
CCI Alumna Leads Team in Developing Online Anti-Corruption Trainings in Indonesia
After studying engineering at College of DuPage in 2014-15, Indonesian CCI alumna Priskilla Ikrar Samanta has made a difference in her home community by working with nonprofit organizations and international agencies to educate the public in Indonesia about how to combat corruption. In 2017, the nonprofit Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) hired Priskilla’s company, Digima Asia,.. Read More..
04 Feb 2019
CSIS credits adaptability for dominating think tank list
The Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) was named top think tank in Southeast Asia and the Pacific by the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index. The list is compiled annually by United States-based Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. The CSIS.. Read More..
31 Jan 2019
Mengadang Medsoskrasi
FREEDOM House, sebuah lembaga independen pemantau demokrasi yang berbasis di Washington DC, pada 2017 merilis laporan tahunan bertajuk Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy. Dalam laporan ini, Freedom House mengungkapkan temuan peningkatan praktik manipulasi penggunaan media sosial dalam pilpres di 18 negara. Merujuk Freedom House, praktik manipulasi media sosial dalam.. Read More..
29 Jan 2019
Merunut lemahnya hukum cyberbullying di Indonesia
Akhir 2018, aktris Ussy Sulistiawati melaporkan beberapa pengguna media sosial Instagram atas tindakan mereka yang menghina fisik anak-anaknya. Yang menarik dari kasus tersebut adalah Ussy melaporkan para pelaku dengan delik pencemaran nama baik yang diatur dalam Pasal 27 Ayat 3 Undang-Undang (UU) Nomor 11 Tahun 2008 tentang Informasi Elektronik (ITE) bukan dengan delik cyberbullying yang.. Read More..
29 Jan 2019
Wawancara RRI Pro 2 dengan alumna Fulbright FLTA, Kusumawati
Apa yang dibutuhkan aplikan program beasiswa Fulbright selain persyaratan akademis? Satu hal, yaitu: “….harus berani…” tutur Kusumawati, dalam wawancaranya dengan RRI Pro 2 Palangka Raya pada tanggal 29 Januari, 2019 tentang pengalaman ia sebagai penerima beasiswa Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program tahun keberangkatan 2017. Dengarkan cerita Kusumawati tentang proses interview kebutuhan Visa, sewaktu.. Read More..
28 Jan 2019
Novel “Gentayangan” Raih Penghargaan di Inggris dan Amerika
KOMPAS.com – Novel “Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu” karya Intan Paramaditha meraih penghargaan PEN Translates Award dari English PEN dan PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant dari PEN America. Kedua penghargaan ini bertujuan untuk mendukung proses penerjemahan “Gentayangan” ke dalam bahasa Inggris dengan judul The Wandering. PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant diberikan kepada penerjemah novel tersebut, Stephen.. Read More..
25 Jan 2019
Technology can help equality of people with disabilities
The ability to perform basic activities of daily living is an essential need for every person. If for some reason the body functions and structures are disturbed, the ability may be reduced or even lost, resulting in what we call disability. In Indonesia, the most common disabilities so far include impairments of vision, hearing and.. Read More..
24 Jan 2019
Obituary: Sesilia Andriani Keban
Pictured at May 2018 pre-departure orientation in Surabaya, East Java It is with deep sadness that AMINEF announces the passing of Sesilia Andriani Keban, Fulbright-DIKTI PhD student at the University of Mississippi on January 24, 2019, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 37. Sesilia was awarded a Fulbright grant in 2018 to study pharmaceutical.. Read More..
17 Jan 2019
Congratulations to former Fulbright ETA to Indonesia Doug Bock Clark on the publication of his novel ‘The Last Whalers’.
Doug, a journalist, was awarded Fulbright ETA grants twice, the first grant was in 2010 where he co-taught English at a high school in Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara and the second grant was in 2012 in Banda Aceh. Quoting from The New York Times article: “He spent years with the Lamalerans, a tribe of.. Read More..
07 Jan 2019
Nyamannya Menjadi Muslim di Boston
OLEH RAHMAWATI BUSTAMAM, penerima Beasiswa Fulbright Program FLTA di Harvard University, USA, sebelumnya pengajar bahasa Inggris di SMP-SMA Teuku Nyak Arif Fatih Bilingual School Banda Aceh, melaporkan dari Boston, Amerika Serikat “Dek, meunyo i lua pake jilbab kon?” “Pakelah Mak, meu i rumoh mantong pake, peu lhom di lua.” Itulah sepenggal percakapan saya dengan ibu saya.. Read More..
