News Edition
21 Aug 2021
AMINEF is saddened at the passing of one of Indonesia’s most influential writers and Fulbright alumnus, Professor Budi Darma, 84, on August 21, 2021, in Surabaya. Prof. Budi Darma was a recipient of two Fulbright awards. The first was a Fulbright Master’s Degree Scholarship to study English at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1974. His second Fulbright grant was the Fulbright Visiting Scholar to conduct post doctoral research in the same field and university in 1990. Read More.
13 Aug 2021
AMINEF Congratulates AICEF 2021 Overseas Travel Grantees
AMINEF congratulates Indonesian PhD students recipients of the 2021 overseas travel grant funded by the American Indonesian Cultural & Educational Foundation (AICEF). A virtual meet and greet was held today with the head of AICEF, Wayne Forrest, the 15 grantees, AMINEF ED, Alan Feinstein, and AMINEF officers. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet the.. Read More.
05 Aug 2021
Diam dalam (Pembelajaran) Pandemi
SAAT tinggal di Amerika Serikat, saya dan keluarga berkesempatan melakukan perjalanan darat dari kota Rochester, New York, ke beberapa negara bagian terdekat. Kami naik bus umum. Biasanya perjalanan kami tempuh malam hari. Esoknya kami sampai di tujuan. Read More.
23 Jul 2021
Commentary: Is carbon neutrality possible for coal-addicted Indonesia?
DELFT, Netherlands: In May 2021, Indonesia’s biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase out fossil fuels by 2060 in order to achieve carbon neutrality. The announcement marks a dramatic shift in the country’s electricity policy that has long been dependent on fossil fuels, especially coal. It is a sign that decisions by major lenders – including Japan, South Korea and the Asian Development Bank – to divest from coal have severely restricted the country’s options for financing coal plant infrastructure. Read More.
22 Jul 2021
Cerita Mahasiswa Asal Palembang Rayakan Idul Adha 1442 H di Houston Amerika
Saya merupakan staf pengajar Program Studi Teknik Kimia di Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, yang sedang mengambil program Doktoral di University of Houston, Texas. Studi saya disponsori oleh Program Fulbright dari pemerintah Amerika Serikat. Saya telah menjalani perkuliahan selama 1 tahun. Namun, dikarenakan pandemi, saya baru tiba di Kota Houston, Texas, pada bulan Januari 2021. Saat ini saya tinggal di apartmen bersama seorang teman dari Pakistan. Read More.
23 Jul 2021
Merayakan Idul Adha di Amerika Serikat, Masih di Tengah Pandemi
Perayaan Idul Adha 1442 Hijriah tahun ini terasa sangat berbeda dari biasanya. Tanpa suasana takbir yang terdengar dari masjid di dekat rumah, dan juga tanpa keluarga serta sanak saudara. Namun alhamdulillah, perayaan tahun ini tetap terasa berkesan karena kehadiran keluarga baru di lingkungan baru… Read More.
07 Jul 2021
Indonesian Fulbrighters – 2021
We are delighted to congratulate all of the 90 Indonesian Fulbright awardees who will start their master’s and doctoral degree study, postdoctoral research, or exchange program in the US in Fall Term 2021. These grantees hail from all over Indonesia, from Medan to Jayapura including Lombok, Sumbawa Manado, Banjarmasin and Makassar. Their varied fields of.. Read More.
02 Jul 2021
Perkembangan menarik berlangsung sekitar 10 hingga 20 tahun terakhir dalam percakapan Islam di Indonesia. Yaitu, munculnya kesadaran tentang pentingnya identitas keislaman yang khas di kawasan ini vis-a-vis Islam yang dibentuk oleh budaya Arab atau Timur Tengah. Read More.
03 Jul 2021
AMINEF is saddened at the passing of life-long environmental activist and Fulbright alumna Nurul Almy (Emmy) Hafild, 63, on July 3, 2021, in Jakarta. Read more..
30 Jun 2021
FRP staff during the online training with ITC The Foreign Research Permit (FRP) staff of BRIN (formerly RISTEK/BRIN, a part of the Ministry of Research and Technology or RISTEK, which now is part of Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology) felt a surge of confidence in using English after completing a 14-session English.. Read More.
