IIE President Allan Goodman was interviewed for an article in Sciencemag.org that discusses threatened and displaced scholars during the conflict in Syria. "What's different about Syria is that universities were targeted right away, professors were threatened right away," says Goodman comparing conditions in Syria with those of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. The article reports that IIE has "handed out 43 yearlong academic fellowships to displaced Syrians since the current conflict began" and is now appealing for funds to continue this support.