PRINCETON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS OFFERS THREE-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS

The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2012-2015 Fellowship competition. Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year (two in the Humanities and Social Sciences, one in East Asian Studies, and one in Humanistic Studies).

The stipend for academic year 2012-13 will be approximately $76,000. Fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5000 per year, and access to university grants, benefits and other resources. Applicants must have completed the PhD degree between Jan. 1, 2010 and Sept 30, 2011, or ABD applicants must have fulfilled all conditions for degree by June 15, 2012. Complete applications and all supplementary materials must be postmarked by September 30, 2011.For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/omscbn

NEW BOOK: LL.M. ROADMAP FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

"LL.M. Roadmap: An International Student’s Guide to U.S. Law School Programs" provides 'roadmaps' through the LL.M. process, from considering why to do an LL.M., choosing the “best” U.S. law school (and getting admitted), ranking, funding, succeeding in school, and various law careers. LL.M. Roadmap provides many checklists and reference sources for international LL.M. students wishing to study at a U.S law school. Professor George Edwards, the author of "LL.M. Roadmap," teaches at Indiana University School of Law, where he is the director of the Program in International Human Rights Law. Personal profits from LL.M. Roadmap are being donated to the International Law Students Association (ILSA) (http://www.ilsa.org). The book will be available July 2011 through the publisher Aspen/Wolters Kluwer.

For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/qs8AHn

Visa Tips from Visa Officers

Last week David Donahue, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for visa services, gave three tips to students applying for visas to study in America:
1) Apply early2) Be informed3) Be prepared

Watch Mr. Donahue give this advice in a video from the State Department
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1857622883?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAGWqYgE~,KxHPzbPALrFGi6o0QhQY9IxyliWBJ3Vq&bctid=1011344458001

For more information about student visas, please go to AIT website at:
English http://www.ait.org.tw/en/student-and-exchange-visitor-visas.html
Chinese http://www.ait.org.tw/zh/student-and-exchange-visitor-visas.html

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAUNCHES BECKER FRIEDMAN INSTITUTE

The Becker Friedman Institute brings together two major economic research centers at the University of Chicago: the Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics and the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. Supported by the faculties of the University’s Economics Department, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Law School, the Becker Friedman Institute will continue to support scholarship and attract outstanding visiting scholars of all levels to the University.

The Becker Friedman Institute will appoint highly accomplished scholars to serve as Distinguished Fellows who will visit the University for extended periods and play leadership roles in research initiatives. The Institute will support inquiry on price theory and on the interaction of economics, public policy and the law, historical strengths at Chicago. Other durable and collaborative research initiatives will address some of today’s most pressing issues: systemic risks in the global economy, long-term fiscal imbalances, economics and the family, investment in human capital and other topics.For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/j6Ldcg