International House mourns the passing of Leslie H. Gelb, a great American diplomat, journalist, and friend. Gelb was a Pulitzer-Prize winning correspondent for The New York Times who authored a number of books, including Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy and The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked. He held various governmental positions, winning the U.S. State Department’s highest award, and became President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations after serving as its president for 10 years. I-House’s Board Chair, Ambassador Frank Wisner, said of Gelb’s...

A new video on CNN features I-House Alumna and attorney Arundhati Katju ’17, who was recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2019. Speaking with Fareed Zakaria on his show, “The Global Public Square (GPS),” Katju and her partner, Menaka Guruswamy, discuss how they fought successfully to overturn a colonial era law that criminalized homosexuality in India. Watch the video here. Katju lived at I-House while studying at Columbia Law School. During her residency she was also selected to participate in the International House Women’s International Leadership...

One highlight of my International House experience has been the ability to attend dinner conversations with global leaders and influencers who hail from diverse backgrounds and countries. Over the course of the year, I-House brings in a multitude of distinguished personalities, who come to I-House with a common goal of engaging Residents on socio-political affairs of the day. Keen on enriching both the minds and hearts of Residents, they bring with them not only their wealth of knowledge but also a passion for effecting change in their respective communities. Conversations with these global...

On Thursday, May 16, 2019, International House Alumni, Residents, Trustees and friends gathered in the Rainbow Room on the Top of the Rock in New York to honor two distinguished awardees at the 2019 Awards Gala: Khalid Alkhudair, founder of the first Saudi Arabian women recruitment and job support agency, Glowork, and Subha Barry, President of Working Mother Media and formerly the Global Head of Diversity at Merrill Lynch. The evening’s theme was a celebration of strides that have been made in diversity, inclusion, and gender equality. I-House Resident Sisi Liu (China) opened up the...

Among the most important benefits for Residents at International House NYC is the opportunity to earn summer fellowships made possible by generous funders. This year, 14 Residents received $10,000 each on projects that will not only enhance their academic studies and professional careers, but will help address some of the world’s most urgent challenges. Below are the 2019 Residents and their winning projects: 2019 Employment Innovation Fellowships Made possible by the support and generosity of Trustee Andy Darrell and the Stiftung ProEvolution Foundation, of which he is Chair of the Board...