Refugees Content

New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Keith Watenpaugh on Helping Refugees Reclaim Their Right to Education

Soterios J Johnson — June 29, 2021 - 11:50am

According to one estimate, the global refugee population has more than doubled over the past decade to 26 million. Professor Keith Watenpaugh, director of the Human Rights Studies program at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, leads an innovative project to help refugee students start or continue their university education — even as they are displaced and on the move.

Ford Foundation Supports 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Efforts to Help Refugees Reclaim Right to Education

Julia Ann Easley — October 23, 2017 - 11:28am

The University of California, Davis, will use a $500,000 core grant from the Ford Foundation to develop Article 26 Backpack, a cloud-based “ecosystem” to help refugees and other vulnerable young people reclaim their education.

A Matter of Rights

Jocelyn C Anderson — June 19, 2017 - 8:56am

Last year, at the abandoned Idomeni train station in Greece, I spoke with Kurdish sisters from Syria. They were living in a makeshift refugee camp on the nearby border with Macedonia. Just a week before, a small boat had carried them across the Aegean from Turkey. Back home, the women, both in their 20s, had studied health sciences at the University of Aleppo.

Refugees Can Offer Economic Boost to Their Host Countries

Patricia Bailey — June 20, 2016 - 3:03am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis researchers and colleagues studying three Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda found that aid, especially in the form of cash, provided significant economic benefits for the local economy.

Conference at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis to Highlight Best Practices in Internationalizing Campuses

Julia Ann Easley — March 07, 2016 - 12:35pm

What:

Topics ranging from expanding participation in study abroad to supporting Syrian refugee students and scholars will be discussed at an Institute of International Education conference at the University of California, Davis.

About 180 university faculty and administrators who work in international education and engagement are expected to attend “Lead Your Campus to the Top: Best Practices in Internationalizing the Campus” and pre-conference sessions.

When:

March 10, 11

Where:

51�ԹϺ�� Davis, Davis, California