AIEA Executive Director Darla Deardorff and Past President Harvey Charles co-authored the articles “The pandemic has shown us the imperative for global engagement in higher education” and "International educators must lead on anti-racist education" in Times Higher Education.

A number of AIEA members and institutions were presented with awards at the 2020 NAFSA conference. AIEA members Stephen C. Dunnett and Heidi Gregori-Gahan were awarded NAFSA's 2020 Life Membership Award for their career achievements in the field. Among the recipients of the 2020 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization were member institutions Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Campus; Emerson College; and University of California, Davis. The 2020 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award was awarded to three AIEA member institutions: Agnes Scott College for its Summit – Global Learning Program, DePaul University for its Global Learning Experience Program, and University of Maryland for its Year of Immigration Initiative.

Professional Development and Engagement Committee co-chair Erich Dietrich was quoted in the ABC news piece “Coronavirus leaves international college students in limbo over their futures.”

AIEA member Anthony Ogden co-authored the article "How COVID-19 could accelerate opportunities for IHE" in University World News.

With their 2020 AIEA Innovation Award selection, the International Office of the University of Calgary (led by AIEA member Janaka Ruwanpura) celebrates its second innovation award and sixth excellence award win since 2016.

Immediate Past President Cheryl Matherly was quoted in the CNN Health article "Why the impact of coronavirus could be particularly bad on college campuses."

AIEA Board Member Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, Executive Director Darla Deardorff, and members Lindsay Addington, Peter Baker, and Jennifer Evanuik contributed articles to the latest issue of IIE Networker.

A number of AIEA members—Past President William Brustein, Immediate Past President Cheryl Matherly, Cheryl Delk-Le Good, Phil Honeywood, Lindsay Addington, Rajika Bhandari—were quoted in the February 13 Inside Higher Ed article "Will Coronavirus Crisis Trigger an Enrollment Crisis?"

Executive Director Darla Deardorff and AIEA member Rajika Bhandari both had publications highlighted in EAIE's blog post "EAIE New Knowledge Alert: November 2019."

Toyo University received the Strategy Monitoring and Achievements Award at the IAU 2019 International Conference, Transforming Higher Education for the Future, which was held November 13-15 in Puebla, Mexico.

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly will deliver a keynote speech at the Westminster Higher Education Forum's policy conference "Growing international student numbers in the UK - recruitment, visa reform, student experience and career progression."

AIEA Past President John Hudzik contributed the essay "Higher Education Civic (Dis)Engagement and Internationalization" to NAFSA’s International Education in a Time of Global Disruption report (available for free).

AIEA Treasurer and Past President Gil Merkx was a keynote speaker at the Center of National Resource Center Directors Meeting in New Orleans, LA. 

AIEA member Joanna Regulska’s essay “The Changing Role of the SIO: New Directions in Internationalization and Student Success” was featured in the Fall 2019 issue of the IIENetworker magazine, The New Student: Shifting the Global Education Paradigm.

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly will deliver the keynote speech "The UK’s competitive position in the global HE market" at the Westminster Higher Education Forum's policy conference "Growing international student numbers in the UK - recruitment, visa reform, student experience and career progression."

Written by Executive Director Darla Deardoff, the Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability series entry Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles was published and made available through open access in August 2019.

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly co-authored the chapter "Linking Learning Abroad and Employability" in Routledge's Internationalization and Employability in Higher Education. This volume also includes a chapter co-authored by Executive Director Darla Deardorff titled "Cultural understanding as a key skill for employability."

The New York Times article "From Albania to Singapore, U.S. Students Look for Tailored Experiences Abroad" featured quotes and commentary from AIEA President Cheryl Matherly, Policy Advisory Committee chair Tom Bogenschild, and members Melissa Torres, Donald Rubin, and Andrew Gordon.

AIEA member Joanna Regulska was selected as the first-ever recipient of the Senior International Officer (SIO) Award from the Institute of International Education (IIE).

Members Elizabeth Brewer and Anthony Ogden co-authored the May 2019 Stylus publication Education Abroad and the Undergraduate Experience, which also features a foreword by AIEA member Brian Whalen.

AIEA member Brett Berquist was announced as a Keynote Speaker at The World of Work: IEAA Employability Symposium 2019. 

AIEA member Jeet Joshee co-led a book release for Kiran Marahatta’s book Nepali Who is Who in the USA and was interviewed for the event by Nepal24hours.com.

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly was quoted in The PIE News's article "US ushers in huge hike in SEVIS fee charged to international students."

AIEA member Rahul Choudaha was quoted in the SI News article "How are Chinese students being affected by the US-China trade war?"

Leadership Development Committee member Stephanie Doscher published a featured essay in University World News called "Why the future is bright for international higher education."

Past President Hilary Kahn was named Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs and Associate Vice President for International Affairs at Indiana University.

The April 2019 Stylus publication Integrating Worlds: How Off-Campus Study Can Transform Undergraduate Education is co-authored by AIEA member Malene Torp and features a foreword by member Jane Edwards.

AIEA members GianMario Besana, Ni Jadon, Jose Santiago, José Celso Freire Junior, Thomas Buntru, Kees Kouwenaar, and Michael Wilhelm presented at the FAUBAI 2019 Conference.

Work by AIEA members was featured in the April 21, 2019 issue of University World News . AIEA Member JY Zhou authored the article "How to engage faculty in curriculum internationalisation," while member (and 2019 Klasek Award recipient) Hans De Wit contributed to the featured editorial, "Internationalisation in Higher Education for Society."

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly led a plenary session at CONAHEC's 19th North American Higher Education Conference, where member Sean Manley-Casimir led an opening session; AIEA member Thomas Buntru also presented.

AIEA member Elaine Meyer-Lee delivered a plenary lecture entitled “The Value and Pedagogy of Global Learning for 21st Century Students" to mark the opening of the two-day conference "Global Education for All: Renewing Our Vision" at Goshen College.

Karin Fischer's Chronicle of Higher Education article "How International Education’s Golden Age Lost Its Sheen" features quotes from AIEA members Ahmad Ezzeddine, Hans de Wit, Joanna Regulska, Patti McGill Peterson, William Brustein, and Patricia Juza.  

Immediate Past President Penelope Pynes presented at APAIE 2019 Malaysia along with members Linda Angell, Shingo Ashizawa, Katherine Belov, Lee Sternberger, Darren Schemmer, Downing Thomas, Jason Cushen, Brent White, Judy Peter, Joanna Regulska, Regine Legault-Bouchard, Margaret de Lange, Douglas Proctor, Peter Mascher, Karen Schwartz, Amy Conger, Hsiu-Zu Ho, Katherine Beaumont, Edilio Mazzoleni, and Ivor Emmanuel.

Congratulations to all the AIEA member institutions awarded NAFSA's 2019 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization! Among the honorees of the 2019 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization were Kirkwood Community College, Miami University, and West Virginia University. The 2019 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award was given to SUNY Buffalo State (for the International Professional Development Schools Consortium), the University of Evansville (for UE Builds: Local and Global), and Virginia Tech (for the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program). 

An article entitled "Commercialization of Internationalization: Context, Trends, Limits, and Dangers" by AIEA Past President John Hudzik was included in the March 2019 NAFSA Senior Fellows publication Internationalization in a Time of Disruption.

AIEA Past President Sabine Klahr and AIEA member Hilary Landorf co-authored the article "Global Learning Inspires College-Level Mathematics" in the January/February 2019 edition of AAC&U News. 

AIEA member Rahul Choudaha was quoted in the article "US colleges fret over fall in Chinese students" on China.org.cn.

AIEA President Cheryl Matherly and Past Presidents William Brustein and Susan Buck Sutton presented at the IIE Summit 2019 along with members Mark Algren, Tim Barnes, Angela Bell, Rajika Bhandari, McKenna Brown, Mary Catherine Chase, Dan Davidson, Jennifer Engel, Cheryl Francisconi, Athena Fulay, Jane Gatewood, Wondwossen Gebreyes, Andrew Gordon, Gundolf Graml, Stephen Hanson, Donald Hempson, Chad Hoseth, Dale LaFleur, Rick Lee, Wesley Milner, Rick Nader, Clare Overmann, Suzanne Panferov Reese, Joanna Regulska, and Don Rubin. 

Member institutions Agnes Scott College, Lehigh University, the University of Evansville, and the University of South Florida were named among the Heiskell Award Winners at the IIE Summit 2019. 

AIEA member Rahul Choudaha was interviewed on immigration policy for the U.S. News and World Report article "Immigration Sting Could Hurt U.S. Reputation" and the PIE News article "US: Fake 'Uni' Sting Could Harm Int'l Numbers."

As detailed by the Times of India, AIEA member Jun Liu met with leaders from Panjab University to discuss Stony Brook University and PU's Joint Institute of Sustainability Development.

In an article published by CNBC-TV18, AIEA member Rahul Choudaha examined the study-abroad trends of students from India.

Choudaha was also interviewed by Business in Vancouver on the effects of the Huawei backlash on international education in British Columbia.