was held on April 15, 2025 at Mino Brasserie, 225 West 12th Street (at Greenwich Ave) New York, NY 10011. We honored the scholarship recipients in the presence of French Vice Consule Générale Myriam Gil. View the photos here and the video here.
This year’s recipients included:
William Boucher – Senior in the Dual Degree Program between Columbia University School of General Studies and Sciences Po, majoring in economics and government Niki Kapasouris – Master’s student at the Stevens Institute of Technology, majoring in financial engineering Esha Modi – Dual Degree Program between Columbia University School of General Studies and Sciences Po, studying financial economics, sociology, and politics Mohammad Shipon – Master’s student the Stevens Institute of Technology majoring in financial engineering Shaowen (Carol) Weng – Graduate degree in business intelligence and analytics at the Stevens Institute of Technology
We thank Cole McManus for his photography and video creation.
Mino Brasserie | 225 West 12th Street (Greenwich Avenue) New York, NY 10011
We look forward to honoring the Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation scholarship recipients in the presence of French Consul Général Cédrik Fouriscot.
Inwoo is a junior at the dual degree program between Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris, Campus du Havre, studying economics, politics, and government. Having joined the dual degree program with a profound interest in regional security as a South Korean native, Inwoo developed an interest employing tools intersecting international law and economics to advance peace in the international arena.
At Sciences Po Paris, Inwoo had the privilege to serve as the President of Havrais Dire, a political student association with the mission to inspire, connect, and provoke meaningful dialogue both within and beyond the Sciences Po community. At Columbia, he is serving as a research assistant at the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia Law School, analyzing the legal impetus behind the past, present, and future of the geopolitical dynamic in the Korean peninsula.
Inwoo is beyond honored to be part of the Jérôme Lohez 9/11 scholarship community and is looking forward to serving as the student ambassador of the scholarship foundation.
The Jérome Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation is now accepting 2024–2025 Scholarship Applications. Please find details on the Scholarship Application page.
NB: Deadline for applications is January 31, 2025.
The Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation was pleased to award scholarships to the 2023-2024 recipients on May 7, 2024 during a Cocktail Dînatoire at Café Un, Deux, Trois, in cooperation with the Paris American Club.
Fabrizio Dimino – Master’s degree in financial technology and analytics at the Stevens Institute of Technology
Inwoo Kim – Dual Degree Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po in economics, politics, and government
Elena Muglia – Dual Degree Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po in political science
Aditya Reddy – Master’s degree in finance at the Stevens Institute of Technology
Alex Heng Hao Zhang – Dual Degree Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po in economics and political science
The Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation, which endeavors to bring good from the tragedy of 23 years ago, looks optimistically to the future and requests the pleasure of your company to honor our 2023-24 scholarship recipients, joined by members of the Paris American Club.
The gala and scholarship awards dinner was held on Monday, May 9th at the National Arts Club. We were honored by the presence of French Deputy Consul General Damien Laban. Francis Dubois was his indomptable self in the role of Master of Ceremonies. Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of Columbia University’s School of General Studies, received the Jacques Barzun Award for Distinguished Contributions to Trans-Cultural Scholarly Exchange.
Violinist Chloé Kiffer, native of France, has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone” and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “…a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty” (April 2019). Kiffer feels as comfortable performing solo on the international stage as she does in intimate chamber settings. Performing solo and orchestra engagements across Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, Kiffer has appeared at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Hall, Tel Aviv Opera, and Beijing National Center. In October 2015, Kiffer made her Carnegie Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Stern Auditorium. Kiffer has collaborated alongside Philippe Muller, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Steve Doane, Timothy Eddy, Pavel Vernikov and the Emerson String Quartet.
The Dallas Morning News wrote of a performance by Russian-American pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine that he “played Brahms’ Op. 117 Intermezzi more beautifully, more movingly, than I’ve ever heard them. At once sad, tender and noble, this was playing of heart-stopping intimacy and elegance.” Mr. Moutouzkine has toured throughout Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, and North and South America, as well as in China and Japan. In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain, Cleveland Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Valencia Philharmonic, the Gran Canaria and Tenerife symphonies in the Canary Islands, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Panama, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic. International Piano magazine hailed his recital in London’s Wigmore Hall as “grandly organic” and “technically dazzling.” His performance of the Chopin Études in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was recorded live and released on the Classical Music Archives label in Russia.
May 9, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003
Violinist Chloé Kiffer, native of France, has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone” and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “…a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty” (April 2019). Kiffer feels as comfortable performing solo on the international stage as she does in intimate chamber settings. Performing solo and orchestra engagements across Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, Kiffer has appeared at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Hall, Tel Aviv Opera, and Beijing National Center. In October 2015, Kiffer made her Carnegie Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Stern Auditorium. Kiffer has collaborated alongside Philippe Muller, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Steve Doane, Timothy Eddy, Pavel Vernikov and the Emerson String Quartet.
The Dallas Morning News wrote of a performance by Russian-American pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine that he “played Brahms’ Op. 117 Intermezzi more beautifully, more movingly, than I’ve ever heard them. At once sad, tender and noble, this was playing of heart-stopping intimacy and elegance.” Mr. Moutouzkine has toured throughout Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, and North and South America, as well as in China and Japan. In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain, Cleveland Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Valencia Philharmonic, the Gran Canaria and Tenerife symphonies in the Canary Islands, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Panama, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic. International Piano magazine hailed his recital in London’s Wigmore Hall as “grandly organic” and “technically dazzling.” His performance of the Chopin Études in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was recorded live and released on the Classical Music Archives label in Russia.
May 9, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003
Chloé Kiffer, on violin, and Alexandre Moutouzkine, on piano, will play at the Annual Awards Ceremony.
Violinist Chloé Kiffer, native of France, has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone” and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “…a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty” (April 2019). Kiffer feels as comfortable performing solo on the international stage as she does in intimate chamber settings. Performing solo and orchestra engagements across Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, Kiffer has appeared at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Hall, Tel Aviv Opera, and Beijing National Center. In October 2015, Kiffer made her Carnegie Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Stern Auditorium. Kiffer has collaborated alongside Philippe Muller, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Steve Doane, Timothy Eddy, Pavel Vernikov and the Emerson String Quartet.
The Dallas Morning News wrote of a performance by Russian-American pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine that he “played Brahms’ Op. 117 Intermezzi more beautifully, more movingly, than I’ve ever heard them. At once sad, tender and noble, this was playing of heart-stopping intimacy and elegance.” Mr. Moutouzkine has toured throughout Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, and North and South America, as well as in China and Japan. In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain, Cleveland Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Valencia Philharmonic, the Gran Canaria and Tenerife symphonies in the Canary Islands, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Panama, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic. International Piano magazine hailed his recital in London’s Wigmore Hall as “grandly organic” and “technically dazzling.” His performance of the Chopin Études in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was recorded live and released on the Classical Music Archives label in Russia.
Mino Brasserie | 225 West 12th Street (Greenwich Avenue) New York, NY 10011
We look forward to honoring the 2025–2026 Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation scholarship recipients.
The Dallas Morning News wrote of a performance by Russian-American pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine that he “played Brahms’ Op. 117 Intermezzi more beautifully, more movingly, than I’ve ever heard them. At once sad, tender and noble, this was playing of heart-stopping intimacy and elegance.” Mr. Moutouzkine has toured throughout Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, and North and South America, as well as in China and Japan. In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain, Cleveland Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Valencia Philharmonic, the Gran Canaria and Tenerife symphonies in the Canary Islands, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Panama, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic. International Piano magazine hailed his recital in London’s Wigmore Hall as “grandly organic” and “technically dazzling.” His performance of the Chopin Études in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was recorded live and released on the Classical Music Archives label in Russia.