In this week's edition, Center for the Study of Europe Director Cathie Jo Martin is awarded an NEH fellowship for a book project, a decoration ceremony was held for Prof. Vivien Schmidt's appointment as Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor, Pardee School faculty weigh in on the biggest global stories of 2018, Pardee School students create a students for the United Nations group, and Pardee professors in the media on Isis and religious terrorism, the global currency system, and CO2 emissions and international shipping.