The DAAD Alumni Association USA also conducts receptions in local communities in the U.S., and helps to host the annual Sound Understanding Concert [2] at Carnegie Hall.
[5] The DAAD Alumni Association's Prize for Excellence in International Exchange is awarded to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others.
The 2023 recipient of the award is John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History at the CUNY Graduate Center, Director of its Ralph Bunche Institute.
Mechthild Schmidt Feist,[9] Clinical Professor at New York University, School of Professional Studies,[10] is the 2023 President of the DAAD Alumni Association USA.
Sigrid Berka,[13] Professor of German; executive director, International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, is chair of the Excellence Award Committee.
Helena Kane Finn[17] a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights[18] was the 2022 President of the Association.