Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 20, 2006|Volume 35, Number 7

With 31 winners, Yale has most
Fulbright recipients this year

With 31 students receiving Fulbright grants to study or teach abroad, Yale is this year's "top producer" among institutions participating in the prestigious awards program.

The 60-year-old international exchange program, which is funded by Congress through the U.S. State Department, offers graduate students, scholars and young professionals an opportunity to conduct research, take courses or teach around the world. It also affords students from other countries the same academic opportunities in the United States.

The largest U.S. exchange program of its kind, the Fulbright this year awarded 1,300 grants to Americans in all fields of study. The program operates in more than 140 countries.

Since Fulbrights are only granted to individuals who have already earned their bachelor's degrees, only undergraduates in their senior year are eligible to apply. The grant is applied the following academic year.

Yale College also broke its own record for number of applicants, with 58 students applying for the 2006-2007 awards, according to Linda De Laurentis, who oversees the program for undergraduates. The number of current Yale College seniors applying for 2007-2008 grants is 62, she notes.

The projects being undertaken by this year's Fulbright Scholars include studying attitudes toward disabilities in a remote town in the Himalayas, translating a major collection of Syrian short stories from Arabic to English in Damascus, working to improve the water system in a rural town in Peru and conducting research on autism at the University of Cambridge.

The Yale Fulbright winners and the countries they will be working in are: Alexander T. Dadok, Peru; Andrea C. Ezie, Mauritius; Andrew S. Paster, Peru; Argenta M. Price, Argentina; Conroy L. Chow, Taiwan; Daniel B. Levin-Becker, France; Emily Wang, Belgium; Henri S. Benaim, China; Jennifer L. Barnes, United Kingdom; John D. Murray, France; Leslie J. Root, Russia; Molly C. Lubin, India; Nahaliel I. Kanfer, Syria; Olivia S. Haesloop, Germany; Sarah R. Cannon, Ghana; Tammer M. Qaddumi, Syria; Adam J. Franklin-Lyons, Spain; Alexis E. Ringwald, India; Caitlin E. Barrett, Greece; Christina H. Moon, Korea, South; Derek T. Chester, Germany; John C. Wei, Germany; Jonathan E. Kobrinski, Australia; Lea V. Bishop, South Africa; Manuel A. Somoza, Uruguay; Melissa E. Ingersoll, Germany; Olga K. Sooudi, Japan; Reilly R. Dibner, Ireland; Sarah Cameron, Kazakhstan; Sholly M. Gunter, Uganda; and Yana Ross, Lithuania.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Grant to aid creation of 'smart' nanodevices to deliver vaccines

Immunologist elected to Institute of Medicine

Former musician has found new passion in scientific research

Program to raise students' awareness of importance of academic integrity

Parents' Weekend Schedule

New center to support chemistry research aimed at fighting cancer

University names two new assistant chaplains . . .

Event honors recently retired plant biologist

Yale's Equal Opportunity Statement amended to protect gender identity

Yale Rep to stage alumna's comedy 'The Mistakes Madeline Made'

Show features homes that come with 'Some Assembly Required'

Beinecke Library exhibit focuses on the Little Review . . .

Yale Opera singers will stage annual program of opera scenes

Panelists will discuss their views on religion in public life

Program to improve physician training marks 30th year

International conference will explore . . . genome-wide studies

Symposium to explore impact of 'Bayesian Invasion' on phylogenetic biology

Youngsters to tackle scientific challenges at Yale Physics Olympics

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