CU students win 13 Fulbrights and 4 Fulbright-Hays grants for 02-03

Prestigious, government-funded Fulbright grants and Fulbright-Hays doctoral dissertation fellowships for the 2002-03 academic year have been awarded to a number of students at Cornell.

Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays fellowships are awarded on a nationally competitive basis to U.S. citizens, nationals and permanent residents who are graduate students or will have earned their bachelor's degrees prior to September 2002. Fulbright grants are for research abroad. Fulbright-Hays grants are specifically for students who will be conducting dissertation research overseas. Both grants cover travel and living costs, any necessary tuition at overseas universities, health insurance and a variable research allowance for the projects.

The U.S. Congress created the Fulbright program in 1946, immediately after World War II, to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange. Sen. J. William Fulbright, sponsor of the legislation, saw it as a step toward building an alternative to armed conflict. The U.S. student program awards approximately 900 grants annually and currently operates in over 140 countries worldwide.

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program was established in 1961 as part of the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act to promote, improve, and develop modern foreign lan
guages and area studies throughout the educational structure of the United States. The program provides opportunities for scholars to conduct research abroad in the field of modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. Approximately 115 grants are awarded annually for research projects focusing on Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, Canada, Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

The Fulbright Program at Cornell is managed by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 170 Uris Hall. For information call 255-6370 or see http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu . The Fulbright-Hays Program at Cornell is managed by the Graduate School. For information contact Sarah Hale, 143 Caldwell Hall, 255-5818, ssh2@cornell.edu .

The Cornell students who have received and accepted Fulbright grants for 2002-03 -- along with their class years, graduate majors, hometowns, project titles and countries of study -- are:

• Ame' J. Brewster, B.A. '02, political science, from College Station, Texas, "The Role of Political Party Development in Newly Developing and Democratizing States: A Comparative Study of Croatia"; Croatia.

• Christopher Carrick, doctoral candidate, urban development planning, from Ithaca, N.Y., "Negotiating the Future: Treaties, Reconciliation and the Future of First Nations in British Columbia," Canada.

• Elana Chipman, doctoral candidate, anthropology, from Israel, "Taiwanese Pilgrimage in the Global Age: Negotiating Identities Through Movement," Taiwan.

• Alexandra Denes, doctoral candidate, anthropology, from Evanston, Ill., "Recovering Khmer Ethnic Identity From the Thai National Past," Thailand.

• Graham R. Green, B.A. '02, cultural and intellectual history, from Pittsburgh, "The Culture of Operatic Representation in post-Risorgimento Italy," Italy.

• Alexander D. Hart, MLA/MRP candidate, urban development planning, from Seattle, "Discovering the Copenhagen Approach to Urban Design," Denmark.

• Jessica Milgroom, B.S. '02, agriculture, from Ithaca, "Study of Biological Control of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases," Spain.

• Richard Ruth, M.A. in history '01, southeast Asian history, from New London, Conn., "Thailand's Involvement in the Vietnam War: Historical Lessons and Legacies, 1965-1991," Thailand.

• Matthew J. Salganik, doctoral candidate, sociology, from Columbia, Md., "Mathematical Methods in Sociology," Netherlands.

• James Schryver, doctoral candidate, archaeology, from Voorheesville, N.Y., "The Archaeology of Frankish Cyprus: Colonialism or Convivencia?" Cyprus.

• Nohemy Solorzano, doctoral candidate, Latin American literature, from South Miami, Fla., "Act Like a Man: Portrayals of Lower Class Men in Mexico City," Mexico.

The Cornell doctoral students who have received and accepted Fulbright-Hays grants for 2002-03 -- along with their graduate field, project titles and countries of study -- are:

• Richard Ruth, history, "Thailand's Involvement in the Vietnam War: Historical Lessons and Legacies, 1965-1991," Thailand and Vietnam.

• Bjorn Sletto, city and regional planning, "Fire Breaks: Conservation Planning, Place-Making and Fractured Identities in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela," Venezuela and Brazil.

• Laurie Vasily, education, "Partnership for Dalit Empowerment: A Collaborative Adult Literacy Education Curriculum Project in Nepal," Nepal.

• Simeon Wiehler, development sociology, "Street Children in Uganda: A Community-Level Analysis of the Social Determinants of Street-Childism," Uganda.

Students Damon Lee, Richard Ruth and Laurie Vasily were awarded Fulbright grants in 2002-03 but chose not to accept them. Ruth and Vasily declined in order to accept the Fulbright-Hays grants listed above.