Eleven Cornell students receive prestigious Fulbright awards for 2012-2013

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies is pleased to announce that 11 Cornell students, including three graduate students and seven graduating seniors and an alum have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for the 2012-2013 academic year.

This year's winners include Choumika Simonis, who will be teaching English in Indonesia, Michele Daukas, who will study peer-to-peer education concerning menstrual hygiene in India, and PhD student Catherine Kearns, who will conduct archeological research in Cyprus. All students awarded and summaries of their research projects are featured on the Einaudi Center's website at http://einaudi.cornell.edu/fulbright_program.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program offers recent graduates, graduate students, young professionals and artists unique opportunities for travel, study, and teaching, and Cornell University is among the top producers of winning applicants. The Fulbright program at Cornell is administered by the Einaudi Center, 158 Uris Hall.

To learn more about the program, email Fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu, visit the Fulbright website http://us.fulbrightonline.org, or attend the Fulbright Program information sessions, which will be held on:

Tuesday, October 16, 4:30pm, G08 Uris Hall for graduate students and
Monday, October 22, 4:30pm, G01 Uris Hall for undergraduates.