Four UC Davis faculty receive Fulbright Scholar Grants- Four faculty members from UC Davis have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for 2008-2009 to teach and conduct research in different countries. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the program aims to build a better understanding between people in the U.S. and other nations through education. (Dateline, dateline.ucdavis.edu, November 21, 2008)

Fulbright Adventures Abroad - For the 2007-08 academic year, a record seven of 21 UC Davis applicants were offered the award, and five accepted. Those five have been conducting research in Australia, Germany, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. For the 2008-09 year, 11 UC Davis students and graduates from among 28 applicants have been offered Fulbright awards. Taken together, the 11 propose to travel to five continents to study subjects as varied as bicycle dynamics in the Netherlands and ethnomusicology in Thailand. www.ucdavis.edu May 2008