Archive for October, 2012
Iron Curtain Memorial – Paneuropean Picnic
U.S. Fulbright grantees from Austria and Hungary met at the site of the so-called Paneuropean Pinic on the Austro-Hungarian border on October 12, 2012. Prof. László Vass (’95 American University), Rector of the Budapest College of Communications, Business and Arts and former president of the Hungarian Fulbright Alumni Association was the highest ranking Hungarian government official at the Paneuropean Pinic on August 19, 1989. At this occasion, he shared his personal memories of that noteworthy event.The group also visited the city of Sopron, the Esterházy-Palace in Fertőd and the Benedictine Monastery in Pannonhalma.
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44th Fulbrighter to win the Nobel Prize
Congratulations to British Fulbright alumnus Dr. John B. Gurdon (’61 Caltech), recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the 44th Fulbrighter to receive a Nobel Prize!
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World Teachers’ Day 2012
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program Celebrates World Teachers’ Day 2012. Bea Erdélyi (’09 Wheaton High School, MD): “I became more open to new ideas and methods of teaching and much more willing to try new things in my own classroom”.Continue Reading | Comments Off on World Teachers’ Day 2012
Spotlight on Contemporary Hungarian Poetry
An interview with Andras Gerevich (’01 Dartmouth College). Check also his website at www.andras.gerevich.hu
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Fulbright Alumni Visit to Brussels
Hungarian Fulbright Alumni organized a 4-day visit to the NATO HQ; U.S. Mission to the EU; Embassy of Hungary, Belgium; European Parliament; Representation of Hungary to the EUThe group was hosted by among others Erika Antal (’00 Harvard University, student), Chair of the NATO Investment Committee and Tamás Iván Kovács, (’02 Tufts University, student), Ambassador of Hungary to Belgium and Péter Nikolicza (’08 Harvard University), Permanent representation of Hungary to the European Union
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