Archive for February, 2013
Intercultural Innovation Award
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and BMW Group announced the winners of Intercultural Innovation Award at the 5th Global Forum of the UNAOC in Vienna, Austria, on February 26, 2013.
István Tarrósy (’12 University of Florida), director of IDResearch Ltd. were given honorable mentions among the top 10 finalists out of more than 500 organizations from 92 countries with Immigropoly, a unique Internet-based character-game to increase the understanding of migration and integration in our global world, and targeted towards youth communities. It intends to encourage openness towards immigrants in a European and global context and enhance intercultural dialogue in an indirect way. It is not only a free-time activity, but also a versatile educational tool touching on various issues from the fields of Social Sciences.
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BORDERS Berlin Fulbright Exhibition
The BORDERS Berlin Fulbright Exhibition curated by Trevor Wallack Amery (’12 University of Pécs) & Linnea West (’12 Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art) is the first-ever exhibition of 9 current US Fulbright visual artist grantees in Europe, among them Julia M. Kunin(’12 University of Pécs). These artists express unique perspectives on navigating new cultural spaces informed by personal experience and an awareness of the complexities of cultural exchange in the multidisciplinary, thoughtful work on view.
Recent article by Linnea West in 2Paragraphs: Art and Awakenings In Budapest.
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AMERICANA – E-Journal of American Studies
Four Fulbright alumni: Ágnes Zsófia Kovács (’04 American Studies Summer Institute), Éva Federmayer (’93 Indiana University & ’07 University of Illinois), László Sári B. (’09 University of Rhode Island) and András Csillag (’87 Columbia University & ’99 Library of the American Hungarian Foundation) published in the recent issue of AMERICANA – E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary, supported and maintained by the Department of American Studies at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged.Continue Reading | Comments Off on AMERICANA – E-Journal of American Studies
Secretary Kerry Address at the University of Virginia
“We value education, promoting programs like the Fulbright exchanges managed by the Department of State. They enable the most talented citizens to share their devotion to diplomacy and peace, their hopes, their friendships, and the belief that all of the Earth’s sons and daughters ought to have the opportunity to lift themselves up […] Senator Fulbright knew that the value of sharing our proudest values bore fruit in the long run, in the future.” – Secretary of State John Kerry, in his first major speech on foreign policy.
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New Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Health Research
Public lecture by Michele Shedlin (’12 University of Szeged) on February 19, 2013 at the Campus Hungary Scholarship Fair in Szeged entitled: A Qualitative Approach for US Grant Applications: New Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Health Research. Chair: Katalin Nagy, President of the Hungarian Fulbright Alumni Association and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry.Continue Reading | Comments Off on New Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Health Research
America Day at Szent-Györgyi High
Ryan Smith (’12 ELTE Apáczai Csere János High School and Teacher Training Center, Budapest) was the guest speaker of the America Day at Szent-Györgyi Albert High School on February 12, 2013. The event was part of the High School Outreach Series organized by the American Corner Budapest.Continue Reading | Comments Off on America Day at Szent-Györgyi High
Lifelong connection
Weekly Heti Válasz interview in Hungarian with Károly Jókay, Executive Director and Huba Brückner, Director Emeritus on the past and the future of Fulbright Hungary.Continue Reading | Comments Off on Lifelong connection
The New Buffalo or the Old Swindle?
Public lecture by James Oberly (’12 Károli Gáspár University), Laszlo Orszagh Chair in American Studies on February 27, 2013 at Department of Public Policy, Central European University entitled: The New Buffalo or the Old Swindle? Oil & Gas & Mineral Revenues under today’s American Indian Lands and Waters. Chair: Károly Jókay, Executived Director, Fulbright Commission.Continue Reading | Comments Off on The New Buffalo or the Old Swindle?
Meet the Scientist Program continues
The 3rd season of the Meet the Scientist Program opened with the presentation of Kristóf Iván (’11 University of California, Berkeley) on bioengineering at the Budai Ciszterci Szent Imre High School. In the Spring semester 9 high schools (5 in Budapest and 4 in the countryside) will be visited by former Fulbright scholars and current U.S. grantees. Lectures will be followed by spectacular experiments presented by the Palace of Miracles.Continue Reading | Comments Off on Meet the Scientist Program continues
Young Innovators Award
Northern Arizona University associate professor of management Chris Scherpereel (’12 University of Debrecen) was member of the young innovators award international selection board.Continue Reading | Comments Off on Young Innovators Award
