2017-2018 Penn Fulbright Finalists

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Penn students and alumni are starting to be offered Fulbright grants for the 2017-18 academic year.  This list will be updated as we hear back from host countries over the next several months.  See this story for the 2016-17 Finalists.

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Fulbright finalists for grant year 2017-2018 will be announced on a rolling basis this spring and posted here as we learn about them:  

Fulbright Study/Research Grant

• Caitlin Clements (GAS, Chagrin Falls, OH) to Sweden "Identifying Predictors of Severe Depression using Genomic and Registry Data"
• Elizabeth Dresselhaus (COL '17, Boulder, CO) to The Netherlands "Quantum Computing Theory of Majorana Fermions"
• Jacquelyn Greiff (GSE, Baltimore, MD) to Bosnia & Herzegovina "I am the Rest: Negotiating Belonging among University Students in Bosnia-Herzegovina"
• Matthew Kelemen (COL '17, Ridgefield, CT) to South Korea for a Graduate Degree in Korean Studies 
• Aimee Knaus (COL/WH '17, Amman, Jordan & Lynchburg, VA) to Oman "Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Sustainable Tourism Development"
• Christopher Magoon (MED, Canton, OH) to China “Evaluation of eye exercises in preventing myopia advancement in Chinese children”
• Sonita Moss (GAS, Kalamazoo, MI) to France "In Search of a Dream? Black American Expatriates in Paris"
• Jocelyn Perry (COL '13, Haddonfield, NJ) to Malawi for a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
• Jordi Rivera Prince (COL '16, Holland, MI) to Peru "Recuperación de Voces Perdidas: Bioarchaeology of the Moche People"
• Harrison Schley (GAS, Philadelphia, PA) to Japan "Merchants and the Art Market: Authorship and the Movement of Edo Period Ceramics"
• Thomas Tearney (GAS, Denver, CO) to Austria "Wege der Verheißung: Time and Prophecy in Franz Werfel and Joseph Roth"
• Sarah Winton (COL '17, Edina, MN) to Jordan "Remittances: The Decision-Making Process for Determining End Uses"

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program (ETA)

• Alex Aronovich (WH '16, Plymouth, MN) to Brazil
• Charles Du (EAS/WH '17, Excelsior, MN) to Taiwan
• Claire Elliot (COL '17, Philadelphia, PA) to Malaysia 
• Stephanie Felt (COL '17, Scarborough, ME) to South Korea
• Jesus Fuentes (COL '15, Stockton, CA) to Mexico
• Michaela Kotziers (COL '17, Fleming Island, FL) to Germany
• Sophie Litwin (COL '17, Rumson, NJ) to Mexico
• Sofia Medrano (COL ’17, San Clemente, CA) to Spain
• Leora Mincer (COL '17, New York, NY) to India
• Jonah Rosen (COL'17, Potomac, MD) to Russia
• Jessica Williams (GSE '13, Springfield, PA) to Italy

The Fulbright Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide, is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.  For the past several years running, the University of Pennsylvania has been a top-ten producer of Fulbright Students among U.S. colleges and universities.  Last year, 22 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards were awarded to Penn students and alumni to conduct independent research, pursue graduate study, or teach English abroad.  

The individuals listed above will be magnificent additions to the ranks of Penn “Fulbrighters,” who now number over 250 since CURF’s founding in 2001.  Potential future Fulbrighters (undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni) are encouraged to call CURF at 215-746-6488 to schedule an appointment with Penn’s Fulbright Advisor, Lauren Orr (lorr@upenn.edu), and to take advantage of the support CURF offers to all Penn applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

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