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Awards and Honors: Nine Fulbrights Awarded to Scripps Students, Alumna in 2018
This spring, eight Scripps students and one alumna were awarded Fulbright Awards, prestigious grants that fund teaching, research, and study abroad. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the highly competitive, merit-based scholarship aims to foster cross-cultural dialogue and understanding and create global citizens. The program accords approximately 8,000 grants annually in over 140 countries and includes roundtrip transportation to the host country, funding to cover room and board, and accident and sickness health benefits. Since the program was established in 1946, 59 Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes and 82 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
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Professor Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Awarded Fulbright to Conduct Genetics Research in Poland
As a first-time applicant and winner of this highly prestigious award, Associate Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert will serve as a visiting faculty member and researcher at the University of Warsaw Institute for Genetics and Biotechnology in Poland beginning next fall.
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In the Media: Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists Scripps College Among Top 25 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
Scripps College is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education as a U.S. college credited with producing the highest number of student Fulbright recipients in the country for 2017–18, ranking among the Top 25 in its category.
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Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists Scripps College Among Top 15 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
Scripps College has been listed in the Chronicle of Higher Education as a Top 15 highest-producing institution of Fulbright student scholars for 2015-16.
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Annabel Barraza ’14 : Scripps Fuels Her
For Annabel Barraza ’14, there is nothing like being in the heart of back-to-back national presidential elections. Fascinated by politics and grassroots organizing, she spent her junior year exploring off-campus study opportunities in Washington, DC and Ecuador and learning how different political organizations work together across national borders.
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