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Saving Fish through Institutional Partnerships: Rafaela Schinegger
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Saving Fish through Institutional Partnerships: Rafaela Schinegger

Fulbright Austrian Scholar and fisheries scientist Dr. Rafaela Schinegger spent a semester at Michigan State University exploring the impact of humans on rivers and river fish and how fish populations respond to different ecological stresses. While on her Fulbright grant, she initiated a new partnership entitled CROSSFISH, which connects her home university, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria (BOKU), with Michigan State.
Feature on US Fulbright Scholar alum and food scientist Andy Proctor's cooperation with NAWI Graz
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Feature on US Fulbright Scholar alum and food scientist Andy Proctor's cooperation with NAWI Graz

US Fulbright Scholar alum and food scientist Andy Proctor organized and taught seminars in communication and networking to NAWI Graz students. His home institution, the University of Arkansas, has written up a nice feature on this collaboration.
Agnes Scott College is one of our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship partner institutions
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Agnes Scott College is one of our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship partner institutions

We are excited to announce that Agnes Scott College is one of our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship partner institutions! Starting this fall, we'll be sending Austrian FLTAs to Agnes Scott (along with our other 9+ partner institutions).
Intercountry Lecture Program: Maureen Goggin is giving lectures at LMU, Munich and Andrássy University Budapest
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Intercountry Lecture Program: Maureen Goggin is giving lectures at LMU, Munich and Andrássy University Budapest

US Fulbright Scholar Maureen Daly Goggin, University of Graz/Arizona State University, will be giving a talk on “Writing Trauma in Pens of Steel and Inks of Thread” on June 1 as part of a Fulbright lecture series hosted by the Department for English and American Studies at LMU Munich. She was also invited to talk about “Women Hidden in Plain Sight: Race and Aging in Art and Life” by the Andrássy University Budapest, on May 11.
Talk: Fulbright-University of Klagenfurt Visiting Professor, Owen Mundy - "Free Market Privacy: The Increasing Commodification of Personal Data"
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Talk: Fulbright-University of Klagenfurt Visiting Professor, Owen Mundy - "Free Market Privacy: The Increasing Commodification of Personal Data"

Fulbright-University of Klagenfurt Visiting Professor, Owen Mundy, Florida State University, will be taking part in a data privacy symposium at the Bundeskanzleramt and will be giving a talk on "Free Market Privacy: The Increasing Commodification of Personal Data" on Friday, March 18, 2016, 11:00 am, Bundeskanzleramt, Kongresssaal, Ballhausplatz 2.
Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association, March 14.-17, 2016
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Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association, March 14.-17, 2016

The Austrian Studies Association is holding its annual conference in Vienna this week! Fulbright Austria is pleased to be co-sponsoring the event (along with Universität Wien, OeAD, Wien Museum, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, U.S. Embassy Vienna and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation) and to welcome the many alumni who will be participating in "Österreich – USA Künstlerischer und interkultureller Dialog" over the next four days.
BeSt3 - The Job and Education Fair March 3-6, 2016
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BeSt3 - The Job and Education Fair March 3-6, 2016
Lecture by Fulbright Austria Alumna, Prof. Alexandra Ganser, March 2, 2016
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Lecture by Fulbright Austria Alumna, Prof. Alexandra Ganser, March 2, 2016

Fulbright Austria Alumna, Prof. Alexandra Ganser, will be giving a lecture on "Stranger than TV Reading Twin Peaks as Prequel to the Y2K Television Series" on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 6:oo pm, Amerika Haus. Admission is free.
Newsletter March 2016
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Newsletter March 2016

Fulbrighters have been winning awards for their work on extraterritorial migration controls, saving freshwater fish, expounding on the pop cultural impact of Star Trek and more this year! Read about it in the March 2016 Fulbright Austria Newsletter.
US Fulbright Scholars Orientation, February 25-26, 2016
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US Fulbright Scholars Orientation, February 25-26, 2016
International Day, Montanuniversität Leoben January 11, 2016
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International Day, Montanuniversität Leoben January 11, 2016
Previous Fulbright Austria Newsletters
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Previous Fulbright Austria Newsletters

Fulbright Austria newsletters dating back to 2010 are archived on our website.
Fulbrighter wins Austrian Academy of Sciences 2015 Prize on Migration Research
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Fulbrighter wins Austrian Academy of Sciences 2015 Prize on Migration Research

Congratulations to Fulbright Austria Student Fabiane Baxewanos for winning the Austrian Academy of Sciences' 2015 Prize on Migration Research for her dissertation on “Closing the Gap: State Responsibility in Europe’s Extraterritorial Migration Control.”
Video: Fulbright Austria in Action
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Video: Fulbright Austria in Action

Have you ever wondered what kind of projects Fulbrighters in and from Austria are working on? This short video follows a few of our Austrian and American Fulbright students, scholars, teaching assistants (‎FLTAs and USTAs) and an alumna through their classrooms, labs and lives.
Screening "Where are We? Works by Fulbright Alumna Lisa Truttmann, December 9-10
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Screening "Where are We? Works by Fulbright Alumna Lisa Truttmann, December 9-10

Fulbright Austria Alumna Lisa Truttmann will be presenting a selection of short videos developed between 2013 and 2015 during her stay in the U.S.
Halls renew support for Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Austria
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Halls renew support for Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Austria

The Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation has extended its support for the Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe at the WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business with an award of $ 150,000 for an additional three years: 2016-17 to 2018-19.
International Fair TU Wien December 1, 10:00-15:00, 2015
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International Fair TU Wien December 1, 10:00-15:00, 2015

Fulbright Austria EducationUSA Educational Advisor Molly Roza and Program Assistant Elizabeth Akins will be participating in the International Fair at TU Wien (Freihaus, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10) on December 1, 10:00-15:00. Austrian Student Program Officer, Martina Laffer will be giving a talk on "Studieren in den USA mit Fulbright Stipendien".
Fulbright - Q21/MQ Artist-in-Residence Keith Kovach publishes "Vienna in the Winter"
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Fulbright - Q21/MQ Artist-in-Residence Keith Kovach publishes "Vienna in the Winter"

Fulbright Austria is pleased to announce that Keith Kovach, the 2015 Fulbright-Q21/MQ Artist-in-Residence from the University of Central Florida, has published a book entitled “Vienna in the Winter: A Visceral Experience of Time and Place" based on images he created during his grant from Fulbright Austria and Q21/Museumsquartier.
Botstiber Foundation Extends Funding for Fulbright-Botstiber Scholar Awards
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Botstiber Foundation Extends Funding for Fulbright-Botstiber Scholar Awards

The Austrian-American Educational Commission is pleased to announce the board of the Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation’s Institute for Austrian-American Studies has awarded the Austrian Fulbright Commission $ 120,000 to extend funding for Austrian and American Fulbright-Botstiber Scholar awards for an additional three years.
Talk: "Studieren in den USA - Fulbright - Stipendien und andere Optionen" November 24,2015
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Talk: "Studieren in den USA - Fulbright - Stipendien und andere Optionen" November 24,2015

Austrian Student Program Officer, Martina Laffer and EducationUSA Advisor, Molly Roza will be giving a talk on "Studieren in den USA - Fulbright - Stipendien und andere Optionen" at the OeAD (OeAD-GmbH, Ebendorferstraße 7, 1010 Wien) on November 24, 6 pm. Admission is free.
Editorial

Editorial: Welcoming new faces—A harmonious fall

3 October 2024

As we start the new program year, our executive director, Hermann Agis, warmly welcomes the incoming US and returning Austrian program participants and provides an overview of what the 2024–25 program year has to offer.