EEB Graduate Student, Nicholas Russo, awarded a Fulbright-Hays Program fellowship

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program has awarded fellowships to nine UCLA graduate students and named two others as alternates, including the department's own Nicholas Russo, of the Thomas Smith lab.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Fulbright-Hays program gives doctoral candidates the opportunity to engage in the “comprehensive study of the aspects of a society or societies, including the study of their geography, history, culture, economy, politics, international relations and languages.” The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the U.S.

For the full list of UCLA awardees, please visit UCLA Newsroom.