George Dong in a classroom in rural China

U.S. Student Fulbright grantee George Dong talks about the importance of education to Heqing Middle School students in the northeastern part of Yunnan Province where 95 percent of students are Chinese ethnic minority children.

Saturday Morning Storytelling

Storytelling
Fulbrighter Anna Clark leads a Saturday morning storytelling and poetry workshop with teen boys in Kawangware, a slum in Nairobi. They meet every week for Art Club.

Fulbrighter Bea Zengotitabengoa sits with research assistant Saliou Abdoulaye and Sina Dunwiru Bio Gera

Fulbrighter Bea Zengotitabengoa sits with research assistant Saliou Abdoulaye and Sina Dunwiru Bio Gera. Sina Dunwiru represents the indigenous Baatonou population in the Bariba Kingdom in Benin and holds the second position of power.

Anna Clark leads a workshop at iHub

iHub is a tech innovation and entrepreneurship incubator in Nairobi. As part of its weekly training program for members, Fulbright U.S. Student grant recipient Anna Clark led professional writing workshops.

David Pappano gathers statistical data

Gathering Data
As part of his doctoral research Fulbright U.S. Student grantee David Pappano studied male geladas (a type of baboon) in the Simien Mountains National Park in Ethiopia.

Sharief with Ahmed, a high schooler who helps out at the sports camp.

Sports Camp
Sharief El-Gabri taught English while participating in his Fulbright fellowship in Jordan. He also volunteered at a youth sports camp.

Bea Zengotitabengoa holds a soap sculpture

U.S. Student Fulbright grantee Bea Zengotitabengoa studied royal arts in the Bariba kingdom of Nikki in Benin, West Africa. She is pictured holding a soap sculpture. These sculptures are made as wedding gifts for new brides.

Neungin Middle School students

Neungin Middle School
Matt Miller received a 2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. Student fellowship to teach English as a second language to middle school students in Korea.

Christine Morrison and fellow Fulbrighters meet for a language course

Building Language Skills
Before arriving in Karlsruhe, Germany, Christine Morrison spent six weeks in Marburg for a language course with other Fulbrighters prior to beginning her chemistry research project.

David Pappano pictured in Fulbright swag

Fulbright U.S. Student Grantees
Fulbright U.S. Student grantee David Pappano is one of 39 U-M students who received a fellowship to conduct research abroad during the 2010-2011 academic year.

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Attention Students!
Announcing II Photo Contest 2013

Photo by Kaitlyn Charette, Edinburgh, ScotlandThe II holds a photo contest each year for students affiliated with the institute and its 17 centers and programs through a degree program, coursework, or funding for study and research abroad. The deadline for entries is October 21, 2013.

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