Issued by: Laura Hunt
414-229-6447
llhunt@uwm.edu
Date: Feburary 16, 2004
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Issued by: Laura Hunt Date: Feburary 16, 2004 |
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(Clockwise from top left): Greene, Hutz, Weber and Kahl. |
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MILWAUKEE – Already this school year, four UWM faculty members have participated
in or been accepted to various Fulbright programs, at universities in the Ukraine,
Japan, Mexico and Sweden.
Victor Greene, professor emeritus of history, and Reinhold Hutz, professor of biological sciences and Graduate School interim associate dean for research, were accepted to the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program. Jon Kahl, associate professor in the UWM atmospheric sciences program, received a traditional Fulbright scholarship, which allows a longer term of study. Ron Weber, UWM's Wilder Crane professor of political science, is serving as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.
Kahl’s four-month scholarship began in September. He conducted collaborative research with chemists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, called by some "the University of Mexico."
The team is exploring the processes of acid rain damage to ancient Mayan monuments in Veracruz, Mexico. "My job was to help them determine the meteorological aspects of the damage," Kahl says, "particularly with the influence of the sea breeze on chemical damage."
Weber is currently teaching in the American Studies Department at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. This is his third Fulbright scholarship. All courses he teaches focus on American government, and are offered in English to highly motivated students.
Weber says his students are interested in all aspects of American life. "They also see employment opportunities, perhaps working for major international corporations with interests in both the U.S. and Sweden," he says.
Greene, who retired last May, presented lectures on American history at Kyiv (Kiev) Institute Slavonic University in November. The university is a private institution that emphasizes international studies. Greene is the founder of UWM's Ethnic Studies program and played an instrumental role in establishing UWM's faculty exchange program with Charles University in Prague. This was his fourth scholarship from Fulbright.
Hutz will be teaching and continuing collaborative research with colleagues
at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. He will teach both graduate
and undergraduate students in the university’s Laboratory of Veterinary
Physiology. His research focuses on how exposure to environmental pollutants
affects the human reproductive system, particularly estrogen functioning.
Hutz’s trip also will include a public symposium on this topic. The environment
is an important concern in Japan because the small island is so densely populated,
he says.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and managed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Its purpose is to increase mutual understanding between people in the U.S. and those in other countries.
About 800 Fulbrights are named each academic year around the country, with different kinds of grants given: the traditional scholarship, which can include either teaching or research activities; the Senior Specialists Program, which is granted for shorter periods abroad; the New Century Scholars Program, in which academics and professionals assemble each year to address a topic of global significance; the Alumni Initiatives Awards Program, in which a partnership between two institutions is launched by the recipient; and the Distinguished Chair lectureship. The Distinguished Chair is offered to only 30-40 applicants each year, and targets recipients who are at the top of their professional field.
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