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December 7th, 2012: Watch Hillary Clinton's Speech at DCU US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered a speech on Human Rights at Dublin City University
Yesterday, December 6th, 2012, the Fulbright Commission were delighted to attend Secretary Clinton’s speech at DCU. Secretary Clinton launched the new Insitute of International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction at Dublin…
Read MoreDecember 6th, 2012: We're Pinning! The Fulbright Commission of Ireland has set up a Pinterest Page.
Fulbright Ireland has recently launched its Pinterest page, which you can find at http://pinterest.com/fulbrighteire/. There is also a link to it on our home page. We are hoping that our…
Read MoreDecember 5th, 2012: Help Us Promote the Social Entrepreneur Award – Posters for Download Just Over Two Months Left to Apply for the Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship
We have produced a one-page flier on the Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship that you can download and share with interested friends and colleagues. You can download the poster here.…
Read MoreDecember 4th, 2012: Thanksgiving with the IFAA Fulbrighters Attend Annual IFAA Thanksgiving Event at NUIG
The Irish Fulbright Alumni Association hosted a festive Thanksgiving dinner at the Aula Maxima at National University Ireland, Galway on Friday, November 23rd, 2012. The event was attended by former…
Read MoreDecember 3rd, 2012: Irish Classes at UCONN Current FLTA, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh, Excites Irish Language Learners at the University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut’s campus newspaper, The Daily Campus, has written a great piece about Lisa’s Irish language courses that she is offering through her Fulbright Award.The article is available…
Read MoreNovember 29th, 2012: FLTAs Participate in Irish Immersion Weekend Current Irish FLTAs, Nóirín Ní Laighin and Gearóid Ó Duinn, Visit Kansas City on Irish Immersion Weekend
The Kansas City Irish Center in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted an Irish language Immersion Weekend during early November. Two Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) participated in the class. Gearóid…
Read MoreNovember 28th, 2012: Deadline Changed for Summer Institute, Now Two Weeks Earlier The Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship's deadline has changed; it is now two weeks earlier than previously stated.
Due to scheduling changes, the application for the Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship is now due on Thursday, February 14th, 2013. Please update your calendars to reflect this change. Although…
Read MoreNovember 27th, 2012: Save the Date for Lecture on Irish Contemporary Novels at Fordham Current Irish Fulbright Scholar to Give Lecture at Fordham Universit
Dr. Ellen McWilliams, a Fulbright Scholar who is lecturing and researching at the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham in New York, is giving a lecture on Tuesday, December 11th,…
Read MoreNovember 23rd, 2012: DIT Fulbrighter to Deliver Two Lectures Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Shannon Chance, to Speak at DIT's School of Architecture
Shannon Chance is giving two lectures on Student Learning and LEED in Dublin next week. Shannon Chance, current US Fulbright Scholar who is conducting research on innovative engineering teaching strategies…
Read MoreNovember 22nd, 2012: Fulbright Pianist to Perform Tonight at CIT Former Fulbrighter, Therese Fahy, is performing this evening at the Cork Institute of Technology.
Therese Fahy, one of Ireland’s foremost pianists and a Fulbright Scholar to the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, is performing the complete Debussy preludes at the Cork School of Music.…
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