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2015 Pre-Departure Orientation for Belgian, Luxembourg and EU Fulbright Grantees
On Tuesday June 2, 2015 many of the Fulbright Belgium & Luxembourg and Fulbright-Schuman grantees who will be pursuing academic studies at numerous U.S. universities beginning this fall, attended a pre-departure orientation led by our one of our Program Managers,…
Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Sam Fox
The Fulbright Commission in Belgium and Luxembourg recently interviewed former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Sam Fox. Q: How did you apply your extensive experience in the business world to your time as an ambassador? A: Well, of course, in every…
Washington Fulbright Office visits Belgium and Luxembourg
Last week, Fulbright Belgium and Luxembourg welcomed two very special guests from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in Washington D.C.: Mary Kirk, Director of the Office of Academic Exchange Programs and Micaela Iovine ,…
Fulbright-NATO Chair of Security Studies Lectures on Transatlantic Relations in Finland
On February 11-12, 2015, Prof. Dr. Mark S. Sheetz, the current Fulbright-NATO Chair of Security Studies at the College of Europe, was invited to give lectures in Finland and did so last week under the partial auspices of Fulbright Finland….
2015 EU and NATO Seminar
Every year, U.S. Fulbright grantees from across Europe gather in Brussels, the capital of Europe, to attend the EU and NATO Seminar hosted by the Fulbright Commission in Belgium and Luxembourg. Participants learn about the structure and function of European…
U.S. Fulbright Grantees Mid-Year Seminar
On January 30, 2015, the 2014-2015 U.S. Fulbright grantees to Belgium and Luxembourg gathered at the Royal Library in Brussels to report on their findings and experiences so far whilst studying and staying in Belgium and Luxembourg.
…Fulbrighter Bart Boets proposes an integrative neurodevelopmental framework to reconcile conflicting theories about dyslexia
The phonological deficit hypothesis of dyslexia proposes that the core deficit of this hereditary reading and writing disorder lies in faulty mental representations of speech sounds. This hypothesis has recently been challenged by Dr. Bart Boets and his colleagues (Science,…
Fulbright Belgium and Luxembourg Orientation Briefing for U.S. Grantees
This year, 8 out of the commission’s 12 Belgium and Luxembourg based American grantees attended orientation in Brussels on the 18th. The grantees were briefed on life and culture in Belgium, and on the role and responsibilities of the commission….
A Tribute to Talent, BelCham Fulbright Reception in NY
On Friday September 12th, 35 people gathered at the Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York City to celebrate incoming Fulbright Scholars: Astrid Caporali, Hendrik Denys, Alex Koo Derudder, Thomas Gernay, Frederic Helsen and his wife came from Harvard in…
Fulbright Program Awarded Prince of Asturias Prize for International Cooperation 2014
The Prince of Asturias Foundation has awarded the 2014 Prize for International Cooperation to the Fulbright Program. The prestigious honor is given to an individual, institution, group of individuals or institutions whose work is outstanding in such areas as public…
3rd annual Transatlantic Dialogue
The Université Du Luxembourg hosted the 3rd annual Transatlantic Dialogue on June 4th- 6th at Neumünster Abbey Luxembourg; which was diligently coordinated by François Carbon, the Chargé de mission culture. The theme of the dialogue was “Connecting through Culture ‘A…
2014 Pre-Departure Orientation
On Tuesday, May 21st, the Fulbright Commission hosted a pre-departure meeting for the Belgian Fulbright recipients at the residence of the American Ambassador to Belgium. Fulbrighters attended an informative pre-departure orientation, had a small tour around the residence, and connected…