Stories
The Enthalpy of Change: Measuring Energy Released in the Lab and Experiences Gained in Life
Troy Munro is a recipient of a 2023-2024 Fulbright grant to Belgium, where he worked to develop education modules using decision-based learning and conducted research at KU Leuven. His research focuses on understanding the thermodynamics that control the shape of…
Discovering New Materials, LGBTQ+ Spaces, and Cultures through Fulbright Belgium
As the recipient of a 2023-2024 Fulbright fellowship to KU Leuven in Belgium, Alex Heyer expanded his dissertation work on the methane reactivity of copper and iron zeolites to investigate methods to abate the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere….
Old colleagues Create New Friends and Experiences in Hasselt, Belgium
Roland E. Kidwell was a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Belgium who worked on family business research with colleagues and doctoral students at the Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Firms at Hasselt University. Roland is professor of management and…
Learning How to “work to live” as a Fulbright Scholar in Belgium
Yaghoob (Amir) Farnam is an associate professor at Drexel University. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 2015. As the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award to Belgium, he spent five months in 2024 at Ghent University to develop…
Brussels to Boston: Theatre as a Medium for Transatlantic Exchange
Jade Thomas was a Belgian 2023-2024 Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher in Literature at Boston University. She is a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). In 2020, she obtained an MA in English and…
Visualizing a New Future: Computer Imaging and Culture in the US
Birgitt Peeters was a Belgian 2023-24 Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher in Biomedical Engineering at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School. As a PhD researcher at KU Leuven’s Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training, she specializes in…
Seeking Restorative Justice in Leuven
As a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to Belgium, Dr. Mara Schiff spent the 2023-2024 academic year focused on restorative justice teaching and research, using qualitative approaches to consider the relationships between restorative justice education, peaceable schools, and restorative cities….
Working Towards a Circular Carbon Economy in Boston
Kevin De Ras was a Belgian 2023-2024 Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher in Engineering at MIT. He is a chemical engineering PhD candidate in his final year at the Laboratory for Chemical Technology of Ghent University. His research focuses on the…
New Perspectives in New York: Studying Law at Columbia
Malik Baba was a Belgian 2022-2023 Master’s Student in Law at Columbia University. Malik Baba obtained a master degree in Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2016 and an advanced master degree in Company Law from the KU…
Law without Borders: From Belgium to New York to Berlin
Liselotte Kasse B’nicco was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Master’s Student in Law at NYU. She holds a Master of Laws degree from Ghent University (2021). She dedicated her studies to international and human rights law, participating in projects such as…
Becoming Bolder through Crossing Borders: Californian Living
Sven Van den Bossche was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher in Literature at the California State University, Long Beach. Sven Van den Bossche is a PhD researcher working on the intersections of literary studies and (trans)gender studies. His…
Sharing Knowledge and Culture in the Windy City
Tamaya Van Criekinge was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Research Scholar in Medical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tamaya Van Criekinge is a postdoctoral researcher in the department of Rehabilitation Sciences at KU Leuven, Campus Bruges. She holds…