University Times

Pitt tied for eighth place among U.S. public research universities in terms of the number of Fulbright U.S. student grant winners in 2014, and 17th among all research universities in the nation. The ranking was announced by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The following 2014 graduates from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, and the Swanson School of Engineering are Fulbright recipients:

— Zeba Ahmed, who earned her BA in Japanese and sociology, is conducting ethnographic research at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.

— Jacob Boehmer, who earned his BA in Russian and a certificate in Russian and East European studies, is serving as an English teaching assistant at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Russia.

— Andrew Fichter, who earned a Master of International Development, is serving as an English teaching assistant in Jordan.

— Erin Harrington, who earned a BA in history and Russian and a certificate in Russian and East European studies, is serving as an English teaching assistant at the Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism in Kazan, Russia.

— Kelsey Hughes, who earned a BA in English literature and English writing, is serving as an English teaching assistant for high school students in Madrid.

— Katherine Luke, who earned a BS in economics and a BPhil in environmental studies, was awarded a Fulbright United Kingdom Partnership Award to attend the University of Manchester in England. Luke is performing field research on land-use planning policies as well as undertaking coursework toward an MS in environmental governance.

— Mary Mallampalli, who earned a BA in philosophy, political science and Spanish, is serving as an English teaching assistant in Brazil.

— Rachel Meyer, who earned a BS in mechanical engineering, is performing field research on wind-energy technology and undertaking coursework toward an MS in wind energy at the Technical University of Denmark.

—Milton Pratt, who earned a BS in neuroscience, is performing research on anxiety disorders at the University of Crete School of Medicine in Greece.

— Kush Purohit, who earned a BPhil in neuroscience, is performing field research on the prevalence of diabetes in the native populations of the Rajasthan region of India.

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The following graduate students in the Dietrich School were awarded Fulbright grants:

— Madeline Eschenburg, a PhD candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, is researching and writing her dissertation in China. Eschenburg’s graduate research focuses on contemporary Chinese artists.

— Elise Thorsen, a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, is researching and writing her dissertation in Russia. Thorsen’s graduate research focuses on the Russian empire in the early 20th century, with a specific focus on the years surrounding the October Revolution.

— Holly Yanacek, a PhD candidate in the Department of German, is researching and writing her dissertation in Germany. Yanacek’s graduate research focuses on the emotional norms and practices of different sociocultural groups in imperial Germany at the end of the 19th century.