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CHAPEL HILL— Three professors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences have been given Fulbright Scholar grants for international teaching and research this year.

The Fulbright Scholar Program awards grants to college and university faculty to conduct research, teach or study abroad. The program maintains that the contributions of Fulbright Scholars are key to developing and strengthening international programs at colleges and universities around the world, and that such experience adds a global, multicultural dimension to traditional college curricula.

The scholars are:

· Dr. Marc Alperin, associate professor in the department of marine sciences. Alperin spent the summer lecturing on and researching controls on seafloor methane release at the University of Utrecht in Utrecht, Netherlands.

· Dr. Carl Ernst, professor in the religious studies department. Ernst will lecture and conduct research on pedagogy and methodology in Islamic Studies at the Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from January to June 2005.

· Dr. Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished professor in the religious studies department. Magness will lecture on classical archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from February to July 2005.

Recognized as the flagship program in international educational exchange, the Fulbright Program has awarded grants to more than a quarter of a million people since 1946. It is sponsored by the United States Department of State, with additional funding provided by the participating governments and host institutions in the United States and abroad.

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• Ernst: http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/faculty/ernst_carl.jpg
• Magness: http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/faculty/magness_jodi.jpg

College of Arts and Sciences contact: Dee Reid, 919-843-6339, deereid@unc.edu
News Services contact: Lisa Katz, 919-962-2093