3 UNL professors to travel abroad in early 2008 on Fulbright scholarships

Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members will begin study-abroad excursions early next year as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program, administered by the U.S. Department of State. Fulbright Scholars include Alexandra Basolo, professor of biological sciences; Elvis A. Heinrichs, adjunct faculty in entomology; and Peter Zsolt Revesz, professor of computer science and engineering.

In February, Basolo will begin a four-month Fulbright lectureship at the University of Padova, west of Venice, Italy. She will expand upon research in behavioral and morphological traits that she has conducted at UNL, learn new research techniques and teach two graduate seminars. She will also help organize an international conference on Poeciliid, a group of live-bearing fishes.

Heinrichs, a research professor in entomology, will travel in January to Sinos Valley University in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, to lecture and research on integrated pest management. He will return in March.

From February to June, Revesz will lecture and research on constraint database applications in bioinformatics and geoinformatics at the University of Athens in Athens, Greece.

The Fulbright program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the Fulbright program has exchanged approximately 273,500 scholars. The program operates in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad in 2007-08 through the Fulbright Scholar program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.

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