Archive for December 2012
December 21st, 2012: Holiday Opening Hours
The Fulbright Commission of Ireland will close today (Friday, December 21st, 2012) at 4:00 p.m. for the holidays.We will re-open on Monday, January 7th, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.We wish you all the best for a happy and healthy holiday season!
Read MoreDecember 20th, 2012: Fulbrighter to Present Debussy Feature on RTE's lyric fm The Snow is Dancing: Remember Claude Debussy by Therese Fahy
Fulbrighter Therese Fahy is presenting a documentary on Claude Debussy on Friday, December 28th, 2012 on RTÉ’s lyric fm.The documentary will air from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and you can listen live on http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/. With visits to Paris to explore Debussy’s cultural impact in the 150 years since his death, Therese will discuss and…
Read MoreDecember 19th, 2012: Call us on Skype! Our Skype Name is FulbrightIreland.
The Fulbright Commission of Ireland now has a Skype address, meaning you can call us from anywhere free of charge on your Skype account. Our Skype name is “FulbrightIreland.” We are available during our normal working hours, so please feel free to add us to your contact list. We are looking forward to hearing from…
Read MoreDecember 18th, 2012: Listen to Fulbrighter Daniel Forde Perform Daniel Forde Performs at Emerson College
Daniel Forde is a composer and musician from Dublin with a special interest in song-writing. He is attending Berklee College of Music, Boston to study Jazz Performance and Composition. Daniel recently performed at Emerson College as part of the “Writing the Film Musical” program. You can listen to a snippet of his performance here. Below…
Read MoreDecember 17th, 2012: Happy Holidays from the Fulbright Commission! Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and Wonderful New Year!
The staff of the Fulbright Commission of Ireland and EducationUSA would like to wish you Happy Holidays!To view our holiday card, please click here.Please note the offices will close on Friday, December 21st, 2012 and will reopen on Monday, January 7th, 2013. Best wishes for the New Year from all of us at Fulbright.
Read MoreDecember 14th, 2012: Social Entrepreneur Applications are Due in Two Months The Application Process for the Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship Closes February 14th, 2013.
The U.S. Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship is a unique opportunity to spend time at a U.S. university and to work closely with community leaders in the area of social entrepreneurship. This competitive award will provide the successful applicant with extensive and in-depth knowledge and experience in the areas of business ethics, negotiations, microfinance, corporate…
Read MoreDecember 13th, 2012: Save the Date for an EducationUSA Event in February EducationUSA will host an event on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 for potential undergraduate students
EducationUSA is Ireland’s only official source of information on educational opportunities in the USA and is hosting a half-day event in Dublin for secondary school students considering college in the U.S. EducationUSA is committed to providing Irish students with comprehensive and unbiased information on universities and colleges in the U.S. This event will aim to…
Read MoreDecember 12th, 2012: Fulbrighter to Speak Friday on the American Christian Right Dr. Matthew Sutton is to Deliver a Lecture at Dublin City University
Matt Sutton, a current US Fulbright Scholar at the University College Dublin, will speak this coming Friday, December 14th, 2012. The talk is entitled “Anticipating the Antichrist: The Rise of the American Christian Right.” Matt Sutton is an associate professor of history at Washington State University and visiting Scholar at UCD. At UCD he is…
Read MoreDecember 11th, 2012: Fulbrighter to Perform in Galway Fulbright Scholar, Paul Roe, to Perform as Part of Galway's Midwinter Festival
One of Ireland’s most esteemed clarinet players, Paul Roe, is performing in Galway on Friday, January 25th, 2013 at the Town Hall Theatre.Paul is a leading Irish musician who performs both with the clarinet and bass clarinet. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2008 to study and research at the Mannes College of…
Read MoreDecember 10th, 2012: Press Release, Fulbright-Schuman Awards Now Open for Applications
Fulbright-Schuman Awards Now Open for Applications Grants Available to Study, Research, or Lecture on EU-US Relations in the United StatesApply Now: Preliminary Applications Due February 1st, 2013 Monday, December 10th, 2012: The Fulbright Commission of Ireland has officially opened the competition for the 2013-2014 Fulbright-Schuman Awards. The Fulbright-Schuman Awards are monetary grants for EU students…
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