Please note that the Fulbright Academy has a new fax number. The number is 1.815.846.1756. This is a fax-to-email number - it converts your fax into a PDF file, allowing us to move closer to being a paperless office.

The Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology is an independent organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging Fulbright scholars and other leaders in partnerships that advance science and society. We help innovative ideas come to fruition by building ties, by supporting individual growth and by advocating for science and technology. It was established by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program.

Dr. Anil Mandal of Florida was the first person to register for our Annual Conference, which will be on March 1-4, 2007. Dr. Mandal is a consultant nephrologist with hospitals in northeast Florida and is also affiliated with the medical schools at the University of Florida in Jacksonville and the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He will be presenting research on diabetes.

As an incentive to register early, we have reserved special gifts for the first 25 Fulbrighters to register. As with our other programs, the conference is open to alumni, hosts of Fulbrighters, and interested members of the public.

The 2007 Conference includes field trips, seminars and opportunities for Fulbright scholars, alumni and leaders in science and society to present their research and discuss their work. Opening speakers include Sir Harold Kroto (Nobel Prize in Chemistry) and Federico Humbert (Panama’s Ambassador to the United States).

The conference addresses topics relating to economic development, education, medicine, and environmental sustainability. The framework of the UN Millennium Development Goals, eight broad goals adopted by the United Nations designed to galvanize international development efforts. On Thursday, we will have workshops on criminology and marine conservation.

We expect 250-300 participants: scientists, researchers, government officials, teachers, students, and friends. Please recall that “science” includes social science and related disciplines, such as political science, psychology, public administration, business management, law etc. Also note that the conference is in Panama City, Panama, not the vacation desitination for college students: Panama City, Florida.

In conjunction with the conference, FAST is publishing a collection of essays - reflections on Fulbright exchanges between the United States and Latin America. We are currently seeking authors from all disciplines to write essays. Information available at www.fubright-LA.com.

Registration for the four-day program $400, with discounts for members and lower income individuals. Registration covers workshops, tours, and most meals. Hotel accommodation is less than $100/night, and a room-sharing service is available.

We are pleased to introduce three new members of the Academy's board of directors.

The Board is holding its fall meeting on Washington, DC on Friday and Saturday, November 3 & 4. If you would like to meet with members of the Board on Friday morning, simply send a reply to this message and we will include you on the invitation list.

Dennis Anderson is Associate Dean and Professor at Pace University. He received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University. He also received an Ed.M. in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University. In addition, He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University. In 2005, he attended Harvard University's Institute for Management and Leadership in Education Program. He has presented at numerous international conferences in the areas of computer science, information systems, and distance and mathematics education. He has been named to the roster of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's Fulbright Senior Specialist (2002-2006) program as an expert in information technology. Prior board service includes the Microsoft Faculty Advisory Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Editorial Board, CIO Executive Programs, Computerworld’s Strategic Programs, NYC Department of Education’s Academy of IT. In 2004, he was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, in Graz, Austria. Recently, he was also a Visiting Professor at the Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium, where he gave lectures on E-Business. He is a member of the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) Champions Network.

Marianne Hattar-Pollara is professor and the associate dean for research and graduate programs at Azusa Pacific University in California. Her three decades of academic and professional services have significantly contributed to the knowledge base of women’s health at both the national and international levels. She is recognized for her expertise, research and innovations in women’s health, particularly that of immigrant women. Her research and publications examine cross cultural and global women’s health issues and international nursing. At Azusa, she has developed and achieved full accreditation for the Nursing Ph.D. program. Previously, she held a faculty position at University of California Los Angeles, a joint clinical nurse specialist/lecturer position at the University of California Irvine Medical Center, a researcher and clinician position at the University of California San Francisco and a faculty and interim chair position of the Masters’ program at Dominguez Hill California State University. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She received her master degree in psychiatric nursing from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her Fulbright research involved using saliva cortisol to investigate Jordanian women’s physiological stress responses. Marianne is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). She holds Jordanian and American citizenship.

Louise Shaxson is science policy consultant, working primarily for government agencies in the UK. She trained as an agricultural economist, winning her Fulbright scholarship to study for her MS at Cornell University in 1988-90. She then worked for eight years as a micro-economist on pest management and natural resource management projects for the Natural Resources Institute; with a brief that stretched from Indonesia to Latin America. She then worked at the UK’s Department for International Development, managing interdisciplinary research. For the past several years she has been lead adviser to the project on evidence-based policy making at the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DeFRA); developing a strategic overview of the Department’s evidence base for policy, and working closely with policy makers to identify the key criteria that make such evidence robust. She has also been closely involved in the design and delivery of DeFRA’s Evidence & Innovation Strategy and the evidence-base for DeFRA’s Sustainable Consumption and Production policy. She also regularly lectures on evidence-based policy making at the UK’s National School for Government. She lives in Dorset, UK.

The Fulbright Academy is a non-profit membership-based organization that serves scientists, executives, and scholars worldwide. Our sponsors and supporters include institutional and individual members, Fulbright alumni groups and commissions, corporations/businesses, and foundations.

After three years of operation, the Fulbright Academy has a growing membership base. By joining the Academy, you will be supporting our work - our conferences, the study committees, and our Fulbright Forums. You will receive invitations to special events, and we also help members link up with other Fulbrighters in their respective fields. Individual memberships start at $60, with reduced rates available for students, retired individuals and those living in low- and middle-income countries.

Institutions in the US and elsewhere are collaborating with the Academy on several projects and programs. These collaborations typically are funded by a grant or contract from a foundation or agency. The first step is in this process typically is joining as an institutional member. Information on institutional memberships is available on our website.

This newsletter contains original material as well as information gleaned from internet-based resources. The Fulbright Academy is not affiliated with the US State Department, the US Fulbright Association or the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. We are independently funded, and so your support is very important to us.

As a fellow grantee of the Fulbright program (Germany '89), I look forward to having you as a member and participant.

Sincerely,

Mr. Eric S. Howard, Executive Director