2022 Fall GBG: Global Buffs receive Fulbright awards

Global Buffs Receive Fulbright Awards

The following Global Buffs recently received a Fulbright study/research award:

Benjamin Friedman: 

Friedman graduated from CU Boulder in May 2021 with a double major in German studies and international affairs. While attending CU he interned as an assistant German teacher at the high school level and at a German-American think tank in Washington, D.C. Since then he has been ski instructing and enjoying the mountains in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

In Germany, he will be an English teaching assistant. He is looking forward to creating cross-cultural exchange with German students. Outside of the classroom Friedman hopes to engage in outdoor pursuits in and around Germany.

Attended the following program(s): 
EAE University of Regensburg (Regensburg, Germany) 
Global Seminar: Voices of Vienna (Vienna, Austria) 


Zeena Nisar: 
Nisar graduated from CU Boulder in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. Since graduating, Nisar has pursued her interests at the nexus of science and policy as a U.S. Fulbright student in Kyrgyzstan and Schwarzman Scholar in China. Nisar is currently a Schwarzman Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., where she is pursuing policy research on emerging biotechnology and biosecurity.
 With this Fulbright research grant to Brussels, Nisar plans to learn more about EU policy making by examining the EU's potential role in regulating cross-border genomic data sharing.
 
Attended the following program: EAE National University of Singapore