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My Fulbright Year at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania
It was a great privilege and honor to be selected as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) in 2014. As I looked back on my Fulbright experience at Ursinus College four years later, I could see more clearly the many blessings that I received throughout my ten-month stay
Reflections of a Southern Girl on her First Trip to Taiwan
Reflecting on our two-week journey to learn more about the rich history of Taiwan, I am thankful to be a part of the first International Educators Administrators (IEA) program for Fulbright Taiwan. I hope to give back by taking what I have gained and building upon it: I
Air Quality in Taiwan
I’m a Senior Scholar and visiting researcher who studies air pollution in the College of Public Health at National Taiwan University. My primary appointment is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, where my research group applies quantitative methods to track the emissions, transformations, and fate of gases
Charting the Evolution of China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Financial Services in a Sea of Digital Disruption
Every morning when I woke up in my apartment on the campus of National Tsinghua University in Hsinchu, I was greeted by the sound of singing birds. I lived in a faculty residence inside the lush NTHU campus with its rivers, lakes and rolling hills, sheltered from Hsinchu’s
Peilei Fan: Urbanization and Environmental Change: Comparative Analysis of Taipei and Shanghai
Being an expert in urban development condition of East Asia, Peilei Fan spent the first half of her Fulbright Cross-strait Studies grant in Taipei, Taiwan. She developed an urban development index and framework, and will continue her research in Shanghai, China. In the video, she also shared her observations and
Reflections: Track in Taipei
My Fulbright experience in Taiwan has allowed me to pursue a master’s degree in International Studies and explore different facets of student life in Taipei. One of the ways I have involved myself in the campus community at National Chengchi University has been by joining the track
Jennifer Huang: Weaving Identity: Atayal Textile Practices in Taiwan
Art and culture is one way to preserve, promote and respect indigenous cultures and their histories. Jennifer Huang studied indigenous Atayal weaving in Taiwan and created artworks for two exhibitions inspired by this experience. Her work aims to reflect the cultural narratives that textiles can unravel. Jennifer Chen-su Huang is
Tricia Lin: Indigenous Studies, Gender Studies, and Feminism
Inspired by the scholarly exchange and production of the indigenous knowledge in National Dong Hwa University, Tricia Lin spent her Fulbright year in the beautiful part of Taiwan, Hualien. She offered a course in postcolonial feminism and held several speeches on related issues. Not only did the given lectures caused
Margaret Lewis: Taiwan’s Criminal Justice Reforms and Possible Implications for the PRC
In her year as a Fulbright Scholar, Professor Margaret Lewis looks at legal reforms, with respect to criminal justice and human rights, on Taiwan’s domestic changes as well as cross-strait relations. Seeing reforms on a day-to-day basis, Professor Margaret Lewis has not only witnessed significant underground changes but also got
美國之旅:文化、復健、活躍老化與長照
Dr. Winstein在經過主持臨床試驗以及相關研究之後指出，目前發展出許多針對慢性中風的新興治療手法，研究顯示有成效，但沒有比控制組來的顯著有效，這樣的結果引發下一步研究重點的討論，在進行大型研究之前，有必要回過頭再好好的檢視這些治療手法中的主要治療要素，其改善中風患者表現的機制為何？唯有將各治療要素產生成效的機制深入瞭解之後，才能更清楚的結合各種要素，以達到更有效的治療成果。
