A RATHFARNHAM man was one of 11 Dubliners to scoop a prestigious Fulbright Award recently.
Réamonn Mac Réamoinn was awarded the honour at a ceremony in Dublin Castle that was sponsored by US Fulbright alumnus, Dr Jack Pinkowski and his wife, Monica as part of The Gathering.
Since 1957, the Fulbright Awards are given annually by the Irish and US governments to provide Irish students, scholars, and professionals with the opportunity to study, lecture, and research at top universities and institutions throughout the United States.
In total 37 Fulbright Awardees were officially announced at the recent event.
As a Fulbright-CRH Student Awardee Réamonn will be utilising his experience as a senior engineer with Roughan and O’Donovan in the design of roads and bridges both in Ireland and abroad.
Réamonn plans to complete a Masters in Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University with a special focus on the behavior of long-span bridges under the influence of wind.
Among the other Dublin awardees are Professor Maria Baghramian, who is Head of the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin.
As a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University she will be researching and writing on the Neo-Pragmatist Turn in American Philosophy.
Matthew Jacobson is a musician, composer, and lecturer in the Jazz Department at the Newpark Music Centre who lives in Blackrock. He will go to Brooklyn, New York, researching creative music on his Fulbright Scholar Award at the School for Improvisational Music.
Ciarán � Braonáin will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Villanova University. Originally from Foxrock, Ciarán has been teaching Irish at University College Dublin, where he also completed a Masters in Modern Irish History and in Irish Language Journalism and Communications.
Neave O’Clery is completing her PhD in Mathematics at the Imperial College London and is originally from Sandymount. She will continue her research on the interface between network science and evidence-based strategies for economic growth at the Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Paul O’Connell is a Reader in Law at SOAS, University of London. Originally from Kilbarrack, he will research global development and human rights at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar Awardee.
Sandra Scanlon is a Lecturer in the School of History at University College Dublin and lives in Mount Merrion. Sandra will explore the interaction between foreign policy issues and the development of conservatism during the 1970s as a Fulbright Scholar at Emory University.
Ronan Sugrue is a medical doctor and graduate of both University College Dublin and the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. Originally from Mount Merrion, he will undertake a Masters in Public Health at Harvard University, studying quantitative research methods, international health policy, and economics while on his Fulbright Student Award.
Garret Sweeney has recently completed a Masters in Writing and Communications in Irish at University College Dublin. Originally from Rathfarnham, he will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Connecticut.
Speaking at the launch of this year’s Fulbright Awards, Patrick McDermott, Chair of the Fulbright Commission Board, said:
“Year after year, the Fulbright Awards attract Ireland’s top researchers, professionals, and graduates.
“With the breadth and expertise seen in this year’s winners I know that these current and future leaders will gain invaluable experience that they can share upon their return to Ireland.
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He added:
“I am especially delighted to see the Fulbright Awardees’ very topical areas of research that they will examine during their year in the US.