Nazareth Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Fulbright Award

June 27, 2007

Nazareth College is proud to announce that the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Professor of Biology Matt Temple, a resident of Irondequoit, to receive a 2008 Fulbright Teaching Award. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

Dr. Temple is traveling to the Semmelweis University Health Care Faculty in Budapest during the spring 2008 semester. Through an undergraduate lecture course, a series of computer-based workshops, and collaboration with informatics faculty at Semmelweis, he will teach biomedical informatics and genetics, and collaborate with Semmelweis faculty on integrating these topics into undergraduate health care and science programs.

Informatics is a powerful tool in the biomedical sciences for archiving, comparing, and sharing genetic data and the corresponding scientific and clinical literature for basic research, medical practice, and health care education. The language of genetics is common throughout science and health care around the world – despite linguistic, cultural, ethnic and political differences, offering a superb opportunity for international collaboration. Temple will take advantage of this unique opportunity by building upon his teaching experience in bioinformatics and human genetics at Nazareth College to teach and collaborate with the Semmelweis faculty.

"Genetics is a truly international language. The opportunity to work with my colleagues at Semmelweis in this language to enhance health and science education at both of our institutions is intellectually challenging and at the same time personally exciting. I hope this Fulbright semester will usher in an era of rewarding collaboration in bioinformatics," says Temple.

Temple is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program including colleague Scott Campbell, assistant professor of philosophy of Rochester, N.Y. Campbell will teach courses in American philosophy at the University of Pannonia in Veszprem, Hungary. Nazareth College student Casey Powell of Newark, N.Y., received a 2007-08 Undergraduate Junior Fulbright award and is traveling to a Länder (German state) of Lower Saxony (northwest) Germany where she will teach English to German students.

Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program's objective is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world. Sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program is America's flagship international education exchange. Approximately 279,500 "Fulbrighters," 105,400 from the United States and 174,100 from other countries, have participated in the Program since its inception over fifty years ago. The Program operates in over 150 countries worldwide.

Founded in 1924, Nazareth College is an independent co-educational college with a liberal arts and sciences core and strong professional programs. With more than 40 undergraduate majors and 25 areas of graduate study, the College's mission is to provide an education rooted in intellectual, ethical and aesthetic values. For more information on Nazareth College, please visit www.naz.edu.

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