University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Elizabeth Mendenhall has been advising graduate student Eliya Baron Lopez for two years, and they developed a close working relationship as they studied marine plastic pollution in the ocean and issues of marine policy.
Now the two have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships to continue their research at opposite sides of the world, Mendenhall in Iceland and Baron Lopez in South Korea.
“We talked about the Fulbright together, we learned about it together, and we got excited about it together,” said Mendenhall. “We both see a little of ourselves in each other. We celebrate each other’s victories, and getting a Fulbright is quite a victory.”
URI press release