BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS:Two UC Irvine professors win Fulbright scholarships

2 UCI professors win Fulbright grants

UC Irvine professors Alison Brysk and Gene Tsudik have won research grants in the Fulbright Scholar Program, a U.S. State Department-sponsored program that funds study projects abroad.

Brysk, a political science professor, will serve as visiting chair in global governance at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Canada. There, she plans to work with an international team to compare human rights foreign policy efforts by Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Japan and South Africa.

Tsudik, a computer science professor and the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, will conduct research on computer and network privacy at the University of Rome. He will also develop a graduate course on the same subject.

“As the country’s flagship international educational exchange program, the Fulbright offers an opportunity for our faculty members to further strengthen the university’s extraordinary bond with scholars around the world,” said Michael Gottfredson, UCI’s executive vice chancellor and provost, in a news release. “Being selected a Fulbright scholar is a tremendous honor, and we congratulate this year’s award recipients.”

Soup kitchen to serve Thanksgiving dinner

Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, will serve dinner for approximately 600 from noon to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

There will be face painting for children, and 120 volunteers will donate their time for this event.