Matthew Lee Grandbois, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2008-2009 University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship Exchange Program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.  He will enroll in the Master of Science program in Globalization.  Grandbois received a B.A. in Chemistry and Music Performance from Augustana College in 2004.

Todd Riley Olin, J.D., is the 2007-08 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship Exchange Program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. His research is a comparative study of energy policy between the United States and Norway. Olin received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (UM) in 2002 and a J.D. from the UM in 2007.

Adam Conrad Johnson, a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience, is the 2006-07 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship Exchange Program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.  He will join a team of researchers at the Centre for the Biology of Memory at NTNU, where he will examine how animal behaviors and cellular behaviors are modified under pharmacological manipulation.  Johnson graduated magna cum laude from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a B.S. in Physics in 2002.  

Robert G. Strand, MBA, is the 2005-06 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship Exchange Program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.  He will conduct a thorough investigation of how Norwegian business account for social responsibility and environmental stewardship, how they report these matters to their constituencies, and how some of the practices might be transferred to the United States. Mr. Strand received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1999 and a MBA from the University of Minnesota this spring.