Dr, James Howard Higbie, 26, of Washington, D.C. has been selected as the first recipient of the Fischbach-Brandeis Fellowship inaugurating a fellowship exchange program between graduates of Brandeis University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Higbie’s specialty is general relativity. Next year a Technion graduate will study at Brandeis.
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