Congratulations to Professor Nancy Reynolds!

Nancy Reynolds has been awarded a Mellon New Directions Fellowship for her project, "Heat:  Recent Egyptian Histories." 

The fellowship will allow Nancy to pursue formal training in environmental studies, as well as in botany, zoology, and geology, in order to undertake future research on the environmental history of Egypt.

For those not familiar with the New Directions program, fellows  receive: (1) the equivalent of one academic year's salary; (2) two summers of additional support, and (3) tuition or course fees associated with the fellows' training programs.