Bliss Chang Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Study in Germany
Student Achievement
CAS NewsApril 03, 2015
A University of Alabama at Birmingham honors student has been named to an elite group that includes heads of state, CEOs and Nobel Prize winners. Bliss Chang, a senior majoring in biochemistry and biology within the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2015 Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Germany for a year.
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