Russian Student wins fellowship to UC Berkeley

Matt Kiser, who graduated in 2004 with a degree in Russian Studies, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California at Berkeley, one of the premier departments in the nation. Matt's senior thesis, "Representations of the Intelligentsia in Post-Soviet Crime Fiction" (faculty adviser, Sasha Prokhorov), was awarded High Honors in 2004. Congratulations, Matt!