Matthew Semino of Winthrop, Mass., who received a bachelor's degree in policy analysis and management from Cornell this May, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar. Semino, who is one of approximately 2,000 U.S. grantees to travel abroad during the upcoming academic year under a Fulbright Scholarship, will conduct economic research in Singapore.

Semino, a 1994 graduate of Winthrop High School, is the son of Thomas and Paula Semino of Winthrop, Mass.

The Fulbright program enables scholars to study or perform research in foreign countries, usually for a period of one academic year. Costs of travel, maintenance, tuition and health insurance are covered jointly by the U.S. government and the host country.

Cornell's participation in the Fulbright Program is managed by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Semino will leave in August to study for nine months at the National University of Singapore. "I will examine the current financial crisis in Southeast Asia and its effect on government policy in Singapore," he said.

This will not be Semino's first trip to the region. For three months last summer he taught English at Shanghai Middle School under the sponsorship of the Harvard Institute for International Development.

After completing the Fulbright Scholarship, Semino will attend Columbia University School of Law.

As an undergraduate at Cornell, Semino won numerous honors, including the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship.