Martha Gonzalez, 2007 Fulbright U.S. Student to Mexico, and Monica
Fulbright Alums named 2022 MacArthur Foundation Fellows
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Fulbright Alum Awarded 2022 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Fulbright Alum Anton Zeilinger was a named a joint recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1976–77, Anton Zeilinger studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright Student from Austria. He taught at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and MIT before becoming president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
Fulbright alum appointed to Federal Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Alejandro del Carmen of Tarleton State University, a Fulbright Specialist to the Police Academy of the Czech Republic, will serve on the committee with federal judges, practitioners and law students to advance DEIA in the legal community.
N.C. A&T CATM Director McBride Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award
Maranda McBride, Ph.D., director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2022-23 academic year.
Tuskegee University is named HBCU Institutional Leader by Fulbright Program
This year, Tuskegee University was named a Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader for the first time in its history.
19 Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders Announced for 2022
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) recognized 19 institutions as Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leaders for their strong engagement with the Fulbright Program.
Two California State Fullerton Professors selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
California State Fullerton faculty members Abigail Amoako Kayser and Lucia Alcalá have been recently selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholars to Ghana and Mexico, respectively.
Fulbright English for Graduate Studies Program returns to Syracuse University
For the first time in two years, the Fulbright English for Graduate Studies Program returned to an in-person format at Syracuse University after conducting the program virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fulbright Alum Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Gabby Giffords – former U.S. Representative, Fulbright alum, and former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board member – received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on July 7.
Fulbright Japan Celebrates 70th Anniversary with the Imperial Household
On July 1, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo celebrated the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Fulbright program at a special celebration that included Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan.