Earning an MBA in the United States inspired Chakib Khechai to expand his business ventures in the Middle East and North Africa and America.
American Business School Culture and Peers “Pushed Me to Aim Higher”
Program: Fulbright Foreign Student
Terence Tao
MacArthur Genius and Fields Medal-winning mathematician says Fulbright provided an invigorating environment with inspirational faculty.
Eighteen Fulbrighters Selected as 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Artists, researchers, and scientists who honed their craft through Fulbright—and have made exceptional contributions to their fields—have been honored by the Guggenheim Foundation.
Ellen Roche
Fulbrighter bridges industry and academia to engineer life-saving robotics.
Shaped by two Fulbrighters, Brazilian Film “I’m Still Here” Wins Oscar for Best International Feature
The film’s screenwriter Murilo Hauser earned an MFA in Writing for Film and TV from the University of Southern California through Fulbright. At USC, he was mentored by Fulbright Specialist Mary Sweeney, known for her work on “Twin Peaks,” “Mulholland Drive,” and “The Romanoffs.”
Fulbrighter Named Next CEO of the Colombo Stock Exchange
Vindhya Jayasekera of Sri Lanka earned a master’s in finance from the University of Illinois and is an accomplished financial executive.
Sixteen Fulbright Alums Selected as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
The selection of distinguished Fulbrighters across the humanities, arts, and sciences reflects the lasting impact of research and study programs supported by Fulbright.
Space Exploration Inspires Fulbrighters to Innovate and Collaborate
Fulbrighters learned about space exploration from industry and university experts as part of a Fulbright Enrichment Seminar in Houston.
Fulbright Alumna appointed as Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Alexandra Papadopoulou, a distinguished member of the Greek Foreign Service who was a Fulbright Foreign Student from Greece, says “the time I spent in the U.S. defined a great deal my way of thinking, my understanding of the U.S., and my abiding love for all things American.”
Leila Cobo
Leila Cobo is a classically trained concert pianist, a novelist, and perhaps her country’s preeminent journalist focusing on Latin Music. As Latin Music has increasingly taken over the U.S. charts, Cobo has been there to document its meteoric rise.