Alexandra Papadopoulou, a distinguished member of the Greek Foreign Service who was a Fulbright Foreign Student from Greece, has been appointed as the country’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2020, she has represented her country as the Ambassador of Greece to the United States, the first woman to serve in that role.

Fulbright-Nehru Fellow Anchal Sharma presented her research on assistive technology to improve inclusion in science and math education at the National Science Foundation, on the first day of Prime Minister Modi’s visit in Washington.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that lyric soprano Renée Fleming, a former Fulbright U.S. Student to Germany, will be one of five outstanding artists to receive the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements.

The Fulbright Program and Fulbright Commissions from around the world connected with the international education community as they gathered in Washington, D.C, from May 31 through June 3 at the 75th anniversary conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Dr. Sander Markx, a 2000 Fulbrighter from the Netherlands and current Director of Precision Psychiatry at Columbia University, was featured in the Washington Post for leading a dramatic medical discovery of a link between psychiatric illness and autoimmune disorders, which has the potential to transform care.

Fourteen Fulbright Alumni — mid-career scholars, writers, artists, and scientists — were recognized for their scholarship, creative ability, and potential to make an impact in their respective field.

Scholars will investigate the Amazon region’s most pressing challenges to inform public policy.

The international, multi-disciplinary collaboration of scholars on Arctic research concluded its third program cycle with a series of events in Washington, D.C.

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Ben Vinson III, PhD, an accomplished higher education leader; historian of the African diaspora with a focus on Blacks in Latin America; and the provost, executive vice president, and Hiram C. Haydn professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, has been named the 18th President of Howard University.