MacArthur Genius and Fields Medal-winning mathematician says Fulbright provided an invigorating environment with inspirational faculty.
Terence Tao
Program: Fulbright Foreign Student
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.
Ángel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera serves as the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the institution that hosted him when he first came to the United States as a Fulbrighter from Spain.
Fulbright Alum 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, 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.
Fulbrighters Leading Through Innovation
During their international exchanges, Fulbrighters come face-to-face with difficult and seemingly intractable problems. In response to these problems, Fulbrighters make use of their newfound academic training, cultural knowledge, and entrepreneurial skills to create innovative solutions that better the world around them.