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New President of AAU Will Strive for Equal Opportunities for Foreign Students in the Czech Republic 3 minute read The new President of Anglo-American University (AAU) will be professor Jaroslav Miller. He will assume his role at AAU on August 1, 2021. Prof. Mgr. Jaroslav Miller, M.A., Ph.D. comes to AAU from Palacky University in Olomouc, a highly research-focused institution, where he held the office of the President from 2014. At AAU, he will take over from doc. Ing. Štěpán Müller, CSc.,...

Jeffrey Sanders' research sheds new light on "Project Sunshine,” a secret, international program to study the amount of radioactive fallout in the environment.

Two alumnae with ties to the School of Computer Science were among the eight from Carnegie Mellon University recently awarded grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Improving Alzheimer’s disease treatments, understanding how brain trauma can lead to heart dysfunction and advancing K-12 STEM education are some of the research projects representing six Purdue University faculty who have been named U.S. Fulbright Faculty Scholars.

University of Maine graduate student Carly Dickson of Washington, D.C., will study zoonotic diseases in Germany after receiving a study/research award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.   This signature program from the U.S. Department of State funds opportunities for U.S students to conduct research, earn a degree or teach English as a second language in one of more than 140 countries. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, the strength of their proposed research...

Three days after graduating magna cum laude, Nathaniel Bald, C’21, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA) to Madagascar, the program’s brand-new location. Bald majored in economics, French and German and is the first Mountie to ever win an ETA grant to highly competitive Sub-Saharan Africa.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 28, 2021) — University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that two recent UK graduates have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to travel abroad to teach, study or pursue research for the 2021-22 academic year. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program operates in more than 140 countries. This year...

UA Chancellor Joe Steinmetz proposed this month that J. William Fulbright’s name should remain on campus, while he recommended his statue be relocated from outside Old Main and Charles Brough’s

Two Kentucky Wildcats Awarded Fulbrights - Lexington, KY - Recipients of these grants are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 28, 2021) — University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that two recent UK graduates have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to travel abroad to teach, study or pursue research for the 2021-22 academic year. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program operates in more than 140 countries. This year...