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Activities that help alumni of U.S. exchange programs build on their international experience strengthen U.S.-Georgia relations, writes Mariam Khatiashvili.
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Boucher is the 2020 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Chair in Public Diplomacy.
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Researchers at all levels are welcome to submit and need not be current Fulbright grantees or alumni.
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Short video documenting the photography diplomacy of a former Fulbright fellow.
Microbiology, mathematics, biochemistry, international affairs, astronomy, ethnomusicology..These are just some of the many disciplines pursued by South Africans in the 2017 Fulbright Students and Scholars cohort.The U.S. Embassy's Fulbright office hosted the 2017 class of students and scholars for a pre-departure orientation on June 23 in Sandton, as they prepare for the next step in their academic careers following a highly competitive selection process.
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program competition for the 2018-2019 academic years is now open to applicants until May 13, 2017, the US embassy in the UAE announced on Thursday. The academic exchange programme is funded by the US Department of State and provides Emirati students and young professionals the opportunity to pursue graduate-level study in the US.
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President Obama taps Markos Kounalakis to serve on the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.