麻豆蜜桃AV

The 麻豆蜜桃AV is again a top producer nationally for the highly competitive  for the 2024-25 academic year. This is the ninth time over the last decade 麻豆蜜桃AV has been named a top producer - .

Recipients of Fulbright awards earn the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad with the goal of cultivating mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. The U.S. State Department鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers the program.

麻豆蜜桃AV鈥檚 Fulbright Scholars represent a variety of academic disciplines, including economics, information sciences and engineering. Their research endeavors took them to Taiwan, France, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Maldives and Japan.

鈥淭he 麻豆蜜桃AV is proud to be recognized as one of the nation鈥檚 top institutions for producing Fulbright Scholars,鈥� 麻豆蜜桃AV President Rhea Law said. 鈥淥ur faculty and administrators who participate in the Fulbright program are enhancing 麻豆蜜桃AV鈥檚 impact across the world as they make important contributions to our university鈥檚 global research, learning and engagement activities.鈥� 

Through their international engagement, Fulbright Scholars gain new insights and experiences that can be integrated into their research endeavors as well as into the courses they teach at 麻豆蜜桃AV. Fulbright recipients also establish global partnerships that last long beyond their time in-country and provide additional benefits for 麻豆蜜桃AV through opportunities for the exchange of ideas, research collaboration, and faculty and student mobility.

鈥溌槎姑厶褹V is consistently ranked among the nation鈥檚 top producers of faculty Fulbright Scholars,鈥� said Kiki Caruson, Vice President for 麻豆蜜桃AV World. 

鈥淭he Fulbright program offers faculty from 麻豆蜜桃AV, and from abroad, the opportunity to collaborate on cutting-edge research with peers from around the world,鈥� Provost Prasant Mohapatra said. 鈥淏ecause a strong partnership is at the heart of every Fulbright exchange, the relationships established endure and grow into sustainable networks of researchers.鈥�

The Fulbright program is the U.S. government's flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, it has provided more than 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad. The Fulbright program awards approximately 8,000 merit-based grants every year to accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields.  

鈥溌槎姑厶褹V is consistently ranked among the nation鈥檚 top producers of faculty Fulbright Scholars,鈥� said Kiki Caruson, Vice President for 麻豆蜜桃AV World. 鈥淲e take great pride in celebrating the contributions of our Fulbright Scholars especially when they bring global learning back to 麻豆蜜桃AV. Their continued engagement with their host institutions abroad plays a vital role in research outcomes and novel educational experiences for our students including those that leverage technology to connect our students with their peers around the world virtually.鈥� 

From the 麻豆蜜桃AV College of Engineering, Associate Professor Mauricio Arias traveled to National Autonomous University of Mexico and Professor Ji-En Chang traveled to National Taiwan University to conduct research on water and environmental quality and privacy issues in machine learning respectively. 

Murat Munkin, associate professor of economics, traveled to Kazakhstan to study how private medical insurance can potentially change the country鈥檚 healthcare system and affect access to quality medical services and preventative care. 

Loni Hagen, associate professor of data science, traveled to Japan to conduct research on human supervision of artificial intelligence at the University of Tsukuba.

was selected to participate in the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program in France.

Associate Professor Charles Vanover, who studies educational leadership and policy, is the inaugural Fulbright scholar to Villa College in Mal茅, Maldives, where he taught qualitative methods and continuous improvement. He was officially welcomed to the college in a .

For more information about the Fulbright program at 麻豆蜜桃AV, visit the 麻豆蜜桃AV World Faculty Fulbright website.