{"id":183214,"date":"2022-03-21T07:45:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=183214"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T18:13:14","slug":"uconn-again-is-among-top-producers-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/03\/uconn-again-is-among-top-producers-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Again is Among Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut has been\u00a0recognized among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars from research institutions for the fourth time in the past six years.<\/p>\n<p>The University has six Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who were given the opportunity to teach and perform research around the world in the 2021-22 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The national leaders were featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education on February 28. UConn is tied for 11th nationally on that list.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183213\" style=\"width: 746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183213 size-full img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design.jpg\" alt=\"Top Row: Alfredo Angeles Boza and Thomas Deans. Bottom Row: Michael Lynes, Carolyn Teshke, and Dr. George Wu.\" width=\"746\" height=\"747\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design.jpg 746w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-419x420.jpg 419w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-275x275.jpg 275w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/design-664x665.jpg 664w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 746px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 746\/747;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top Row: Alfredo Angeles Boza and Thomas Deans. Bottom Row: Michael Lynes, Carolyn Teshke, and Dr. George Wu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to recent program adaptations to prioritize the health, safety, and well-being of participants and host communities because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021-22 Fulbright data reflect the total number of awards offered, rather than the number of awards accepted, as in past years.<\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright Program is the federal government\u2019s flagship international educational exchange program. Scholars are selected for their academic merit and leadership potential, with the opportunity to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is encouraging to witness that, despite the challenges of the pandemic, faculty and students continue to seek opportunities to engage in research, teaching and study throughout the world,\u201d says LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Assistant Director in the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships. \u201cIt is a privilege to work with faculty on the Fulbright Scholar process and celebrate their success in being selected for the grant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis achievement further strengthens the University of Connecticut as a global institution with meaningful relationships in all world regions,\u201d says UConn Vice President for Global Affairs Daniel Weiner.<\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program operates in more than 160 countries and 2022 marks the 76<sup>th<\/sup> year of the Fulbright Program.<\/p>\n<p>Among the UConn faculty offered Fulbright projects abroad were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate professor of chemistry <strong>Alfredo Angeles Boza<\/strong>, to conduct research at the University of Technology and Engineering in Lima, Peru, on a project called \u201cA New Inca Trail: Scientific Exchange Between Connecticut and Lima.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Professor of English <strong>Thomas Deans<\/strong>, to teach and conduct research at Uganda Christian University in Mukano, Uganda, on a project called \u201cCultivating Writing Centers and Writing Across the Disciplines in Ugandan Universities.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Professor and department head of molecular and cell biology <strong>Michael Lynes<\/strong>, to conduct research at the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway, on a project called \u201cThe Role of the Cellular Stress Response in the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Professor of molecular and cell biology <strong>Carolyn Teshke<\/strong>, to conduct research at the University of York in York, England, on a project called \u201cModeling Virus Assembly and Structure.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Director of Hepatology Section in the Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology at UConn Health <strong>Dr. George Wu<\/strong>, to conduct research at the National Research Centre in Giza, Egypt, on a project called \u201cChallenging Problems in Liver Disease.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UConn\u2019s Office of National Scholarships &amp; Fellowships collaborated with the Office of Global Affairs and the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute to host Fulbright Week at UConn for the first time in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"blank\">This year, Fulbright Week at UConn will be held March 21-25, 2022<\/a>. Together with a representative from the Institute of International Education, which administers the Fulbright programs, information sessions for graduate and undergraduate students will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with students and faculty to identify opportunities and develop projects to engage in research and teaching around the world is central to my role as Fulbright Program Advisor at UConn,\u201d says Saunders-Kanabay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI highly recommend UConn faculty and students attend Fulbright Week at UConn and explore what the Fulbright Program has to offer,\u201d says Weiner. \u201cThis form of soft diplomacy through cultural exchange fosters mutual understanding and appreciation of one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation by the United States Congress to the Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations in foreign countries and the U.S.\u00a0also provide direct and indirect support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn has been\u00a0recognized among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars from research institutions for the fourth time in the past six years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":183231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2275,2226,88,2076,2235,179,2225,2227,2234,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-183214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-affairs","category-clas","category-global-affairs","category-research","category-today-homepage","category-uconn-health","category-uconn-storrs","category-uconn-edu-homepage","category-university-life","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 16:01:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188090,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183214\/revisions\/188090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/183231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183214"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=183214"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=183214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}