2022-23 FULBRIGHT WINNERS PICTURED ABOVE: ANDREA AKINOLA, CC’22; BELLA BARNES, CC’22; KAVIN CHADA, CC’22; KATIE CURRAN, CC’20; KATHERINE DE CHANT, CC’16; JOSHUA ELIAS, CC’21; SKYLAR GREEN, CC’22; KATE ELISE JOHNSON, CC’22; KY MAHAR LUTHER, CC’22; FRANZISKA NACE, CC’22; ISA PIERCE, CC’22; STEVEN ZELDIN, CC’22.
NOT PICTURED: JOSE ESQUER, GS’21; GAVIN GOODRICH, CC’22; SAMUEL KLEIN-MARKMAN, CC’17; MARYAM RAHAM, CC’22.
Columbia University has once again been named a top-producing institution for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, coming in the top ten with 16 awardees in 2022–23. Columbia is one of several institutions that has been named on the top-producing list for the last ten years.
Columbia’s awardees included 16 Columbia College affiliates, who last year received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to pursue independent research, postgraduate studies or English Teaching Assistantships, in locations ranging from the Canary Islands to Azerbaijan to Brazil. These Fulbrighters will pursue professional and academic objectives in fields from linguistics to virology to gender studies.
“With their curiosity and desire to expand cross-cultural dialogue, Columbia students embody the ideals of the Fulbright,” said Ariella Lang, associate dean of Academic Affairs and director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. “Our awardees exemplify the values held by Columbia students that have made our university a top-producing Fulbright institution time and again.”
Established in 1946, The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards approximately 2,200 grants annually for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. The Fulbright Program is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs whose goal is to improve mutual understanding, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It is the most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program operates in more than 160 countries worldwide and facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in daily life. Through engagement in the community, Fulbrighters interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding. Fulbright alumni work to make a positive impact on their communities, sectors, and the world and have included 41 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 78 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders and changemakers who carry forward the Fulbright mission. Congratulations to our 2022–23 Columbia Fulbrighters!
Columbia College students interested in learning more about applying for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, join us for Columbia’s Fulbright Week, March 27-31, 2023, and connect with Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.