Get to Know Our Scholars

Samah Asfour taught English in Jordan as part of her Fulbright English teaching assistantship.

Three UB students have received prestigious Fulbright Fellowships, the most recent class in what has become a UB tradition of multiple recipients in the highly competitive, nationally-recognized scholarly competition.

Life in Russia was fun, but challenging, for Fulbright scholar Courtney Burroughs.

Nicholas Emmanuel received what is considered one of the country’s most prestigious scholarships for study abroad for his project “Challenging Identities: Studies in the Aesthetics of Hungarian Musical Modernism.”

The University at Buffalo’s aspiration to become a “top-producing Fulbright institution” took another significant step forward this month when a record number of undergraduates were chosen as recipients of Fulbright awards.

Seven UB students have received Fulbright awards, the prestigious national scholarship competition for grants to study, research and teach abroad in 2019-20.

After earning UB undergraduate degrees, sibling scholars Lisa and Stephen Gagnon continue to build successful graduate careers at the university.

Patricia Johnson, a 2015 UB Graduate, is a PhD student in chemistry at Duke University and is currently conducting research in Switzerland on a Fulbright grant.

Abigail LaPlaca used her Fulbright award to travel to Panama to work with teachers who teach young children.

Perrella combines a passion for integrating dance and movement with innovative classroom techniques that help teach children with special needs.

Fulbright recipient, Erin Sweeney, conducted research on designing innovative policy frameworks for a resilient food system in Singapore.