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  • Headshot of visiting Fulbright scholar Jelmar Meester.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Jelmar Meester

    Incoming Fulbright scholar Jelmar Meester shares his work in the criminology field exploring methods traditionally used to study individual crimes into a corporate crime context.

  • Tatiana Sirbu photographed in the United Nations Headquarters.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Tatiana Sirbu

    Tatiana Sirbu, visiting 2023-24 Fulbright scholar from Belgium shares her experience as a multifaceted research scholar in the fields of history, anthropology and ethnomusicology.

  • UMD Advances Two Student-led Impact Projects to International U21 RISE Showcase

    UMD Advances Two Student-led Impact Projects to International U21 RISE Showcase

    The University of Maryland is proud to announce two student-led projects – BetterU and Dialectable– as its representatives for this year’s Universitas21 (U21) RISE Showcase and Awards.

  •  Matthew Thomann (right), an assistant professor of anthropology, and research assistant John Maina (left) stand outside the recovery center in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Matthew Thomann

    Dr. Matthew Thomann traveled to Kenya in 2022 to the University of Nairobi to examine sexuality and the politics of health in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.

  • Dr. Donna Howard (left) poses with a village elder in India (right).

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Donna Howard

    Professor Emerita of Public Health, Dr. Donna Howard, shares her 2008 Fulbright experience in India and its continuous positive reverberations—16 years later.

  • UMD Scholars visit a school in Cuba

    UMD-Led Study Abroad Program in Cuba Celebrates 10 Years

    The chance to build cross-cultural relationships and engage in dialogue is a hallmark of the program. Although the Cuba program is marking one decade as a UMD-led, graduate-level experience, its success in building solidarity and fostering intellectual interchanges between Cuban and U.S. educators and scholars goes back to 1994.


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