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    Maryland’s ATLAS Kicks Off New Africa-Focused Conference

    On February 27, the new Maryland initiative, ATLAS (Africa Through Language and Area Studies) sponsored its first annual conference, with a series of panel presentations and discussions highlighting University of Maryland faculty-led research related to Africa, the African diaspora, and African American studies.

  • Dr. Susan De La Paz headshot.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Susan De La Paz

    What can the world teach you about the art of teaching others? Susan De La Paz has spent her career working towards equitable outcomes for students with learning disabilities, and in 2022, she took her work to Vietnam on a Fulbright scholarship.

  • Dr. Christopher Foreman headshot.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Christopher Foreman

    Dr. Christopher Foreman, former long-time professor in the School of Public Policy, shares his Fulbright experience in Armenia during a historic election year.

  • UMD Named Top-Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Scholars

    UMD Named Top-Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Scholars

    On February 13, the U.S. Department of State announced that the University of Maryland (UMD) was named a 2023-2024 top-producing institution for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program.

  • Dr. Roberta Lavine headshot.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Roberta Lavine

    Spanish Professor Emerita, Dr. Roberta Lavine, traveled to Chile in 2005 as a Fulbright scholar, collaborating with the faculty at the University of Concepción to evolve their learning resources for their secondary English speakers.

  • Dr. Kenneth Leonard poses on campus at Ashesi University during his Fulbright in Ghana.

    Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Kenneth Leonard

    Dr. Kenneth Leonard shares how his Fulbright experience in Ghana was essential to bringing on a new lens to his AGNR course, AREC 365: World Hunger Population and Food Supplies.


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