Full Circle – Jaime Palter – Costa Rica 2000
I learned so much about myself, my host country, and the biggest estuary in Costa Rica during my Fulbright experience 20 years ago. Every day at Costa Rica stretched me intellectually. Today, a Fulbright student from Indonesia studies oceanography with me here in the US. The potential for science to unite us across cultures and […]
The Fulbright Spirit – Mark William Drews – Norway 1993
Almost 30 years ago, I was presented with the opportunity to help create Norway’s first graduate music production and recording program. Having provided initial ideas for the new program, I thought it might be possible to travel to Norway as a researcher to work with the project on site in Stavanger. After investigating options for […]
You Will Not Get What You Deserve, You Will Get What You Negotiate – Yasmine Abdelkarem Abdellatif – USA 2016
“You will not get what you deserve; you will get what you negotiate.” I have started my sponsored Fulbright journey with this nice piece of advice. In June 2016, I was traveling to do my Masters of Science in Nanotechnology at the University of Central Florida. It was my first time to travel on a […]
It Is More Important That We Eat Together – Robert Millis – India 2012
At the beginning of my Fulbright year, I attended a conference in Delhi of the International Association of Sound Archives (IASA). I was in India to research Indian music and the early global recording industry (78rpm records, cylinder recording, Edison, His Master’s Voice, etc are my area of expertise, interest and inspiration). I hoped to […]
Sea Urchins, Kabuki Theater, and an Ocean of Memories in Japan – Lisanne Winslow – Japan 2009
My 2009 Fulbright experience at the Misaki Marine Biological Station (MMBS), University of Tokyo, was one of the most memorable and transformative experiences of my life. As a marine biologist and cellular immunologist, I worked with renowned marine scientists in a satellite campus situated at the edge of Sagami Bay. The professional experience was stimulating […]
Close Encounters – Dianne Morrison-Beedy – United Kingdom 2016
A close. In Scotland you see these enclosed spaces or alleyways throughout the City of Edinburgh – Mary’s King Close, Advocate Close, World’s End Close, the list goes on and on. To be close, to come together, to unite. One word – two meanings. For me, these definitions became so intertwined as I experienced my […]
Japan, Up Close and Extremely Shareable – Wendy Weiner – Japan 1985
My Fulbright scholarship filled in all the cracks for what I was not able to learn while studying at Columbia University’s East Asian Institute or while in Japan the year before as an honored guest of the Japanese government. During my first trip, I traveled throughout Japan for the purpose of immersing myself in Japan’s […]
Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Bringing All the Women to Light – Cheryl Johnson-Odim – Nigeria 1975
When I went to southwestern Nigeria to investigate the roles of women in the anti-colonial struggle, I was told I would not find much. Au contraire! Many scholarly articles and eventually two books (one commissioned by the American Historical Association as part of a series on women in the world) later, I found research that […]