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The United States and Scotland Have a Lot to Learn From Each Other About Access to Higher Education

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorCatherine Devlin AbstractMy experience teaching Scottish high school students during my Fulbright year guides my disappointment regarding the recent United States Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. Working as a tutor for Widening Participation – a program which provides adjusted entrance requirements for underserved students – showed me…

The author (in the required work uniform) recording behavior in the pig barn at INRA in Nouzilly, France.

Pigging Out in France

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorElizabeth Adkins-Regan AbstractI spent a year in France with the help of a Fulbright Award. As a life scientist and animal researcher, my primary aim was to carry out a collaborative experiment with my host on a topic of mutual interest, sexual development in animals, specifically pigs. That…

Umi Saidah, observing intercultural interactions to promote intercultural competence on metaverse, Spring 2023.

Beyond Brick-and-Mortar Education: Using Metaverse for Intercultural Interactions to Promote Mutual Understanding

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorUmi H. Saidah AbstractFostering mutual understanding across cultures is always Fulbright’s primary mission. This article describes how metaverse can contribute to this goal through intercultural interactions between avatar-context-avatar representing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Indonesia, a native instructor in the United States, and digital objects…

Host university international students at Parade of Nations

A Fulbright Stay at Michigan Technical University: A Life-Changing and Career-Altering Experience

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorAdele Dzikwi Garkida AbstractMy first trip to the United States was the result of a Fulbright Scholarship Award to Michigan Technological University in 2005-06. It was a life-transforming experience that boosted my teaching, research, leadership capacities, and social skills. The award gave me the opportunity to meet and…

ITC students learning about entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship

Developing Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Education in Cambodia

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorFrank Theodore Koe AbstractAs a Senior Fulbright Specialist in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, my goal was to assist the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in developing an entrepreneurial program that would invigorate their existing STEM curriculum and programs while building an entrepreneurial ecosystem to support interest in entrepreneurial…

Polat, along with fellow Fulbright scholars, at the 2018 Fulbright Global Health Innovation Seminar held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: A Fulbright Journey in Three Continents

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorPolat Goktas AbstractFrom the vibrant cityscape of Ankara to the corridors of Harvard Medical School, and then to Dublin’s historical allure, my Fulbright journey mapped Artificial Intelligence (AI)’s impact in healthcare across diverse landscapes. This worldwide exploration illuminated both the promise and the complex challenges that AI brings…

Building a Stronger Global Fulbright Community

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorsKevin F. F. Quigley and Bruce Svare We founded this journal believing that Fulbright experiences have a profound effect on the participants and those experiences have an enduring but often unexamined impact. We also believe that the Global Fulbright Community has untapped potential to make more progress in…

Dr. Karakoç and Turkish Ambassador Namık Tan with a group of Chatham students during the honorary degree program

The Intersection of Different Worlds: A Turkish Fulbrighter’s Experiences in the United States

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorErcan Karakoç AbstractI was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2010-11. During my visiting period, I taught modern Turkish history while introducing Turkish culture and controversial issues in my country to the Chatham community. These experiences allowed me to grow as an academic and…

Racketeering, Unions and The Loss of Public Trust

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorRobert Jaquay Murder in the Garment District: The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Organized Labor in the United States by David Witwer and Catherine Rios. David Witwer was a Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in History at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in 2022. Murder in the…

The Connectedness of Sourdough Culture

Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 3 (2023) AuthorIsaac Oluseun Adejumo Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers by Eric Pallant, who was a Fulbright Scholar to the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel) in 2001 and to Lancaster University (UK) in 2016. My wife, a microbiologist, a bread lover, and…