The University of Florida ranks second on a list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the largest number of 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholars, up from fourth last year and seventh just two years ago.
Eleven UF scholars were named, placing UF on the list of Fulbright Top Producing Institutions as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of faculty selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The purpose of the Fulbright program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of more than 150 countries that participate in the program. It aims to establish open communication and cooperative relationships by enriching Americans’ understanding of the educational, political, economic, social, and cultural realities of countries around the world.
UF’s 2023-2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar awardees, their respective fields, and the country in which they will carry out their Fulbright duties are:
- Steven Brandt, Anthropology, Ethiopia
- Bin Gao, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Brazil
- Shiva Gautam, Public Health, Nepal
- Daniel Fernandez Guevara, History, Spain
- Aida Hozic, Political Science, United Kingdom
- Robert McCleery, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, South Africa
- Kevin McDaniel, Archaeology, Brazil
- Oren Okhovat, History, Spain
- Ido Oren, International Relations, Austria
- Remy Pages, Early Childhood Studies, Rwanda
- Huiping Yang, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Spain
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