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Seventeen University of Virginia alumni and graduate students will pursue their work on foreign shores with the help of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year.

05/30/2018

Brian C. Seymour of Ruckersville, a rising fourth-year student at the University of Virginia double-majoring in physics and mathematics, has received an Astronaut Scholarship.

05/25/2018

Three University of Virginia scholars will spend the summer immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to the Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.

05/24/2018

Joshua Zabin, left, and Katherine Gasser received scholarships to support their study in Tajikistan and Poland, respectively.

05/08/2018

From Left, Cameron Bertron, Molly Magoffin and Simranjit “Simmy” Bhatia want to use a Davis Projects for Peace grant to break cycles of sexual exploitation.

04/24/2018

University of Virginia students Chris Li and Sebastian Haney have received scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

04/09/2018
Gaither Junior Fellow Austin Owen

Fourth-year Austin Owen of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, has been named a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

03/27/2018
Ertegun Scholar Emily Cox

Every morning, Emily Cox goes on a run in Port Meadow, a vast green expanse beside the River Thames in Oxford, England dotted with ponies, picturesque bridges and the towering ruins of Godstow Abbey.

03/22/2018
Luce Scholar Madeline Rita

Madeline Rita, a University of Virginia fourth-year global development studies major, does not yet know in which Asian country she will live after she graduates, but she knows she will be working with a partner organization in a health care field.

03/05/2018
Students walking in front of Rotunda

The department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ranked UVA on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-18 Fulbright scholars.

02/19/2018

John Brake will pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs in China with a Schwarzman Scholarship.

12/04/2017

From left: 2016 graduate Porter Nenon and fourth-year students Attiya Latif and Jack Chellman will study in the United Kingdom.

12/01/2017
Porter Nenon and fourth-year students Attiya Latif and Jack Chellman

Three University of Virginia scholars – all with ties to the University’s political and social thought program – have earned Marshall Scholarships, paying their way for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

12/01/2017
The Rotunda in early fall

Schuyler Miller wants to help societies better govern themselves and he plans to use a Mitchell Scholarship to learn how to do this. The U.S.-Irish Alliance awarded Miller, who graduated from the University of Virginia in 2015.

11/20/2017

Stephen Stetzler is seeking to use his passion for physics and computing to “push fundamental particle physics beyond the standard model.”

10/20/2017

While living in Ireland as a Mitchell Scholar, Micaela Connery has furthered her plans to create a community that includes those with disabilities.

06/14/2017

Twelve alumni and graduate students will pursue their work on foreign shores with the help of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year.

05/17/2017

Six University of Virginia students will spend the summer immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to the Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.

05/09/2017

Zaakir Tameez of Houston will spend June in Berlin studying human rights issues. 

05/04/2017

Fourth-year student Aryn Frazier will head to law school after completing two years of study as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

04/14/2017

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