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Tufts University has been recognized again as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. During the 2024-2025 academic year, 13 students from Tufts were selected for Fulbright awards and are currently studying and researching across the globe.
Tufts has received this honor several times in recent years, including most recently in 2023-2024 and 2021-2022.
The U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program, the Fulbright U.S. Student program offers a year-long grant for students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds for conducting research, attending a graduate program, or teaching English. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of State.
The 13 Fulbright scholars from Tufts for 2023-2024, with their destinations and positions or research interests, include:
- Ria Argawal, A24, India, law
- Adrienne Chaparro, graduate certificate, Museum Studies (2013), United Kingdom (University of York), art history
- Claire Ellis, A24, United Kingdom (London School of Economics), history
- Marek Haar, F23, Taiwan, English teaching assistantship
- Audrey Jaramillo, A24, Brazil, English teaching assistantship
- Jenna Kaplan, A24, Armenia, English teaching assistantship
- Bushrah Khan, A24, Nepal, English teaching assistantship
- Ria Mazumdar, A19, India, sociology
- Amelia Miller, A23, United Kingdom (University of Nottingham), human rights
- Ellie Murphy, A22, France, English teaching assistantship
- Michelle Pu, A24, India, psychology
- Megan Starses, A24, Taiwan, English teaching assistantship
- Eduardo Vargas Gutierrez, E22, Luxembourg, English teaching assistantship
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad.
Fulbright alumni have included 44 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, and many others who build mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries.
The Fulbright competition at Tufts is administered by the Office of Scholar Development.
“I am delighted to see that both our university and our country are well-represented once again by this distinguished group of Tufts community members, in their wide-ranging pursuits as Fulbrighters,” said Cigdem Talgar, vice provost for education. “We are proud that these teachers and researchers—along with the many that have preceded them—recognize the importance of global citizenship in empowering us to tackle the challenges that we must confront as one world.”