Expanding our Horizons through Fulbright

Dear Colleagues,

One of the many ways in which our university community excels is building connections with different groups — locally, regionally and globally. Our partnerships are key to ensuring we can provide leading edge instruction and care to those we serve. Collaboration with our partners enables transdisciplinary and shared learning experiences.

The Fulbright Program, administered through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, partners with more than 160 nations around the world to offer international educational and cultural exchange programs. The Fulbright Scholar Program and the Fulbright Specialist Program (an offshoot of the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program) both provide awards and opportunities for faculty, administrators and staff to research and lecture abroad. 

These opportunities are designed to advance participants’ careers through cross-cultural experiences and foster long-lasting connections that enable institutions to create ties with and enrich each other.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, UK is once again proud to have esteemed colleagues counted among the Fulbright participants. Sue Roberts, Ph.D., is our associate provost for internationalization and has been selected as a Fulbright scholar for the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Program to India. Joshua Douglas, Ashland, Inc.-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law in the J. David Rosenberg College of Law, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award in Rome, Italy. Read more about their accomplishments on UKNow. And as we learn more about those who have earned Fulbright awards, we will continue recognizing them.

The achievements of our esteemed faculty are a testament to the impactful work that you do each and every day. Without you, our mission to serve and enrich our Commonwealth would not be possible.

Thank you for continuing to inspire innovation and excellence at UK. 

Robert S. DiPaola, M.D. 
Provost