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The grantees named this spring add to an impressive list of winners. With 168 total since 2001, UofL has had more student Fulbrights than all Kentucky public higher education institutions.

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The UofL Fulbright winners were awarded grants to teach English abroad in the Slovak Republic, Spain and Jordan and to do research in Germany and the Netherlands.

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The听, administered by the Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of 成人直播al and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program.

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鈥淭his year鈥檚 scholars have earned opportunities here and abroad that will change their lives and help them make a positive difference,鈥� said Bethany Smith, director of UofL鈥檚 National & International Scholarships office. 鈥淚 am so proud of these talented and hard-working young people, and of the way our campus community comes together to support, challenge and mentor these outstanding students.鈥�

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The 2023 Fulbright awardees are:

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, UofL 2022 graduate, to the Slovak Republic. He is from Owensboro, Kentucky.

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, of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and , of Covington, both UofL 2023 graduates, to Spain.听

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, UofL 2023 graduate, of Louisville, to Jordan, the country from which her family emigrated when she was in sixth grade.听

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, UofL 2023 graduate, to the Netherlands to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in conservation and restoration ecology at Radboud University/Nijmegen. Cicha, two-time captain of the Women鈥檚 D1 Rowing team, is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.听

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, UofL 2023 graduate, to Germany to develop a novel blood pump for pediatric and adult patients with heart disease at the Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen. McLellan is from Lexington, Kentucky.

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UofL chemical engineering major听听won two prestigious scholarships for juniors.听

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He was the 2023 Kentucky recipient of the听, the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. He was also one of听two UofL juniors to be awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship听to pursue a research career in natural science, mathematics or engineering. The other听

Goldwater Scholarship winner was School of Nursing student听Madeline Martinez.听

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Additionally, two UofL students were the first recipients of awards that debuted for 2023.

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Afi Tagnedji, a May 2023 graduate in biochemistry, was one of 25 students in the United States awarded the first听. The fellowship, which focuses on building a network of the next generation of scientists and technologists, was awarded to 100 students total from the United States, Japan, Australia and India. She was the only fellow from a Kentucky university.

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, a political science major, was听one of two听Kentucky college students to be named to the inaugural cohort of 100 students who won a听听from the Obama Foundation and Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb.听

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More on these scholars and winners of other prestigious academic scholarships can be found at听.