By Tyler Lecours When most of us hear the word “colonialism,” we tend to think of the 15th century CE, not the 5th century BCE. However, US student Tyler Lecours wants to broaden our understanding, thus his work explores how colonial encounters shaped and...
By Eleonor Spasova Opportunity Funds Program participant Eleonor Spasova shares her remarkable journey to UPenn that includes a clownfish and a whole lot of hard work! Her inspirational story and tips to future university applicants testify to the amazing success of...
Interview by Angela Rodel Ashod Derandonyan’s journey is a testament to resilience and empowerment. Having lost his hearing at two, he navigated a world devoid of policies for deaf people. His journey from facing educational barriers to being the first deaf...
With the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, a cohort of Fulbright photographers, both Ukrainians and Americans, found themselves at the epicenter of momentous events equipped with their own weapons of defense: knowledge and a camera. Ukraine: War...
Radostina Angelova is CEO of Global Metrics company and holds a PhD in Economics from Sofia University. A sociologist, Dr. Angelova is currently doing research in econometrics as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Bentley University. She shares her impressions of her...
Interview by Iliana Dimitrova Veda Balaji, a 22-year-old graduate of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a minor in history. She is the first Fulbright|America for Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching...
By Maria Kostova On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023, the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission gave thanks for its fantastic community of Bulgarian alumni by renewing the annual Open Lectures, which highlight the achievements of Bulgarian Fulbright grantees. For...
By Rada Kaneva From November 16-19, Sofia, the vibrant capital of Bulgaria, hosted a seminar on media literacy for Fulbright English Teaching Assistants working in high schools across Europe. The seminar, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at...
Dr. Julia St. Stefanova was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar to the American University in Washington D.C. in AY 2017-18 working on the Development of the Capital Markets in Selected Latin American Countries. Here are a few activities she has been involved in or has been...
