The Latest Breaking News from Fulbright

Border Cops Detained Me for Hours Without Explanation. They Won't Tell Me Why.

CBP claims dictatorial powers over Americans coming home. A big part of that is hiding information.

Reason · Aug 20

AI chatbots struggle to function beyond English: ‘They know a lot … but they miss the culture’

LLMs are like “a Fulbright scholar who is interested in Asia,” said Microsoft’s Kalika Bali. “It’s an outsider’s gaze into the culture of a country.”

Fortune · Jul 25, 2025

Mass resignations at prestigious scholarship board over Trump admin ‘interference’

All but one of the 12 board members has quit

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Research nation(s): Fulbright fellows consider the power of science communication

Maria Balinska is one of the founders of The Conversation in the United States and served as our editor there for four years. Now, she is the Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, based in London, and overseeing the body’s work that takes post-graduates in the US and the…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2024

Psychologist Weighs In On “Boy Moms” After Mother-In-Law’s “Icky” Pre-Wedding Post Goes Viral

"I just find it so sad that so many boy moms see their relationship with their sons like this." The post Psychologist Weighs In On “Boy Moms” After Mother-In-Law’s “Icky” Pre-Wedding Post Goes Viral first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · May 30, 2024

Political reporter wins Fulbright scholarship

Canberra Times political reporter chosen for prestigious scholarship.

The Canberra Times · Feb 14, 2024

He’s raising millions in aid for Gaza. But still he couldn’t save his family

Hani Almadhouni works in the US to support the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The bad news keeps coming from home in Gaza

The Guardian - US · Dec 21, 2023

Alice Garner loves going off on tangents

She's a 'precarious' academic who still does some acting on the side.

The Canberra Times · Nov 13, 2023

A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far above city streets

Janet Echelman says she never set out to be a sculptor of wind. But if you have ever explored Porto, Portugal, walked the streets of Gwanggyo, South Korea, or passed through West Hollywood, you might have seen her massive iridescent sculptures of fiber floating above cities and the millions of…

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023

Plagues, poisons and magical thinking – how COVID lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages

The COVID “lab leak” story clearly isn’t going away soon. The theory that the pandemic began with an accidental release of the virus from a lab in Wuhan recurs like clockwork – most recently in a report from Senate Republicans in the US this week.

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023