Rovshan Abbasov, from Khazar University in Azerbaijan, spent the 2010-11 academic year in the United States on a Fulbright scholarship. The following details memories of his time in the U.S. and at UC Davis.

UC Davis School of Education Dean Lauren Lindstrom will serve as a Fulbright Specialist in the area of education for a three-year appointment and will utilize her diverse and award-winning research area expertise.

Pedro Luis Borges Chaffe, an associate professor of hydrology from Brazil, reflects upon his Fulbright Scholar experience working with UC Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Geoffrey Schladow on the changing hydrology of streams in the Lake Tahoe basin.

UC Davis Services for International Students and Scholars Director Wesley Young shares about what he learned as a part of the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Seminar to France.

Nihal Buzkan of Turkey is savoring her time in the vineyards and labs at UC Davis like she would a good wine. A professor of grapevine pathology at Kahramanmaras Sutcu Iman University, she is among the 15 scholars from 10 countries who are researching and teaching at UC Davis through the Fulbright Program.

Global Affairs Director of Global Professional Programs reflects on her experiences in Bhutan—in the past as a Fulbright Scholar and in the present as a Global Affairs Seed Grant awardee—and looks ahead to the future as she will be bringing the inaugural cohort of UC Davis students to study abroad there.

Professor Yin Yeh recounts his experience as a Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan, the events leading up to his travel, and the collaborative opportunities that have emerged as a result—distinguishing his Fulbright experience from traditional academic travel grants.

Boasting an impressive cadre of research interests, Frits Thorsen, a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Norway, recounts his collaborative research experience at UC Davis made possible by the Fulbright program.

2011-12 UC Davis U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Morocco Mark Gaskell had the opportunity to participate in long-term rural development through research and training Moroccan agronomic researchers in small fruit crops while living and working in an Arab culture.

Upon arriving in Egypt, 2010-11 UC Davis U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Egypt Mary Christopher immersed herself in collaborative project work and found herself amid the Arab Spring.