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18 Cornellians receive Fulbright awards

Eighteen Cornellians have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards this academic year. 

Cornell's 2025–26 Fulbrighters will conduct research, study and teach English in Canada, France, Honduras, India, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway and Taiwan. Most will be on site by October.

Conservationist Kyrin Pollock, MEng '19 is one of this year's five Fulbright–National Geographic Award recipients—and the first Cornellian ever to receive the prestigious award.

The Fulbright program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies administers the Fulbright program at Cornell, providing all the resources students and alumni need to apply for Fulbright funding for international experiences.

Meet the students who accepted awards:

  • Alexis Anderson '23, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
  • Erin Connolly '22, CALS
  • Isabella Culotta '22, CALS
  • Gabriel Godines '23, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)
  • Tenzin Kunsang '25, A&S
  • Michelle Lee '25, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  • Tiffany Liu '22, A&S
  • Kyrin Pollock, MEng '19, College of Engineering
  • Caitlyn Sams '25, A&S
  • Miguel Soto Tapia '20, A&S

Read the full story on the Einaudi Center website.

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