The University of Connecticut has been recognized among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars from research institutions for the third time in the past five years.
The University has seven Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who were given the opportunity to teach and perform research around the world in the 2020-21 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The national leaders were featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education on February 15. UConn is tied for ninth nationally on that list.
Associate professor of journalism Marie Shanahan is among the UConn faculty offered Fulbright projects abroad. She will conduct research at Leyte Normal University in the Philippines to determine how news organizations are combating – or contributing to – the online spread of inaccurate or deliberately deceptive information under the guise of news.