Fulbright Archives

Fulbright Annual Meeting 2019-20 Italian Grantees and 2018-19 U.S. Grantees

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international education exchange program operating in over 160 countries worldwide. Since its inception in 1946, more than 390,000 Fulbrighters, 8,000 from Italy, have participated in the program. 71 years ago, in 1948, the Fulbright Program in Italy was established. At the inception of the bi-national Fulbright Commission ...

By U.S. Mission Italy | 10 June, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News | Tags: Fulbright

Remarks by Ambassador Eisenberg at the Reception of the Fulbright 70th Anniversary

We are here today because a young American Senator, J. William Fulbright, conceived the idea in the aftermath of the Second World War to establish a cultural and educational exchange program between the United States and countries around the world. The Fulbright program was established in Italy in 1948. Since its inception, more than 10,000 ...

By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 June, 2018 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, U.S. & Italy | Tags: Fulbright, MFA

Remarks by Ambassador Eisenberg at Fulbright 70th Anniversary

I am delighted to be here today to celebrate with you the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Italy. This program was conceived by the young American Senator J. William Fulbright and approved by the Congress in 1946. He suggested selling surplus materials from World War II and putting the proceeds toward an international ...

By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 June, 2018 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, U.S. & Italy | Tags: Fulbright, MFA

Remarks by Chargé d’Affaires Degnan at the Fulbright Final Meeting

The US-Italy Fulbright Commission is now dawning on its seventh decade: since 1948, our two nations have worked together to promote peace and scholarship through these educational exchanges that you are embarking upon or have just finished. By pursuing this experience to teach or continue your studies, you are promoting the peaceful exchange of cultures ...

By U.S. Mission Italy | 12 June, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission | Tags: Fulbright

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