With their election, Rankin and Jarzynski join some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academic, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.

Recipients receive awards to help defray costs related to conducting research or traveling to field courses.

I want to learn about other cultures and perspectives, and the Fulbright scholarship gives me this opportunity.

UMD is one of five institutions with all four nominees named scholars: sophomore Yousuf Khan and juniors Adam Berger, Katherine Cordwell and Mark Moretto.

Prestigious NSF fellowships recognize outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

My desire to improve conditions for underserved minorities through health education motivated me to pursue a Fulbright.

Press briefing at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting describes efforts to save frogs and salamanders from deadly fungal diseases.

Scientists in the college will cover ecology, atmospheric science, astrophysics, science communication and international collaboration.

Lips will spend one year at the State Department or USAID for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C., which could involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and missions.

Karen Lips and Sumant Nigam will each spend a year at the State Department or USAID.