28.1.2010 - Georgia State University’s Frank J. Hall, a professor of mathematics, will visit the Czech Republic this spring thanks to a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program award, to collaborate with a renowned mathematician in research in an area that impacts computer science, economics and other fields.

7.1.2010 - In the context of the EU-US co-operation in higher education and training a new call has been launched together with the US Department of Education, covering a series of actions - grouped under the common title of "ATLANTIS". The 2010 ATLANTIS Call for Proposals covers the following actions: Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects, Excellence Mobility Projects, and Policy Oriented Measures. Application deadline is April 8, 2010.

16.12.2009 - Stephanie Zelnick, assistant professor of music at KU, was recently accepted by the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, the most prestigious juried event in the clarinet scene, to perform at the 2010 festival in Austin, TX. Additionally, Zelnick was also recently chosen to perform a concerto with the Yuetao Symphonic Wind Ensemble in the National Theater Concerto Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Zelnick was a recipient of a Fulbright Grant and received her Artist Diploma at the Academy for the Performing Arts in Prague.

14.12.2009 - The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE) and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the release of a special issue of A World Awaits You (AWAY). AWAY addresses frequently asked questions that arise for high school, college and university students and faculty, musicians, athletes, coaches and other professionals with disabilities when venturing on international exchanges.

11.12.2009 - Some US secondary schools motivates their teachers to apply for international exchange programs including the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. The video on YouTube shows some of the possibilities and also well demonstrates the support international exchange participants are given during their US stay. One of foreign exchange teachers presented on photographs in this video is our current Czech grantee in the US, Dana Mikeskova from Střední průmyslová škola, Frenštát pod Radhoštem.