Twelve A&S Students and Alumni Win 2025-26 Fulbright Awards
The University of Virginia has again been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Student Program awardees, with 20 students and recent alumni awarded scholarships to teach, study or conduct research around the world for the 2025–26 academic year. Twelve of this year’s recipients are current and recent graduates of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, underscoring the global engagement and scholarly excellence that are hallmarks of the Arts & Sciences community.
“These Fulbright recipients represent the very best of UVA’s commitment to cross-cultural understanding and intellectual curiosity,” said Andrus Ashoo, director of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development. “Arts & Sciences students’ wide-ranging academic preparation and world languages background make them outstanding cultural ambassadors abroad.”
The Fulbright Program, established in 1946, is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program. It provides opportunities for Americans to study, teach or conduct research in countries across the world and is highly competitive.
Arts & Sciences Fulbright Awardees
From the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the following scholars received Fulbright awards for the 2025–26 cycle:
- Stella Alexiou, College ’25 — English teaching assistant in Colombia.
- Caroline Carter, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences ’26 — Research on ancient Greek religious practices in and around Athens, Greece.
- Ella Dailey, College ’23 — English teaching assistant in Belgium.
- Julia DaSilva, College ’25 — English teaching assistant in Taiwan.
- Caroline Dibble, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences ’20 — Master’s student in security and diplomacy studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
- Aliza Diop, College ’25 — English teaching assistant in Benin.
- Victoria Djou, College ’24 — English teaching assistant in Indonesia.
- Holly Doustout, College ’24, English teaching assistant in Colombia
- Olivia Mostow, College ’25 — Research on galaxy cluster simulations in Sweden.
- Rachel Quinn, College ’25 — English teaching assistant in South Korea.
- Olivia Yang, College ’24 — English teaching assistant in Taiwan.
- Rebecca Yardley, College ’25 — English teaching assistant in Turkey.
Beyond Arts & Sciences
Other members of the broader UVA community also received awards, including graduates from the McIntire School of Commerce, the School of Education and Development and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
The Office of Citizen Scholar Development supports students across disciplines in preparing competitive applications for Fulbright and other prestigious fellowships.
