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The Office of Global Affairs congratulates UMass Amherst faculty members awarded 2025–26 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. Their projects span teaching and research in Taiwan, South Korea, Kenya, Denmark, France, and India, advancing global collaboration and scholarly exchange.

Provost Fouad Abd-El-Khalick and Global Partnerships Manager Eric Wirth of UMass Amherst visited Hokkaido University to deepen a historic partnership that began nearly 150 years ago. Their visit celebrated shared academic roots and advanced new research collaborations under the Strategic International Partnership and J-PEAKS initiatives.

The UMass Amherst Office of Global Affairs has joined an International Academic Partnership Program that brings together member universities to strengthen economic and diplomatic relations and establish new collaborations in higher education between the U.S. and Vietnam.

The UMass Amherst offices of Research and Engagement and Global Affairs are pleased to announce the next round of funding for two collaborative initiates with the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and Arts (BW), Germany, and the University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.

The 2024-2025 edition of Hokkaido University’s Spotlight on Research magazine highlights the visit from UMass Amherst in October 2024.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is honored to host Dr. Purendra Prasad, a distinguished sociologist from the University of Hyderabad, India, as a Fulbright Nehru Visiting Chair within the School of Public Policy.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) and Hokkaido University (HU) are pleased to announce the selection results of the UMA-HU Joint Research Seed Funding Program 2025.