About the Program

Guiliano Global Fellowships offer students the opportunity to carry out self-directed research, creative expression and cultural activities for personal development through traveling outside of their comfort zone.

Fellow Updates

January 16, 2026 16 New Guiliano Fellows Recognized at MLA Awards Ceremony

Modern Language Association Recognizes 16 New Guiliano Fellows from 11 universities and 16 PhD Programs at MLA Awards Ceremony in Toronto on January 9, 2026

November 20, 2025 Guiliano Fellow Nicholas Sanzi wins Rhodes Scholarship

An oil painter and graffiti muralist, Sanzi's Guiliano Global Fellowship supported his filming of a documentary about street art in France.

Mahak Sharma observed dermatology practices in Greek medical facilities.

September 18, 2025 Six NYIT Fellows report back on their Summer 2025 Projects

These New York Tech students were busy traveling within the country and to international locations including Brazil, Singapore, and Greece for their academic research projects.

August 11, 2025 The Mediterranean Diet: Combating Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease in Rome, Italy

Fellow Ju-Woo Nho's research paper based on experiences in Rome studying the Mediterranean diet

Osteopathic medicine student Jeri Ann Ramilo (back row, center) traveled to Manila and met with researchers and librarians at the University of the Philippines Center for Ethnomusicology.

April 23, 2025 Guiliano Fellows from NYIT Spread Care Around the World

Since 2014, more than 200 New York Tech students have benefited from the opportunity to traverse the globe in the name of academic research.

January 10, 2025 Fellows Dinner in New Orleans

A dozen Guiliano Graduate Fellows from 12 different PhD Programs share a fellows dinner during the MLA Convention in New Orleans

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Guiliano Fellows

Bria Paige

English | San Diego, California

The (Im)Possibility: Exploring Sherley Anne Williams’s Dessa Rose and the Critical-Creative Method of Invention

Annie Gupta

Biology, Political Science | Mumbai, India

A Silent Public Health Crisis: Breaking the cycle of period poverty and inaccessible ob-gyn care in India

Yirou Qian

North America

Research on Energy Internet

Sadie Springer

Journalism, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Political Science, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Public Health | Brazil

Hamad El Kahza

Engineering |

On Mathematical Modeling of Erosion and Sedimentation

Anas Akram Patel

Energy Management | Reykjavik, Iceland

Renewable Energy Systems in Iceland

Danielle Bartholomew

Engineering | China

The International Scholar Laureate Program

Katherine Byrd

Escape Rooms and TeamSTEPPS

Ali Bokhari

Medicine | Cuba

Healthcare Exploration

This trip is already leaving deep traces in my work and in my ambitions as a cultural ambassador, and it will continue to play an important role both in the completion of my dissertation and the professional career that follows.

Michael Bennett

| Music | Basel, Switzerland

Art After Fascism: The Musical Poetics of Luciano Berio

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