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

Joshua Gershenson

Jessica Porada

Occupational Therapy |

Haider Shahbaz

Comparative Literature | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anticolonial Relation: Afro-Asian Solidarity in Urdu Magazines 1930–1990

Lauren White

English | Chicago, Illinois

An Alien Land of Fences: Indigenous Borderlands, Networks of Surveillance, and D’Arcy McNickle

Akshay Malhotra

Ethnic Studies, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies | Brazil

Primary Health Care in Brazil

Michelle Gamero

Sharmeen Mehri Roshni

Rustomji-Kerns: Diasporic Entanglements and Parsi Women Writers

Sarah Johnson

San Diego, California

Resiliency + Social Impact

Glenn Pantaleon

Engineering | San Jose, CA

Attend SmartData Conference

The fellowship will allow me to broaden my horizons in the space, which is imperative as telemedicine is here to stay, while hopefully improving primary care for individuals with limited access.

Danial Ahmed

| Medicine | Philippines

The Implementation of a Telehealth Platform in the Philippines

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