Birmingham native and rising sophomore Mariam Massoud has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright US-UK Summer Institute Scholarship.

Each year, the US-UK Fulbright Commission supports up to 60 undergraduate students in the United States to undertake demanding academic and cultural summer programs at leading institutions in the United Kingdom. 

Massoud is a civil engineering major in the UAB School of Engineering and a student in the UAB Honors College pursuing a personalized path. She will attend the Fulbright Scotland Summer Institute on Technology, Innovation and Creativity, a three-week academic and cultural program for U.S. students hosted by the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Strathclyde.