<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/mehdi-mekni-madagascar-fulbright-program.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/27/2026</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Professor Advances Global Workforce Innovation Through Fulbright in Madagascar</title><description>During a Fulbright Specialist Program assignment to Madagascar, Professor Mehdi Mekni helped modernize a technology institution’s curriculum through industry-recognized microcredentials, expanding the global impact of an innovation model pioneered at the University of New Haven.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>April 27, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2026/madagascar-fulbright-group.jpg" alt="University of New Haven Professor Mehdi Mekni, Ph.D., expanded global workforce innovation through a Fulbright Specialist project in Madagascar."/></image><image-caption/><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>dept-cit</tag><tag>name-mehdi-mekni</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-ug-computer-science</tag><tag>program-ug-game-design-interactive-media</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>