News Collection
Awards and Honors
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Patrick Powers '21 Receives Fulbright to Uzbekistan
Powers has a deep interest in the culture, politics, and literature of Central Asia.
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Jakob Faber ’21 Receives Fulbright Research Fellowship at McGill Space Institute in Montréal
A double major in physics and philosophy with a concentration in astrophysics, Faber will collaborate with one of the world's leading scientists studying the origins of Fast Radio Bursts.
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Janet Wu ’21 Earns Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Nexial Prize for 2021
Double-degree pianist to pursue medicine at Stanford University.
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Three Biology Graduates Receive Young Botanist Award
Renée Geyer, Emily Humphreys, and Michelle Liu received honors from the Botanical Society of America for their achievements in three different types of botanical research.
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Megan Grabill '21 Receives Fulbright Fellowship in Benin
Grabill will combine her background in anthropology and fluency in French language to become immersed in the culture of Benin.
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Nkeiru Okoye '92 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship for Composition
Award supports completion of an opera that explores the experience of Black women.
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Composer, Instrumentalist, and Educator Katherine Young '03 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship
Award supports completion of suite of electroacoustic pieces developed during the pandemic.
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Watson Fellowship will take Madi Goetzke ’21 to Panama, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Brazil
Madi Goetzke ’21 will spend a year traveling the world as a Watson fellow to analyze the role of communally-based cultural heritage sites which double as UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites.
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Mark Walker ’22 Awarded Beinecke Scholarship
Mark Walker, a junior majoring in Russian studies, economics, and mathematics, has recently been awarded the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship, which he plans to put toward a graduate program in economics.
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Hannah Scholl ’21 Heads to Austria with USTA Fellowship
As a teaching assistant, Scholl will help Austrian students develop the linguistic skills needed to be fluent in English, while serving as an informal ambassador and promoting cross-cultural dialogue between the United States and the Republic of Austria.
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Fulbright Fellowship Winner Connects Language to Heritage
Ruth Bieber-Stanley ’21 has German ancestors and relatives on both sides of her family, but never learned to speak German as a child. Today, not only does she know the language, but uses it to have an even deeper connection with her heritage.
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Jasmine Mitchell ’21 Awarded Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Shansi Fellowship and Critical Language Scholarship
An appreciation of Japanese history, culture, and language makes being awarded an Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Shansi Fellowship and Critical Language Scholarship a dream come true for Jasmine Mitchell ’21.