Awards to Seniors
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
Jamie Berkson – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Lucy Ordman – English Teaching Assistant Award in Brazil
Olivia Truesdale – English Teaching Assistant Award in South Korea
Vani Dewan – Research/Study Award in India “Neuroscience: Investigating Resilience Against the Effects of Early Life Trauma”
Napier Scripps Fellows
Samhita Kadiyala
Franchesca Fu
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
Samhita Kadiyala “Back to Business: An Entrepreneurship Program for Opportunity Youth in California’s Inland Valley”
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Tselot Aklilu “Maroon Resistance: The Role of Displacement and Flight in Liberating the Black Body”
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Melody Chang- to study Mandarin
Olivia Truesdale-to study Korean
Jaimie Ding-to study Korean
Awards This Year to Non-Seniors
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Petie Schill- to study Swahili
Davis Project for Peace Award
Elena Lev “EstudiAmigos/Study Buddies: Building Community and Resilience with Low-Income Students in Northern California”
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Tsion Mamo “Political Media: The Role of Fictional Policing on Real Policing Incidents”
Awards to Alums
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
Lianne Sturgeon (’19) – Research/Study Award in Brazil “Urban Studies: The Racial Rebranding of Liberdade within the Immigration Narrative of São Paulo”
Meghana Ravikumar (’17) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Mexico
Samantha Yu (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Zoe Cardwell-Copenhefer (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain (Fulbright renewed for second year)
Anezka Boyle (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Awardees:
Susanna Barrett, Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Sciences
Laine Goudy, Life Sciences – Genomics
Honorable Mention:
Meredith Nix, Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Sciences