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Five students received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study abroad and a sixth was named a Gilman-McCain Scholar. Gilman Scholarships, available to students who receive Pell Grants, provide funding for overseas research, while the Gilman-McCain Scholarship is for students who are dependents of an active-duty member of the military.
Neely Egan, a recent UVA graduate with a degree in political and social thought, is one of only three MENAR Fellows selected this year from across the country.
A University of Virginia alumna, Alisha Ault will pursue a master’s degree in development studies at the University of Sussex’s Institute of Development Studies in the United Kingdom as a Rotary Global Scholar.
Karl Westendorff is a rising fourth-year chemical engineering major who focuses his research on inorganic chemistry and its applications.
At Peking University, Jacob Libby will study Sino-American relations and Olivia Moffett will explore the effect of Chinese literature on Chinese economic rhetoric.
The University of Virginia is ranked 10th in a list of more than 200 doctoral institutions receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Awards and is the No. 1 public school in the country.
Kristen Barrett received a Marshall Scholarship to pursue degrees at Oxford and Edinburgh.
Henrique Sosa, a 2016 economics and foreign affairs graduate of the University of Virginia, has received a 2020 Schwarzman Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs.
Eileen Ying, a fourth-year honors politics and English (modern and global studies) major, will pursue Master of Studies degrees in world literatures in English and in women’s studies.
Fourth-year chemical engineering student Jonathan Zheng was recently honored by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, promoting technology and innovation across the U.S.
Anthropologist Roberto Armengol and Courtney Hill, a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering, have been awarded Ford Foundation Fellowships.
Monica Sandoval-Vasquez, of Manassas, will study engineering at Valencia Polytechnic University in Spain, while Jenna Owens of Perris, California, will travel, study and work on an independent study in Kenya.
Twenty-two University of Virginia alumni and graduate students have received Fulbright Scholarships for research, study, and teaching. This represents the largest cohort of Fulbright recipients from the University in one year.
University of Virginia student Hanna Davis is taking the road to Morocco on a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
From left, Chelsea Li, Jonathan Zheng and Karl Westendorff received Goldwater Scholarships to support their studies in science and engineering fields.
India Brahm and Patrick D. Robinson will use Davis Project for Peace funds to work with community organizations in Ecuador.
Aryn Frazier, a 2017 University of Virginia graduate, is one of 69 Knight-Hennessy Scholars from around the world who will receive full funding for graduate study at Stanford University. Frazier will attend Stanford Law School.
Irene Cheng, Danielle DaCrema, Chris Fu and Kassandra Grimes are Mirzayan Fellows at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Sam Campbell is serious about wildlife preservation – and now he has an avenue by which he can seriously pursue it.
Brian Seymour will earn his degree in physics and mathematics in May and plans to continue studying gravitational physics at Cambridge in the fall.