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While living in Ireland as a Mitchell Scholar, Micaela Connery has furthered her plans to create a community that includes those with disabilities.
Twelve alumni and graduate students will pursue their work on foreign shores with the help of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year.
Six University of Virginia students will spend the summer immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to the Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.
Zaakir Tameez of Houston will spend June in Berlin studying human rights issues.
Fourth-year student Aryn Frazier will head to law school after completing two years of study as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.
University of Virginia undergraduate Attiya Latif has been named a Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholar and will receive $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to prepare for a career in public service leadership.
Bridget Andersen explores the universe and studies how galaxies form.
Ashley Ferguson (left) will study at the University of Cambridge’s Medical Research Council Cancer Unit and Sasheenie Moodley will pursue a Ph.D. in African studies at the University of Oxford.
After she graduates next month from the University of Virginia, art history major Emily Cox will continue her studies at the University of Oxford in England as UVA’s first participant in the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities.
From left, Davis Prize for Peace winners Madeline Curry, Jillian Randolph, Sophie Binns and Nanki Kaur will work in South Africa this summer.
From left, Sarah Koch, Abraham Axler and William Henagan each received Marshall Scholarships to pursue graduate study in the United Kingdom.
University of Virginia students Aryn Frazier and Lauren Jackson are among the 32 American students named as 2017 Rhodes Scholars.
Eight University of Virginia students and alumni will pursue their work on foreign shores with the help of the Fulbright US Student Program.
Eight University of Virginia students will spend their summers immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.
University of Virginia student Dominick Giovanniello will study Arabic for a year in Amman, Jordan.
Ferguson, a third-year materials science and engineering and nanotechnology major, with an engineering business minor, said the Truman Scholarship will assist her in her graduate research on solar photovoltaic cells.
Henry Sarpong (left) of Ghana, Diana Wilson (center) of Newark, New Jersey, and Sheila Otwe of Alexandria, will be going to Ghana this summer to work with civic engagement of students.
Fourth-year student Benjamin Harris, 22, of Grundy, and 2010 alumnus Mostafa Allam, 26, of Cairo, Egypt, have received Schwarzman Scholarships. They will live in Beijing for a year of study and cultural immersion, attending lectures, traveling and developing a better understanding of China.
Charlie Tyson graduated from UVA in 2014 with a B.A. in political and social thought and in English. He is currently working toward his second master’s degree at the University of Oxford.
Bogue - a fourth-year honors politics student who also is studying Mandarin Chinese - is planning to study political theory at Oxford, pursuing a master’s of philosophy in political theory, followed by a doctorate in philosophy.