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Maria Ressa ’86 featured as part of Fulbright Alumni: Lasting Legacies
Aug. 2, 2023


Maria Ressa '86 has been recently featured as part of the Fulbright Program's "Fulbright Alumni: Lasting Legacies" series which showcases stories of notable program alumni.

Ressa, the…

Kaelani Burja receives Dale Fellowship to pursue original project after graduation
June 20, 2023


Class of 2023 member Kaelani Burja has received the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year pursuing an independent project of special interest. Burja will travel to Guam, California and New York to research, write and perform an original play about her mother’s life.

The Dale Fellowship, created by 1953 Princeton…

Victoria Graf, Amélie Lemay, Arya Maheshwari and Reha Mathur named Goldwater Scholars
May 10, 2023


Princeton undergraduates Victoria Graf, Amélie Lemay, Arya Maheshwari and Reha Mathur have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, an annual award for outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. The four are among the 413 scholarship recipients selected across the United States…

Princeton seniors David Amelemah, Zachariah Sippy and Jack Thompson awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize
May 9, 2023


Princeton University seniors David Amelemah, Zachariah Sippy and Jack Thompson have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.

Amelemah, a chemical and biological engineering major from Amityville, New York, will aim to…

Princeton senior Sydnae Taylor awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
April 14, 2023

 

Princeton University senior Sydnae Taylor has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The awards give outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. The program was established in 2000 by a donation to Cambridge from the Bill and Melinda…

Mirabella Smith awarded Beinecke Scholarship for postgraduate study in politics
April 13, 2023


Princeton junior Mirabella Smith has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports highly motivated students with exceptional promise to pursue Ph.D.s or other postgraduate degrees in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Smith, of Lake Elsinore, California, is a politics concentrator who is also pursuing…

Jalen Travis awarded Truman Scholarship for public service
April 13, 2023


Princeton University junior Jalen Travis has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, which provides recipients with up to $30,000 toward graduate school along with professional development opportunities to prepare for careers in public service.

Travis, of Minneapolis, is an anthropology concentrator who is also pursuing a…

Four Princeton seniors awarded ReachOut Fellowship for public service
March 22, 2023


Princeton University seniors Sarah Brown, Caroline Subbiah, Marissa Mejia and Mandy Qua have been awarded a fellowship from ReachOut 56-81-06, an alumni-funded effort that supports year-long public service projects after graduation. Their projects focus on strengthening New York City’s preparedness initiatives in response to climate…

Willow Dalehite '22 and Ben Weissenbach '20 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Feb. 20, 2023

Princeton University alumni Willow Dalehite of the Class of 2022 and Bennett Weissenbach of the Class of 2020 will head to the University of Cambridge in the fall as recipients of Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Dalehite and Weissenbach are among 23 U.S. winners of the scholarship.

About 80 scholarships annually give students from…

Senior Aneesha Manocha receives Kanders Churchill Scholarship for science policy
Feb. 9, 2023


Aneesha Manocha, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering who plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems, has been selected as one of this year’s two Kanders Churchill Scholars.

As a Kanders Churchill Scholar, Manocha will spend a year studying at the University of Cambridge while living at…