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Ellie Dombrowski | Friday, May 15, 2020
The class of 2020, with a total of 43 fellowship recipients, is heading into this fall with promising prospects. Of these, 25 are Fulbright grants, one is a Rhodes scholarship, 14 are Gilman scholarships and two are National Science Foundation research fellowships. With its largest number of fellowships awarded to Notre Dame students yet, Dr.
Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 3, 2020
Three Notre Dame students, juniors Leah Harmon, Alex Kokot and Theodore MacMillan, have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2020-2021 year, the University announced in a press release Thursday. The award is a scholarship named after former U.S. senator Barry Goldwater. It awards outstanding sophomores and juniors in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and/or
Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 25, 2019
Notre Dame fifth-year student Prathm Juneja was named the University’s 20th Rhodes Scholar, the school announced in a Saturday press release. The Edison, New Jersey native will begin his time at the United Kingdom’s Oxford University next October. Juneja, along with seniors Matthew Schoenbauer and Nicholas Ottone, was one of three Notre Dame students who
Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 28, 2019
A new phishing scam on Notre Dame’s campus is targeting students via email, the Office of Information Technologies (OIT) said in an email to the student body Thursday. The emails appear to be from a Notre Dame professor and offers students a paid job as a research assistant, OIT said in the email. The message
Ciara Hopkinson | Friday, May 18, 2018
Fourteen members of the class of 2018 will be heading off this fall to conduct research, attend graduate school or teach English with the aid of national and international fellowships and grants. The majority of those students are Fulbright grant recipients. Jeffrey Thibert, director of the Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE), said Fulbright grants
Natalie Casal | Wednesday, October 4, 2017
During fall break, Notre Dame undergraduates will explore a wide range of research topics through funding from entities such as the Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE), the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the College of Science and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA). The Nanovic Institute will send 11 students to 10 countries, including France, Spain,
Kelli Smith | Monday, September 25, 2017
In an effort to promote intellectual development, the Flatley Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE) hosts workshops across campus that cater to undergraduates interested in research, scholarly engagement, creative endeavors and fellowships. Assistant director of undergraduate research, Yvonne Mikuljan, said the CUSE workshops introduce students to various kinds of research and learning experiences while offering
Andrea Vale | Friday, August 26, 2016
Senior biology major Kiley Adams considers her day-to-day activities to be her most valuable memories of this past summer. But for Adams, who spent the summer researching community-based rehabilitation (CBR) models to increase opportunities for people with disabilities in rural India, those day-to-day activities were far from mundane. They included playing soccer at a Tibetan
Justine Wang | Friday, May 13, 2016
15 graduating seniors have received awards from the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program. This program provides grants for individually-designed study, research projects or English Teaching Assistant Programs. According to its website, the Fulbright Program “facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee
Selena Ponio | Thursday, February 25, 2016
Curiosity, research and service are the main pillars of success, according to popular finance professional specialist Carl Ackermann. Ackermann, who holds the Nolan Professorship for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction, shared his experiences and advice Wednesday night in a speech titled “How to Have an Impactful Undergraduate Experience” for the second annual installment of the Sorin