2018-19 Fellowship in the News
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Eight Yale seniors awarded fellowships to study at Oxford and Cambridge
Eight graduating Yalies have been awarded fellowships or scholarships to study at Oxford and Cambridge universities. These seniors will be pursuing postgraduate degrees in topics ranging from public health to musicology.
May 14, 2019
Alumnus wins Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship
Brian Orozco ’18 has been awarded one of three prestigious Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowships. The fellowship provides $19,000 to support students in the visual and fine arts — including art history, conservation, studio art, and photography — for travel and living expenses outside the United States.
May 6, 2019
Junior wins Beinecke Scholarship for doctoral work
Benjamin Waldman ’20 of Branford College has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to support his pursuit of a Ph.D. in political science or history. He is one of only 18 college juniors nationwide to win this competitive award this year.
May 6, 2019
Two undergraduates will study language abroad with Boren Scholarships
Two Yale sophomores have been awarded Boren Scholarships to pursue language study abroad during the 2019-20 academic year. Jordan Farenhem (MY '21) will be studying Bahasa Indonesia with the Indonesian Flagship Language Initiative, and Anne Northrup (JE '21) will study Russian in Georgia.
May 6, 2019
Seven Yalies win Soros Fellowship
Seven Yalies — four current students and three Yale College graduates — won The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a grant that funds graduate studies for immigrants and the children of first-generation immigrants.
April 24, 2019
Three more Yale affiliates named Gates Cambridge Fellows
Ololade Aliyu, a current master’s degree candidate in African studies at Yale, and alumni Onon Bayasglan ’13 M.E.M. and Etienne Mashuli ’15 M.A., have won Gates Cambridge Scholarships for study at the University of Cambridge. The three, who were chosen in the international round of selection, join two U.S. Gates Cambridge Scholars announced earlier: Yale senior Fernando Rojas and alumnus Dhruv Nandamudi ’18. The five Yale affiliates are among the 90 scholars who make up the Gates Cambridge Class of 2019.
April 12, 2019
Junior Christina Pao selected as a Truman Scholar
Yale junior Christina Pao has been named one of 62 Truman Scholars for 2019. The winners were announced by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
April 12, 2019
Seven Yale affiliates win Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Four current Yale students and three Yale College graduates are among the 30 individuals selected to receive The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants.
April 11, 2019
Four Yalies receive Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Four Yale graduates — Seth Kolker ’15, Anthony Kayruz ’17, Charles Stone ’14 and Zachary Young ’17 — are among the second cohort of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, the largest graduate scholarship program in the world.
April 2, 2019
Civic-minded alumni are selected as Knight-Hennessey Scholars
Four Yale alumni are among 68 students from around the world who have been selected 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars. They are Seth Kolker ’15, Anthony Kayruz '17, Charles Stone ’14, and Zachary Young ’17. Scholars receive full funding for graduate study at Stanford University.
March 14, 2019
Yale senior and alumnus are named Gates-Cambridge Scholars
Senior Fernando Rojas and alumnus Dhruv Nandamudi are among 34 Americans selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of Cambridge.
February 15, 2019
Yale senior and an alumna to study in China as Schwarzman Scholars
Senior Clara Ma ’19 and 2016 Yale College graduate Seyoung Lee are among the 147 individuals named Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships.
December 3, 2018
Three seniors awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Yale seniors Rayan Alsemeiry, Eren Orbey, and Riley S. Tillitt will head to Oxford University following graduation as Rhodes Scholars.
November 19, 2018
Yale senior and recent graduate will study in Ireland as Mitchell Scholars
Yale senior Makayla Haussler and recent graduate Rohan Naik ’18 are among the 12 individuals selected as Mitchell Scholars.
November 19, 2018
Three Yalies win Rhodes Scholarships
Three Yale seniors, Eren Orbey ’19, Rayan Alsemeiry ’19 and Riley Tillitt ’19, are among this year’s cohort of Americans awarded the Rhodes Scholarship, according to a Nov. 17 announcement.
November 19, 2018