Four Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Four doctoral students have been selected to be a part of the 2016 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Four Students Earn State Department Critical Language Scholarships
Four UT students have received US Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to travel abroad and spend ten weeks studying critical-needs languages this summer.
Two Seniors Awarded Whitaker International Scholarships
Two UT seniors are packing their bags for a year of study abroad, thanks to the Whitaker International Program.
Three Students Named Fulbright Scholars; One Named Alternate
Three UT students have received Fulbright Student Program grants to further their studies abroad.
Three Students Selected for National Science Foundation Fellowships
Three UT doctoral students have been selected to be a part of the 2015 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Two Juniors Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Two UT juniors—Benjamin Brock and Adam LaClair—have been named 2015 Goldwater Scholars.
UT Student Earns Princeton in Asia Fellowship to Work at Myanmar Newspaper
R. J. Vogt, a Haslam Scholar and senior in the College Scholars program, has won a Princeton in Asia fellowship that will allow him to spend at least a year working at a bilingual newspaper in the country of Myanmar. Vogt, of Nashville will leave in August to work at the Myanmar Times, a weekly
Senior Julia Ross Recounts Fall Semester Spent as White House Intern
Weekly, the world gathers around their television to tune in to shows depicting the Oval Office and Washington, D.C., but Julia Ross, a UT senior, was in the heart of the action as an intern in the nation’s capital.
UT’s ONSF Makes Changes to Serve Growing Student Interest
UT’s Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships has made some changes to better serve the growing number of students interested in applying for major awards. In an effort to increase visibility and be more accessible, ONSF—which has its main office in the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy—now has a satellite office in
UT Student Chosen for Prestigious International Humanity in Action Fellowship
Ediobong “Edi” Ebiefung, a senior, has been chosen as one of forty students from the United States to participate in the 2014 Humanity in Action Fellowship. He will be going to Amsterdam. “The opportunity means a lot to me, and I am honored that I was selected,” said Ebiefung, who was born and raised in
Four UT Students Attend Prestigious Global Conference
Four UT students participated in the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative University conference which took place at Arizona State University March 21–23. Seniors Brianna Rader and Jacob Clark, sophomore Summer Awad, and freshman Anagha Uppal were among more than 1,000 students who were chosen to attend because of their innovative social ventures aimed at confronting some
Haslam Scholar Wins National Scholarship to Study in Oman
Summer Awad, an anthropology student who just finished her freshman year, grew up hearing Arabic spoken at home but was never fluent in it herself. That may change this summer when she spends eight weeks in Nizwa, Oman, on a US State Department Critical Language Scholarship. Critical Language Scholarships give college students the opportunity to