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Four UB Students, Alums Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
5/7/19

Two UB students and two alumni have won the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship awards. Four other UB students received honorable mention.

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Two UB Undergraduates Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
6/17/19

A physics and math major whose self-proclaimed strength is to problem-solve from multiple directions, and the U.S.-born son of Belarus immigrants who is determined to become a “pioneer” in how artificial intelligence can improve national security are UB’s latest Barry Goldwater Scholarship winners.

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A Mentoring Success Story
6/26/19

There is no better example of a UB mentor-mentee relationship than Krolikowski and Brown. It’s a rich and exciting connection UB educators say is exactly what promising and ambitious students need, and it all began with the SPARK program, created by the Office of Fellowships and Scholarships.

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UB Sees Record Number of Fulbright Award Winners for 2018-19
7/3/19

Seven UB students have won Fulbright awards, the prestigious national scholarship competition for grants to study, research and teach abroad in 2019-20. The seven Fulbright winners are joined by two alternates.

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Fellowships and scholarships are among the most valuable forms of aid you can receive during your college career and are designed to support students who have exceptional academic records and potential.

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Graduate and undergraduate UB students, as well as alumni, can meet with our staff to discuss scholarship and fellowship opportunities. 

Scholar Spotlight

  • Ian Desjardin works in a lab with a lab partner.
    5/22/19

    Called a “rising star” by top engineering faculty and administrators, Ian DesJardin stands out among the university’s exemplary students. His mission: launching a satellite built at UB to gather data on space debris to provide a way to better track the debris and hopefully avoid collisions with active satellites.

  • Mariangela Perrella.
    5/22/19

    When one of Mariangela Perrella’s faculty mentors wrote her a recommendation for the Fulbright Scholarship, she called Perrella a “thinking dancer and a dancing thinker.” That’s a perfect way to understand Perrella. She combines a passion for integrating dance and movement with innovative classroom techniques that help teach children with special needs.

  • Ali Al Qaraghuli.
    5/22/19

    Ali Al Qaraghuli chose electrical engineering because it is a common platform that combines multiple interests. Electronics play a big part in creating new technology that can be used in many fields, including medicine and space. The Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship affords Al Qaraghuli the opportunity to do further research in a field that interests him.

  • Kayleigh Hamernik.
    5/22/19

    Kayleigh Hamernik an environmental studies major, also minors in Asian studies. She will study Hindi at the American Institute of Indian Studies in Jaipur, Rajasthan. While there, her course study will focus on conversation, vocabulary, grammar and reading. She also will take part in such cultural activities as cooking, dance, photography and drama class.

  • Izzy Starr.
    5/22/19

    Izzy Starr has received a prestigious fellowship from Microsoft Research. The Ada Lovelace Fellowship is a new fellowship for Microsoft Research, and Starr is one of the first five students to receive it.

  • Jenny Simon.
    5/22/19

    Jenny Simon received a Critical Language Scholarship in 2018 and has applied for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Mongolia to pursue her dreams of learning more about China and becoming a teacher.

  • Dante Iozzo.
    5/15/18

    Dante Iozzo, a 2016 UB graduate and recipient of the NSFGRFP Award, studies theoretical astrophysics at Cornell University.

  • Sean Kaczmarek.
    5/22/19

    Sean Kaczmarek was chosen to receive a Marshall Scholarship, one of the most selective graduate fellowships available to American undergraduates, and an honor many consider the country's most prestigious scholarship.

  • Christine Tjahjadi-Lopez.
    5/22/19

    At 26, UB alumna Christine Tjahjadi-Lopez, a global entrepreneur, human rights activist, teacher and philanthropist, is already changing the world.

  • Madelaine Britt.
    7/27/18

    Madelaine Britt, a 2017 UB graduate and recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, aids in the revitalization of the streets of New York City.

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