Office of Fellowships and Scholarships

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.