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Samuel Zeng CC ’15 and Kun Leng CC ’15 have been awarded honors thorugh The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. The Goldwater Scholarship, a federally-endowed program honoring former U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, is the premier undergraduate award for students interested in pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
Abbee Cox CC ’14, a psychology major, has been named a 2014 Humanity in Action Fellow. The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together college students and recent graduates from around the world to explore different national histories of discrimination and resistance to injustice, as well as contemporary issues affecting minority groups.
The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of students and recent graduates on month-long summer programs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Lyon or Warsaw. Fellows study human rights and conduct original research exploring how and why individuals and societies resist intolerance and stand up for democratic values.
Lillian Jin CC ’13 is one of twelve recipients of the 2015 class of George J. Mitchell Scholarship.
Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education James J. Valentini today announced a new undergraduate global opportunity, the Presidential Global Fellowship, which will provide support for 15 rising sophomores in Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Columbia School of General Studies to study abroad during the summer of 2014.
Columbia College celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2013 at a Ceremony on South Lawn on Tuesday, May 21. Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally CC ’60 was the Class Day keynote speaker.
Columbia College has announced the names of 95 seniors who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society, on May 21. The students were chosen by a faculty selection committee of Phi Beta Kappa members based on the breadth, depth and rigor of their academic programs, as well as recommendations from faculty members who have worked closely them.
The Columbia College Committee on Honors, Awards and Prizes has announced the names of the Class of 2013 valedictorian and salutatorian. The valedictorian is Leah Friedman, a Russian Literature and Cultures major from New York. The salutatorian is Yoshiaki Ko, a Neuroscience and Behavior major from California.
The Office of Global Programs will hold a Marshall Scholarship Information Session with Ann Reinking, media and public affairs coordinator from the British Consulate-General in New York, and three Marshall Scholarship Programme alumni on Monday, April 15, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., in 202 Hamilton Hall.
The Office of Global Programs will hold an information session on Fulbright Grants with Walter Jackson, program manager of Fulbright U.S. Student Programs at the Institute of International Education, on April 11, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the Core Conference Room.