Below we highlight just a few of the hundreds of students we support each year at the CCRF! |
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Nivedina Sarma, AB Chemistry, 2020; current NSF Fellow and PhD candidate Berkeley About her undergraduate research at UChicago: “Month to month, I realize that I used to feel so uncertain about doing certain procedures, and now I can come in and do them on the weekend by myself. You have a really tangible way of measuring how much you’re learning.” Read the full article here.
Joe Joseph, AB Economics, 2017, Two-time Fulbright Scholar to Madrid, Spain, 2018 and 2019 About his Fulbright experience in Spain: “You're intentionally removing yourself from support systems and roots that you have built over many years to commit yourself to something foreign and unknown. The beauty of isolation is the opportunity to get to know yourself better and to spend intentional time on introspection…Living abroad forced me to confront the realities of what I want and what I’m capable of [achieving].” Read the full article here. |
Stephanie Reitzig, BA History, 2022, CRASSH & Smart Scholar About her undergraduate research experience at UChicago: “I really believe in the importance of bringing scholarly humanities research to the general public in an engaging and relevant way.” Read the full article here.
Ellen Purdy, AB Chemistry, 2019, Gates-Cambridge Scholar; current PhD candidate Chemistry, Cambridge About her research in art conservation: “I’m fascinated by what scientific analysis can tell us about works of art and how it can be used to preserve these works for future generations. Conservation work is not often emphasized in exhibitions, but without it, the art we see would look a lot different and much of it would not exist.” Read the full article here. |
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Ade Ayoola, AB Biological Sciences, 2019; Current Knight-Henessy Scholar, MD and MPP Candidate, Stanford About her global health research in Nigeria: “Being in Nigeria affirmed my desire to make a change that positively affects our global community,” said Ayoola. “I saw that to truly improve health as a physician, I had to understand current barriers to receiving quality health care, how to create effective health policies and how to implement them with a focus on what’s best for the community.” Read the full story here. |
Lily Dube, AB English Literature, 2015; Rhodes Scholar 2016, Oxford About her plans as a Rhodes Scholar: Dube would eventually like to pursue doctoral studies in education, enabling her to one day teach literature, education and writing at the university level. “I would love to mentor well-rounded African academics who have the potential to produce regionally and globally impactful scholarship,” she said, “especially among traditionally underrepresented groups.” Read the full story here.
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Kirk Lancaster, AB Chemistry and Law, Letters & Society, 2018; 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, JD candidate, Stanford On his language training as a Boren Scholar: “I was both inspired by the personal connections I made in China, and assured in my commitment that the United States has a unique capacity to be a force for good in the world,” he said. “After returning from China, I was fortunate enough to complete an internship at the State Department’s Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Affairs, which solidified these notions.”
Salma Elkhaoudi, AB Political Science; 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, PhD candidate in Anthropology, Stanford On her human rights experiences at UChicago: “These internships gave me unparalleled insight into the various perspectives and lived situations of marginalized people around the world, something that pulled me out of the ivory tower and into situations where degrees are irrelevant.” Read the full story here.
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Pradnya Narkhede, AB Chemistry, 2017; 2017 Marshall Scholar, MSt Edinburgh; Doctoral candidate, Cambridge About her committment to science and research: “In examining and engineering plant, microbial and other living systems, I hope to advance the prospects for food and energy security as well as human health by developing more stress-tolerant crops, robust sources of renewable biofuels and living factories for life-saving medicines,” Narkhede said. “There is incredible power in harnessing the tenets of biochemistry to promote sustainable development, and I hope to be at the forefront of this movement.” Read the full story here. |
