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May 31, 2001
AWARDS & HONORS
More students win grants
The American Academy in Rome awarded to a graduate student here one of
its 29 prestigious Rome Prizes. The prize provides a residency of six
months to two years plus a stipend.during which the winners can pursue
work independently at the American Academy in Rome.
Carol Whang, a graduate student
in music, was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship in Post-Classical Humanistic/Modern
Italian Studies, to study 16th century parody Mass composition methods,
working with manuscripts at the Vatican Library.
Miller Center Fellow
The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs has selected
a Penn student to receive one of its 2001 Miller Center Fellowships in
contemporary politics, policy and political history. The center selected
11 doctoral candidates from around the United States to receive its one-year,
$15,000 grants.
Margaret Pugh O'Mara, a doctoral
candidate in history, explores how increased federal spending on higher
education and scientific research, spurred by Cold War politics, transformed
major U.S. metropolitan areas by encouraging high-technology, high-skill
employment sectors.
O'Mara has worked in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
and the White House, where she helped create and implement several policy
programs, including the Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities Initiative,
and welfare reform.
Fulbright-Hays grantees
Three students have been awarded Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad Awards, which go to students planning a career in teaching.
The award allows grantees to work on dissertation-related research full
time in a foreign country. The students are:
Laurn Nauta,
a doctoral student in history, who will be going to Pakistan and Great
Britain;
Paja Faudree, a doctoral student
in anthropology, who will go to Mexico; and
Melissa Vogel, a doctoral student
in anthropology, who will be in Peru.
More Fulbright scholars
Three additional Fulbright scholars for study abroad next year have been
announced, making a grand total of 12 (Current,
May 3). They are:
Veronica
Aplenc, a graduact student in folklore and folklife, who will study
in Slovenia;
Hillary Dick, a graduate student
in anthropology, who will study in Mexico; and
Matthew
McHugh, a doctoral student in nursing, who will study in Denmark.
Mellon humanities fellowship
Sophia Malamud
(C'01) has received an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
for 2001-02. The fellowship provides full tuition, fee and stipend support
for one year of graduate-level study in the humanities.
Beinecke scholar
Yaran Noti
(C'02) is one of 20 students nationwide who received a Beinecke Brothers
Memorial Scholarship this year. Noti will use his scholarship to study
medieval or Renaissance literature at the graduate level.
Off to a summer abroad
Three Penn students have received William A. Levi Travel Fellowships
for this summer. The fellowships are awardsd based on merit and financial
need; they allow outstanding Penn students to participate in Penn Summer
Abroad programs in countries outside Western Europe. The recipients are:
Jamie Osnato
(C'02), who will spend the summer in Buenos Aires;
Shaun Gonzales
(C'03), who is traveling to India; and
Margaret
Watt (C'02), who will head to Seoul.
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