Pictured above, top row from left to right: Amulya Agrawal, Lucas Berard, Jazmine Harris, Lyndon Hu, Robert McAllister, Maya McWilliams, Adésuwa Obasuyi, Ríoghna Pittock, Morgan Ramirez (photo credit: Cate Weiser), Gowri Rao (photo credit: Sudha Krishnamoorthy), Mark Shepard, Anapaula Silva Mandujano, Shama Tirukkala (photo credit: Toby Chan), and Emiko Wu
Twenty-two UChicago students and alumni have been named finalists for the Fulbright US Student Program this year. Since 1949, over 800 UChicago students and alumni have participated in this prestigious international exchange program. Both the College Center for Research and Fellowships and UChicagoGRAD’s Fellowship Team supported this year’s applicants.
The College Center for Research and Fellowships (CCRF) serves as the primary resource for undergraduate students and recent College alumni pursuing Fulbright and other prestigious fellowships. Graduate students receive parallel support through UChicagoGRAD’s Fellowships Office, which supports all graduate students, graduate alumni, and postdocs who are interested in exploring fellowships and applying to opportunities like Fulbright.
This year’s winners together represent 18 undergraduate majors, 2 master’s programs, and 4 doctoral programs across the University.
Amulya Agrawal ’25, Major in Economics & Public Policy; minor in Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
English Teaching Assistant Award in Morocco
Bethany Battafarano, Ph.D. in Music
Open Study/Research Award in Ecuador
“Music for the Amazon Rainforest: Ecuadorian Kichwa Musicians Conserve Ecological Knowledge”
Lucas Berard ’25, Major in Chemistry; minor in Biology
Fulbright-Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Award for Research in Science and Technology in Austria
“Synthesizing Bacterial Metabolites to Combat Antibiotic Resistance”
Trevor Brandt, Ph.D. in Art History
Open Study/Research Award in Germany
“Prints and Piety at the Edges of the German-Speaking World, ca. 1650-1800”
Jazmine Harris ’19, M.F.A. in Visual Arts
Fulbright/University College London Award in the United Kingdom
“Everyday People: A Study of Placemaking, Dreaming, and Community Building in London”
Zoë High, Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Cultures
Fulbright-Nehru Open Study/Research Award in India
“Dakani Language and Literature between the Dargah, Court, and Household, 1400-1800”
Savannah Hodel ’24, M.A. in Social Sciences
English Teaching Assistant Award in Poland
Lyndon Hu ’25, Major in Biological Sciences
Open Study/Research Award in Germany
“Mapping Intercellular Signaling Networks Mediating Therapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer”
Robert McAllister ’25, Major in Linguistics & Anthropology
English Teaching Assistant Award in Germany
Maya McWilliams ’25, Major in Environmental and Urban Studies & Political Science
Open Study/Research Award in Serbia
Maria Mirasol ’22, Major in Sociology & Public Policy
English Teaching Assistant Award in Colombia
Adésuwa Obasuyi ’24, Major in English & Creative Writing
English Teaching Assistant Award in Colombia
Ríoghna Pittock ’25, Major in Political Science; minor in Chemistry
English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Morgan Ramirez ’24, Major in Biological Sciences
Fulbright Canada Graduate Studies Award in Canada
Gowri Rao ’22, Major in Linguistics; minor in History
Fulbright/Athens College-HAEF English Teaching Assistant Award in Greece
Mark Shepard ’24, M.A. in Social Sciences
English Teaching Assistant Award in Germany
Anapaula Silva Mandujano ’24, Major in Psychology & Comparative Human Development; minor in Philosophy
English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Elena Tiedens ’25, Major in History; minor in Russian & Eastern European Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award in Kyrgyzstan
Shama Tirukkala ’24, Major in Computer Science & Classical Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award in Cyprus
Cybele Tom, Ph.D. in Art History
Open Study/Research Award in Germany
“Representing Medium: Imitation and Intermediality in Northern Europe, c. 1300-1500”
Augustin Vannier, M.D. in Medicine
Open Study/Research Award in Brazil
“Effects of environmental pollution on olfactory dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease”
Emiko Wu ’24, Major in Public Policy; minor in Health & Society
English Teaching Assistant Award in Indonesia