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The New Class of UNCF/Merck Science Initiative Scholars
Filed in Financial Aid, STEM Fields on July 27, 2012
A new class of UNCF/Merck Science Initiative Scholars has been announced. The program, a partnership of the United Negro College Fund and Merck Inc., the global pharmaceutical firm, aims to increase the number of Black students pursuing degrees in STEM disciplines. Now in its 17th year, the program has provided scholarships and fellowships to 627 students.
This year 15 undergraduate students will receive scholarships of up to $25,000 each. Here are the 15 undergraduate fellows and their undergraduate institutions:
Onyemaechi C. Anoruo, Temple University
Dara Bobb-Semple, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Carmen L. Del Valle, Columbia University
Piaget J. Francois, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Kia R. Johnson, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul
Russell J. Ledet, Southern University and A & M College
David Marcelin, Fordham University
Erika M. Moore, John Hopkins University
Evelyn Okeke, The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York
Victoria Okuneye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marisha M. Perkins, University of the Virgin Islands
Faith Simunyu, Denison University
Anthony M. Todd, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Ashton K. Wheeler, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Jalissa L. Wynder, Southern University, Baton Rouge
In addition, 12 graduate students will receive fellowships of up to $53,500 each. They are:
Sarah Ann R. Anderson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Undergraduate Institution: Xavier University of Louisiana)
Alicia T. Barr, Medical College of Wisconsin (Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve University)
Jamaal L. Benjamin, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Undergraduate Institution: Morehouse College)
April M. Clayton, John Hopkins University (Undergraduate Institution: Erskine College)
Janice M. Dias, University of Miami (Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami)
Christina N. Garlington, University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami)
Uzoma K. Iheagwara, University of Pittsburgh (Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Kateena L. Johnson, Morehouse School of Medicine (Undergraduate Institution: Agnes Scott College)
Paul Kelley, California Institute of Technology (Undergraduate Institution: The Catholic University of America)
Folami Lamoke, Medical College of Georgia (Undergraduate Institution: Brown University)
Elizabeth M. Ransey, Carnegie Mellon University (Undergraduate Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology)
Dionna W. Williams, Yeshiva University (Undergraduate Institution: Hofstra University)
And 10 postdoctoral students will receive research fellowships of up to $92,000 each. They are:
Nnenna A Finn, Ph.D., Emory University
Keneshia Haenssen, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Dahlia Haynes, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Rashade A.H. Haynes II, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Curtis J. Henry, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
Jessica Lopes Da Rosa-Spiegler, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Arion Kennedy, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Stephanie M. Malone, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Troy A. Mceachron, Ph.D., St. Jude's Children Research Hospital
Hosea M. Nelson, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
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