TWELVE UC SANTA CRUZ STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WIN FELLOWSHIPS FROM NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded prestigious graduate fellowships to twelve students and recent alumni at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

NSF granted 950 graduate research fellowships and 150 minority graduate fellowships to students who will pursue careers in science, social science, mathematics, or engineering. About one of every seven applicants earned a fellowship. "These programs honor the future leaders who are essential to maintaining the scientific and technological enterprise that undergirds the economic strength and well-being of this country," says Luther Williams, assistant director for education and human resources at NSF. He notes that twelve recipients have gone on to earn Nobel Prizes.

Each fellowship provides a stipend of $14,400 per year for full-time graduate study, plus an annual cost-of-education allowance of $8,600 in lieu of all tuition and fees at U.S. institutions. The fellowships cover three years of study, but students may use them during a five-year period to allow for paid teaching or research experience.

Nine UCSC students or alumni received graduate research fellowships: Dale Barr, III, B.A. in psychology, 1993, to attend Princeton University; Djuna Bewley, current senior in earth sciences, to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder; Jessica Britton, B.A. in biochemistry and molecular biology, 1993, now at the University of Washington; Jonathan Dale, B.A. in marine biology, 1993, now at Boston University; Emily Giambalvo, current graduate student in earth sciences; Matthew Glickman, B.A. in computer and information sciences and psychobiology, 1990, now at Carnegie Mellon University; David Gray, B.A. in biology, 1992, now at the University of New Mexico; Jeremy Gray, B.A. in psychobiology, 1992, to attend Stanford University; and Mark Sabbagh, B.A. in psychology, 1993, to attend the University of Oregon.

Three minority students or alumni received minority graduate fellowships: Michael Atkins, B.A. in chemistry and marine biology, 1993, to attend the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Nora Espinoza, B.A. in biology, 1992, now at the University of Chicago; and Ivelisse Rivera, current graduate student in anthropology.

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