Two Undergraduate Public Service Projects Awarded 2022 Strauss Grants

Thanks to the ingenuity and commitment of three Berkeley undergraduates, and funding support from the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Program, two new student-initiated public service projects will be launched over the coming year. Adil Raniwala (Political Science, ’22) and Garrett Oman (History/Public Policy, ’23) will use the $15,000 grant to set up community networks and deliver free halal food to Afghan refugees who were resettled in temporary housing in Alameda County in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. “Project Peacemeal” will build on the […]

Berkeley Senior and Recent Alum Awarded P. D. Soros Fellowships

Hari Srinivasan (‘22, Psychology/Disability Studies) and Andrew Lu (‘17, MCB) have been awarded the prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a scholarship that funds graduate degrees for immigrants and children of immigrants who are “poised to make significant contributions to U.S. society, culture, or their academic field.” The selection of this year’s 30 recipients, out of a pool of 1,800 applicants, was based on merit, with an emphasis on creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. Hari, a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from India, will enter Vanderbilt’s […]

Three Undergraduates Receive Critical Language Scholarships to Study Chinese, Russian, and Turkish

Three Berkeley undergraduates have received Critical Language Scholarships, a U.S. State Department program aimed at expanding the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are considered critical to national security and economic prosperity. The scholarship funds overseas summer language and cultural immersion programs for students planning to use their language skills in their future professional careers. Ransom Miller (’24, Global Studies) is headed to Tainan, Taiwan to study Mandarin. Ransom decided to start learning Chinese in middle school because it was the hardest (and therefore the “coolest”) language offered. […]