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Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton Named a 2018 Marshall Scholar

On December 4, 2017, the British Government announced the 2018 recipients of the Marshall Scholarship awards. Recent UC Berkeley graduate, Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, was selected as one of 43 recipients of the new class of Marshall Scholars. The selection process was extremely competitive and rigorous both at the campus and regional level. Nathaniel graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2016 with a B.S. in Conservation and Resources Studies with Highest Distinction and Honors. Nathaniel is U.C. Berkeley’s first Marshall Scholars since 2015. The Marshall Scholarship will enable him to study at Cambridge,

UCB Recent Grad Named 2019 Schwarzman Scholar!!

New York & Beijing, December 4, 2017 Schwarzman Scholars, the Masters degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, today announced its third class. Tanay Jaeel graduated from Berkeley, where he majored in Business Administration. During his time there, he went deep into social impact initiatives through his coursework and extracurriculars, including projects for the California State Government, rural districts in South India, and various nonprofits. After graduation, Tanay worked in Product Strategy at LinkedIn, building out the platforms job-seeking experience to help millions of members find their next career opportunity.

Andrea Wang

Andrea Wang (’24, Data Science and Business Administration) is driven by the intersection of emerging technologies and governance, particularly how technological innovation can serve public interest. She currently works in product at Visa, where she supports regulatory initiatives for digital asset products, and previously worked across AI/ML fraud products and M&A. At Cal, she served as President of the Association of Womxn in EE&CS, competed on the Haas International Case Competition team, and danced with AFX Dance. As a Schwarzman Scholar, Andrea hopes to explore how technology can shape and

Sophia Young

Sophia Young (’25, Cognitive Science & Data Science), a native of Oakland, California, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. While at Berkeley, she worked as a Cognitive Science peer advisor, ran the Transfer Student Living and Learning Community, and led student communications for the Residential Life department. Her research projects as a Fung Fellow and Social Science Research Pathways fellow focused on the intersection of technology, design, social science, and public health. Her next step as a Lafayette Fellow includes graduate studies at Université PSL – Paris School

NIH Undergraduate Scholarship

Next deadline: Late March 2027 The National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship (NIH UGSP) is a financial need-based scholarship award for undergraduates who are committed to biomedical, behavioral and social science research. The award provides up to $20,000 per academic year for tuition, educational, and reasonable living expenses. Scholarships are awarded for one year and can be renewed up to two years. Recipients also receive a strong cohort experience throughout their NIH training, professional development programs focused on core competencies needed for success in research and healthcare careers, and educational

Princeton in Africa

Next deadline: November 2026 Princeton in Africa (PiAf) is a non-profit affiliate of Princeton University that develops young leaders as they contribute to some of the most impactful organizations on the African continent. In 26 years, this program has placed over 750 Fellows with more than 130 organizations in 37 African countries. Fellows, through their work, have made contributions to Africa’s institutions in the areas of Business and Economic Development, Education & Youth Capacity Building, Public & Community Health, and so much more. PiAf Fellows are placed with host organizations

Adwoa-Brittney Boateng

Adwoa-Brittney Boateng (’22, Business Administration), a Ghanaian-American raised in Atlanta, Georgia, was the first Black student to graduate from the Global Management Program at the Haas School of Business. As a 2025-2026 Princeton in Africa Fellow, she will be working at African Leadership University in Rwanda. Adwoa-Brittney’s work is centered on the development of African economies, with a focus on the education and finance sectors. Her career spans a range of industries from implementing full organization projects at Google to co-founding Aminat Venture Philanthropy in Sierra Leone, an organization dedicated

Annelies van Haeften

Annelies van Haeften (‘25, Global Studies/Public Policy) was born in the Netherlands and grew up between Central America, the United States, and Europe. Annelies began her Arabic studies remotely through the CLS Spark program via the University of Alexandria in the summer of 2025. Since then, she has continued to study Arabic, as well as taken an interest in Lebanese and Palestinian literature. Her MA International Relations program (Global Conflict in the Modern Era) at Leiden University focuses on “transnational nationalism” with an emphasis on narratives around immigration and gender.

Senior Zachary Cooper Honored as Astronaut Scholar

Zachary Cooper (’27, Molecular & Cell Biology/Business Administration) has been selected as a 2026–2027 Astronaut Scholar, a $15,000 scholarship that requires university nomination. This honor is awarded to juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in their field of academics and research. Additional benefits of the Astronaut Scholarship, which was created in 1984 by the six surviving Mercury 7 astronauts to ensure the United States would maintain its leadership in science and technology, include mentorship and professional networking

Zachary Cooper

Zachary Cooper (’27, Molecular & Cell Biology/Business Administration) is passionate about advancing next-generation therapeutics through oncolytic virotherapy and programmable genome editing. He conducts research in the lab of Dr. David Schaffer at UC Berkeley, adapting CRISPRi/a technologies to modulate gene expression in oncolytic vaccinia virus, and at the Arc Institute under Dr. Patrick Hsu, where he is engineering programmable bridge recombinases. Zachary aims to leverage his interdisciplinary training in molecular biology and business to translate elite discovery into universal access by spinning out innovative technologies from the lab. In the