OURS National Scholarships

We would like to wrap up the 2024–2025 academic year by congratulating all of the current Cal Bears and recent alums who received nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships this academic year, as well as those who submitted strong applications for the 35 scholarship and fellowship programs our office supports. Astronaut Scholars – Carolyn Van-Dy Nguyen (’26) Boren Scholarship – Kristie Moore (’26) Critical Language Scholarship – Alexandra “Sasha” Bergseid (’29), Giselle Carreño (‘25), Utkarsh Dubey (‘27), Abigail Klein (’26), Tiffany Mar (’25), Khephra Owl (’25), and Arya Vishin (‘25) Goldwater

by Lauren Miller Roxana (Qinhong) Wang, a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley class of 2024, has been awarded a 2025-26 Schwarzman Scholarship. Wang, who studied Comparative Literature and Ancient Greek and Roman Studies in the College of Letters & Science, was selected as one of 150 scholars from a pool of nearly 5,000 candidates. She is Berkeley’s twentieth recipient of the award since its inception in 2013! “Many highly qualified Berkeley students apply for the Schwarzman Scholarship every year, so it is impossible to predict who will be offered

Rising senior Danielle Tran, an English major minoring in Creative Writing and Education, has been selected as one of the outstanding undergraduates in the 2024 cohort of Beinecke Scholars. This prestigious scholarship provides $35,000 ($5,000 prior to graduate study and $15,000 per year) for two years of graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Eighty colleges and universities from across the U.S. (including UC Berkeley) are invited to nominate one student for the scholarship, and twenty scholarships are awarded nationwide. Most Beinecke recipients are at the top of

We would like to wrap up the 2023–2024 academic year by congratulating all of the current Cal Bears and recent alums who received nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships this academic year, as well as those who submitted strong applications for the more than 30 scholarship programs our office supports. Astronaut Scholars – Clara Hung (’25) and Cooper Jacobus (’25) Beinecke Scholarship – Danielle Tran (’25) Critical Language Scholarship – Sara Ahlich (’24), Fraser Byers (’25), Charlie Kim-Worthington (’26), Ava Ratcliff (’26), David Villani (‘24), and Valerian Weinzweig (’25) Gates Cambridge Scholarship –

Two Berkeley undergraduates – Nitish Dashora (EECS, ’24) and Arun Johnson (CBE, ’23) – have received the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) award for STEM majors who have demonstrated exemplary academic performance and have completed substantial work in their chosen fields outside of the classroom. The honor comes with $15,000, an accomplished mentor, and membership in the ASF network, which includes alumni, astronauts, and leaders in academic, technical research, and corporate leadership. Sophomore Nitish Dashora, from Columbus, Ohio, is interested in machine learning algorithms for general intelligence, namely those concerned

by Jessica Park African American Studies and Political Science Alumna Sydney Roberts has been awarded a 2026–27 Schwarzman Scholarship. Roberts, a former ASUC president who graduated from Cal in 2024 as a double major in the Berkeley Social Sciences Division, is one of 150 inspiring and innovative leaders selected from a pool of more than 5,800 candidates worldwide — the largest applicant pool in the program’s history. She is Berkeley’s 21st recipient of the award since its founding in 2013. This fall, Roberts will participate in a one-year, fully funded