Fellowships

Schar School biodefense grad Matthew Ferreira is named an “emerging leader” in biosecurity with a Johns Hopkins’ fellowship.

Megan Bruening was recently named George Mason University’s Director of Fellowships, supporting both undergraduate and graduate programs. Bruening joined the Mason community as the assistant director of graduate fellowships in 2021 and had been serving as interim director for the past several months.

Ioanna Karantaidou, a PhD student in George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing’s Computer Science Department, has won a one-year fellowship from Protocol Labs, where she will work on their Fielcoin project, investigating innovations in cloud storage.

Honors College alumni, Abigail Hawkins, has been selected for the prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program. Hawkins, who graduated from Mason in May 2022, majored in global affairs with concentrations in human security and Middle East and North Africa Studies, and a minor in Arabic.  

Two George Mason University graduate students have been awarded prestigious Boren Fellowships.

Xu Han, a PhD student in Information Science and Technology, has won a Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering and Science (COVES) Fellowship.

A stellar student eschews the traditional path to take a prestigious fellowship in Congress. Aaron Stuvland believes it will prepare him for a career in academics.

Jasmine Okidi, a third-year University Scholar studying English, was selected as Mason’s first-ever recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship.

Bioengineering undergrad Medhini Sosale wins one of the highest rewards—the Goldwater Scholarship—in the U.S. for undergrad students interested in developing STEM research careers.

Ariela Sofer, interim divisional dean for engineering at the College of Engineering and Computing has been named a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) for "significant contributions to systems engineering education and advancing the recognition of systems engineering in academia."