Posts by Melissa Welshans

Cummings, a geology major in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has been named a 2026-27 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Founded by the Mercury 7 astronauts, the foundation awards scholarships to students in their junior or senior year who are pursuing a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) degree with intentions to pursue research…

Three Syracuse University students have been selected to participate in the Boren Awards, a national scholarship provided by the Defense Language and National Security Education Office within the Department of Defense. Boren Awards provide up to $25,000 for undergraduates and graduate students to pursue international critical need language study. This year, all recipients are students…

Three Syracuse University students have been awarded prestigious graduate research fellowships through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), and one student has been recognized with an honorable mention. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in STEM, social sciences and STEM education in…

  Three Syracuse University students—one researching proteins, one mapping geothermal heat beneath Greenland’s ice sheet and one engineering bacteria-fighting surfaces for medical implants—are recipients of the 2026 Goldwater Scholarship.   They are the following: Mallory Brown ’27, a neuroscience and statistics major in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and a member of the Renée Crown University…