Aaron Lener Named a 2026 Beinecke Scholar

The Beinecke Scholarship provides substantial funding for the graduate education of young people of exceptional promise. It is open to junior-year college students and was created to enable them to be courageous in selecting research or creative-focused courses of graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Lener was one of 16 Beinecke Scholars…

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Kenna Cummings ’27 Named Astronaut Scholar

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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…

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Three Syracuse Students Receive Prestigious Boren Awards for Language Study Abroad

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…

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Three Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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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…

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