         
|
 |
||
1st appeared 27 October 1998 Three Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowships Three UCSF students are among the 111 minority scholars who have been awarded 1998 Ford Foundation fellowships. Paul Joseph DiGregorio, who studies cell biology, and Frederick Lee Moore, who studies genetics, were awarded pre-doctoral fellowships. Rocio de Lourdes Marchese was awarded a dissertation fellowship for his work in immunology. The fellowship programs, administered by the National Research Council -- the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering -- seek to increase the presence of underrepresented minority groups on the nation's college and university faculties. Awards were given to 50 beginning graduate students, 33 students writing their dissertations, and 28 recent PhD recipients who participated in national competitions held last spring. More than 170 scholars in the sciences and humanities selected the award winners from about 1,000 applicants, based on merit and promise of future achievement. The evaluation panels are composed of faculty members from the nation's institutions of higher education as well as from industry and private research institutions. This year's fellowship pool includes 54 African-Americans, 29 Mexican-Americans, 14 Puerto Ricans, nine Native American Indians, four Native Pacific Islanders, and one Native Alaskan. Links: |
|||
DAYBREAK | ARCHIVES | CALENDAR | CAMPUS NOTES Copyright
©1998 Regents of the University of California. All
rights reserved. |
|||
