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2024 Announcement News Coverage

April 17, 2024

American Bazaar: 6 Indian American Students Win $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

American Kahani: Outstanding Immigrants: 6 Indian Americans Awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society: Francisca Vasconcelos Chosen As Paul And Daisy Soros New American Fellow. Featured: Francisca Vasconcelos (2024 Fellow), PhD student in computer science at UC Berkeley.

Caltech: Caltech Student And Alumnus Awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Abigail Jiang (2024 Fellow), PhD student in physics at Harvard, and Michael Yusov (2024 Fellow), PhD student in chemical engineering at Caltech.

College of Arts and Sciences: Celine Calpo (C’19) Named 2024 Soros Fellow. Featured: Celine Calpo (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student.

Cornell Chronicle: Burmese journalist wins Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Featured: Kyaw Hsan Hlaing (2024 Fellow), senior at University of Hawai’i and incoming political science PhD student at Cornell.

The Daily Pennsylvanian: Two Penn students receive Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Featured: Min Jae Kim (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in neuroscience at UPenn, and Zijian Niu (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD student in computational & systems biology at MIT.

Filipino American Post: 3 Filipino Americans Win $90,000 – Prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Announces this Year’s Class of Distinguished Fellows. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Hannah Keziah Agustin (2024 Fellow), incoming MFA student in literary reportage at NYU, and Celine Calpo (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student.

FilAm: 3 FilAms Named 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Hannah Keziah Agustin (2024 Fellow), incoming MFA student in literary reportage at NYU, and Celine Calpo (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student.

Forbes: Brain Health Takes Center Stage: Meet the 2024 Class of Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows: Featured: Vivek Murthy (1998 Fellow), Mill Etienne (1998 Fellow), Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow) MD student at Harvard University, Michael E. Xie (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, Evelyn Wong (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in biophysics at Stanford University, Min Jae Kim (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student at University of Pennsylvania, Sharon Loa (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in cancer biology at Stanford, James Occean (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD student in cancer biology at Johns Hopkins University, Geronimo Bejarano (2024 Fellow), PhD student in health servies research at Brown University, Ruva Chigwedere (2024 Fellow), MFA student in Acting at UC San Diego, Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (2024 Fellow), incoming MFA student in acting at NYU, Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Hannah Keziah Agustin (2024 Fellow), incoming MFA student in literary reportage at NYU, and Celine Calpo (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student.

Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin: Karan and Jiang Awarded Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Featured: Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard, and Abigail Jiang (2024 Fellow), PhD student in physics at Harvard.

Harvard Medical School: Incoming Harvard Medical School Student Receives Soros Fellowship. Featured: Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

Harvard Medical School: Awards & Recognitions: April 2024. Featured: Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

IDN – InDepthNews: Two African Students of Theater Win Major Soros Award. Featured: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (2024 Fellow) incoming MFA at NYU, and Ruva Chigwedere (2024 Fellow), MFA student in acting at UC San Diego.

Hi India: $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship Awarded To 6 Indian American Students. Featured: Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

India Currents: Six Indian Americans Win Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

India West: 6 Indian American Students Win $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

Indian Eagle: 30 Distinguished New Americans include 6 Indian Students for Their Potential to Make Impactful Contributions to USA. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

The Indian Panorama: Six Indian American students win $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow), MBA/MPP at the University of Chicago, Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow), PhD student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard University, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

Johns Hopkins: Two Johns Hopkins Alumni, Two Graduate Students Students Named Paul and Daisy Soros Fellows. Featured: James Occean (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD in cancer biology at Stanford, Michael E. Xie (2024 Fellow) MD/PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, Min Jae Kim (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in neuroscience at UPenn, and Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow), incoming MD student at Harvard University.

MIT News: Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans: Featured:Riyam Al Msari (2024 Fellow), PhD student in biological engineering at MIT, and Francisca Vasconcelos (2024 Fellow), PhD student in computer science at UC Berkeley.

Montana Kaimin: Against all odds: UM grad charts new course with $90,000 fellowship. Featured:Sharon Loa (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in cancer biology at Stanford.

New Indian Abroad: Six Indian Americans are 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows: Featured: Aayush Karan (2024 Fellow) PhD student in quantum science and engineering at Harvard University, Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow) MD/PhD student in biomedical data science at Stanford University, Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow) MBA/MPP student at the University of Chicago, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow) MFA in fiction, Shubhayu Bhattacharyay (2024 Fellow) MD student at Harvard University.

Northwestern Now: Minjung Kim receives Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Featured: Minjung Kim (2024 Fellow), PhD student in chemistry and Northwestern.

NYU Tisch: Grad Film MFA Candidate Pablo Mejia Named 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. Featured: Pablo Mejia (2024 Fellow), MFA student in film at NYU Tisch.

Pasadena Now: Caltech Student and Alum Awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Abigail Jiang (2024 Fellow), PhD student in physics at Harvard and Michael Yusov (2024 Fellow), PhD student in chemical engineering at Caltech.

Penn Today: Two Penn students Awarded A 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans. Featured: Min Jae Kim (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in neuroscience at UPenn, and Zijian Niu (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD student in computational & systems biology at MIT.

Princeton University: Princeton alumni Yuno Iwasaki and Ananya Agustin Malhotra awarded Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Yuno Iwasaki (2024 Fellow), PhD student in physics at UC Berkeley, and Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale.

Rice University: Rice Alumna Wins Prestigious Merit-Based Fellowship For New Americans. Featured: Minjung Kim (2024 Fellow), PhD student in chemistry at Northwestern University.

RISD: Alum Named 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. Featured: Leslie Ponce-Diaz (2024 Fellow), MArch ll student at Harvard.

Rough Draft Atlanta: Soros 2024 Fellowship recipient has Dunwoody roots. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale.

Stanford Report: Stanford students receive Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Featured: Sara Bobok (2024 Fellow), JD/MA at Stanford, Sharon Loa (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in cancer biology at Stanford, Malavika Kannan (2024 Fellow), senior at Stanford, James Occean (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD in cancer biology at Stanford, Akshay Swaminathan (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biomedical data science at Stanford, Evelyn Wong (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD in biophysics at Stanford.

Swit Salone News: Sierra-Leonean-American wins $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship. Featured: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (2024 Fellow) incoming MFA at NYU.

Texas State University: TXST alum Pablo Mejia awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship toward MFA in film. Featured: Pablo Mejia (2024 Fellow), MFA student in film at NYU.

uchicago news: UChicago alum selected as 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow: Featured: Russell Legate-Yang (2024 Fellow), PhD student in economics at MIT.

uchicago news: UChicago graduate student selected as 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow. Featured: Keerthana Hogirala (2024 Fellow) MBA/MPP student at the University of Chicago.

University of Hawai’i News: From Refugee To Scholar: Mānoa Student Wins Competitive Fellowship. Featured: Kyaw Hsan Hlaing (2024 Fellow), senior at University of Hawai’i and incoming political science PhD student at Cornell.

University of Michigan Record: Law Student Wins Soros Fellowship For New Americans. Featured: Rana Thabata (2024 Fellow), JD at the University of Michigan.

University of Michigan News: Students’ Rights And economic justice: U-M law student wins fellowship for new Americans. Featured: Rana Thabata (2024 Fellow), JD at the University of Michigan.

UPenn Almanac: Min Jae Kim and William Niu: 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Featured: Min Jae Kim (2024 Fellow), MD/PhD student in neuroscience at UPenn, and Zijian “William” Niu (2024 Fellow), incoming PhD student in computational & systems biology at MIT.

VCU News: VCU Grad receives Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for 2024. Featured: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. (2024 Fellow), incoming MFA student in acting at NYU.

YaleNews: Two Yale students named 2024 Soros Fellows. Featured: Ananya Agustin Malhotra (2024 Fellow), incoming JD student at Yale, and Kristine Guillaume (2024 Fellow), PhD student in English and African American studies at Yale.