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Schneider also received a Critical Languages Scholarship from the U.S. State Department.

Recent anthropology graduate Daniel Schneider traveled to India on a Fulbright fellowship to study the country’s political landscape. MORE

Fulbright Winners (last 10 years):
2011: Julianne Faust, Psychology
2011: Anothai Kaewkaen, English
2011: Sarah Isel, English (English Teaching Assistant)
2011: Jessica Galea, Anthropology
2010: Christopher Davis, PhD Student Anthropology
2010: Brett McNeil, MA Student Teaching of History
2010: Oisin Kinney, Economics, ’08
2010: Daniel Schneider, Anthropology, ’09
2009: Alexandra De Leon, PhD Student, Anthropology (USA)
2009: Shauna Gunaratne, Neuroscience Student
2008: Ancira Baca Marroquin, PhD Student, Anthropology (USA)
2008: Nicola Sharrat, PhD Student, Anthropology
2008: Jessica Harper, Biological Sciences
2008: Leigh Hellman, English
2007: Nam Kim, PhD Student, Anthropology (FH)
2003: Debra Green, PhD Student, Anthropology
2002: Kara Barbrowski, PhD Student, Anthropology
2002: Laura Waterbury, PhD Student, Anthropology

Ekaterina Khramtsova, a biology and anthropology double major who received a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, pushes herself to even loftier goals as she begins her graduate work on molecular pathogenesis and molecular medicine. MORE

Veilleux is one of eight graduate students nationally to win the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award.

Jennifer Veilleux, a graduate student in psychology, earned the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, after being inspired to explore her love of teaching by her professors at UIC. MORE

NEH-Albright Institute Fellowship:
2001: Edward Maher, PhD Student, Anthropology

NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
2003: Edward Maher, PhD Student, Anthropology

Rotary Ambassador Scholar:
2008: Anand Sandesara, History and Biological Sciences, ‘09

Goldwater Scholar:
2010: Ekaterina Khramtsova, Biological Sciences and Anthropology, ’10
2008: Aarti Schaarma, Chemistry, ‘09

K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges and Universities:
2011: Jennifer Veilleux, PhD Student, Psychology

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow:
2008: Andrew Blom, PhD Student, Philosophy

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grants:
2011: Jon Michels, PhD Student, Anthropology
2009: Sofia Chalcatana, PhD Student, Anthropology
2009: Nicola Sharrat, PhD Student, Anthropology
2008: Nam Kim, PhD Student, Anthropology
2007: Ruth Gomberg, PhD Student, Anthropology
2005: Andrew Wyatt, PhD Student, Anthropology
2003: David Wright, PhD Student, Anthropology

American Association of University Women Dissertation Award:
2011: Neslihan Sen, PhD Student, Anthropology
2010: Caroline Gottschalk-Druschke, PhD Student, English
2010: Adrienne Phelps-Coco, PhD Student, History

Smith will conduct ten months of research on the Ata tribe of the Philippines.

The recipient of a $32,000 American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Research Fellowship, Larissa Smith searches for ethno-archaeological clues as she examines how the livelihood of the Ata people of the Philippines has changed over time. MORE

American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Research Fellowship (Luce Foundation):
2010: Larrisa Smith, PhD Student, Anthropology
2006: Debra Green, PhD Student, Anthropology
2006: Nam Kim, PhD Student, Anthropology
2006: Lisa Niziolek, PhD Student, Anthropology

Sigma Xi Research Award:
2006: Ken Batai, PhD Student, Anthropology
2005: Jeffrey Buechler, PhD Student, Anthropology
2001: Andrew Wyatt, PhD Student, Anthropology

American Society of Criminology Graduate Fellowships for Ethnic Minorities:
2010: Vicki Coffey, Criminology, Law and Justice
2009: Yvonne Isom, Criminology, Law and Justice
Xavier Perez , Criminology, Law and Justice
Latosha Traylor, Criminology, Law and Justice
2008: LaDonna M. Long, Criminology, Law and Justice
2007: Ericka Adams, Criminology, Law and Justice
2003: Claudio G. Vera-Sanchez, Criminology, Law and Justice

The full-year scholarship provides Luna with round-trip transportation, a living stipend and program-related travel costs in Germany.

Adolfo Luna, a recent graduate who double majored in Germanic studies and biology, won a coveted Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals scholarship to work and study for a year in Germany. MORE

USA Today All-USA College Academic Team: (this award has since been discontinued):
2008: Ying (Amy) Ye

Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals:
The program includes two months of intensive German language training in Germany, four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences and a five-month internship in a participant’s career field.

2010: Adolfo Luna, Germanic Studies and Biology, ‘10
2009: Sara Nack, Germanic Studies, ‘10

Credits:
Ekaterina Khramtsova by Kathryn Marchetti
Adolfo Luna by Kathryn Marchetti
Daniel Schneider courtesy of Daniel Schneider
Larissa Smith courtesy of Larissa Smith
Jennifer Veilleux courtesy of Jennifer Veilleux
Special thanks to UIC News