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The MIT Corporation the Institute’s board of trustees elected nine full-term members, who will each serve for five years; two partial-term members; and three life members, during its quarterly meeting today. Corporation Chair Diane Greene SM ’78 announced the election results; all positions are effective July 1.
The nine full-term members are: Lindsay Androski ’98; Eran Broshy ’79; Ashton Carter; Fiona Chen ’21; Kevin Churchwell ’83; Grace Colón PhD ’95; Diane Hoskins ’79; Pearl Huang ’80; and Ray Rothrock SM ’78. The two partial-term members are: Michael “Mick” Mountz ’87; and Mark Wrighton. The three life members are: Patricia Callahan ’75, SM ’77; Alan Levanthal; and Kenneth Wang ’71.
Today, the board of directors of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants, announced the program’s 2021 Fellows. Chosen from a pool of 2,445 applicants the most the program has ever received the 30 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows, with heritage in 20 countries, were selected for their potential to make significant contributions to the United States. They will each receive up to $90,000 in funding to support their graduate studies.
Eligible New Americans include green card holders, naturalized citizens, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients, individuals born abroad who graduated from both high school and college in the United States, and the U.S.-born children of two immigrants.
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Graduate student Naomi Nkinsi was chosen for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
Naomi Nkinsi grew up in Yaoundé, Cameroon, speaking French, wearing brightly colored clothes, and her name was pronounced “Now-me.”
Her parents were from the Democratic Republic of Congo and she grew up with a rich history of African culture. But when she moved to a suburb of Atlanta when she was 6, she changed her name to “Nay-o-me” and ditched the brightly colored clothes for jeans and T-shirts. She struggled to fit in.
Nkinsi, now a third-year Global Health Pathway medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine and public health student at the University of Washington School of Public Health, is one of 30 winners of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Winners get $90,000 unless graduating sooner. This is a highly competitive fellowship looking for graduate students who are going to make the most significant c
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