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Scholars Near and Far: 2025 Awards Update

This award season, ���Ҵ�ý students continue to enhance ���Ҵ�ý’s global academic reputation.

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���Ҵ�ý Announces Selection of 18 Recipients of 2025 Fulbright Awards

���Ҵ�ý students and alumni have delivered another impressive result in this year’s awards, which will enable them to teach English, continue their studies, and pursue research projects around the world.

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• Linguistics
• Critical Global Studies
• Anthropology
• Economics
• Media Studies
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• Religious Studies
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Vanity Fair Profiles FX Executive John Landgraf ’84

���Ҵ�ý alum John Landgraf ’84 shares his philosophy that has nurtured prestigious hits at FX from “The Bear” to “Shōgun.”

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2025 Watson Fellow Aidan Henrikson ’25 Takes History Off the Books

���Ҵ�ý student Aidan Henrikson ’25 has received the 2025 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to immerse himself in the study of history through media, art, scent, and more in six countries.

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Michael Ceraso ’14 Writes SoCal News Group Op-Ed ���Ҵ�ý Fox & Friends Appearance

���Ҵ�ý alum Michael Ceraso '14 discussed what he learned from appearing in Fox & Friends and how his childhood roots in West Covina influence his advocacy.

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Two ���Ҵ�ý Students Promote Environmental Education With Projects for Peace Award

2025 Projects for Peace awardees Sammy Basa ’25 and Zhané Moledina ’25 are creating a community-led education project to preserve Sibuyan Island, a beacon of biodiversity in the Philippines.

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• Environmental Analysis
• Organizational Studies
• Political Studies

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2025 Napier Award & Critical Language Scholarship Winner Natasha Yen ’25 Has South Africa and Indonesia in Her Sights

���Ҵ�ý student Natasha Yen ’25 is helping youth leaders in South Africa and learning the Bahasa Indonesian language with support from the 2025 Napier Award and Critical Language Scholarship.

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• Sociology
• Environmental Analysis
• Asian American Studies

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• Office of Fellowships

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Diana Bob ’02 and Dixinyao (Moonlight) Zhu ’17 Named 2025 Alumni Award Recipients

Embracing ���Ҵ�ý's core values and supporting underserved communities in the U.S. and China were key factors in their selection as this year’s recipients.

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Gaither Fellow Sia Were ’25 Takes Her Environmental Advocacy International

���Ҵ�ý student Sia Were ’25 plans to apply her environmental analysis major and community engagement experience to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Gaither Fellowship.

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• Environmental Analysis

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The Washington Post Profiles Sean Fentress ’17 as a Punk Visionary

The Washington Post has featured ���Ҵ�ý alum Sean Fentress ’17 and bandmate Owen Deutsch’s visionary music as the New York punk duo Straw Man Army.

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