Williams students and alumni are receiving a plethora of fellowships and scholarships this spring. As we learn of more awards, we will announce them at the top of this list.
Thianna Chisholm ’27 won the Hertog Summer Fellowship, earning her a spot among 32 Political Studies Fellows who will spend six weeks this summer studying the theory and practice of politics alongside outstanding peers and teachers.
Shoshanna Hemley ’25 won the FAO Schwarz Fellowship and will be a fellow for two years at Boston Collegiate Charter School beginning in the fall.
Hugh F. Kane ’25 has been awarded the U.S. State Department – Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, which will support his Russian language studies as it relates to U.S. national security, economic prosperity and engagement with the world.
The following students and alumni have received Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) for teaching abroad (Decisions for some Fulbright candidates will be announced later in the spring):
- Angella An ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Lillian Bushway ’24, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Edith Edwards-Mizel ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Frances Leung ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Craig Martien ’23, English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
- Elsa Martin ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Poppy Miller ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Lily Napach ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Taiwan
- Alexandra Tucker ’25, English Teaching Assistant Award in Germany
Julian Spiro ’25 won a Fulbright Combined Award to study, conduct research or teach English in Austria.
Suttree de Lorge ’24 has received a Fulbright Graduate Studies Award to pursue master’s studies in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Taiwan.
Jake Savoca ’18 has received a Fulbright Grant to pursue open study and research in Italy.
David Baron ’25, Nigel M. Jaffe ’22 and Aracely Watson ’25 won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships supporting postgraduate research and study in the sciences.
2024-25 Schwarzman Scholars Maria Estrada ’23 and Josemaria Silvestrini ’19 will participate in a one-year master’s program this fall at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
David Baron ’25, Kar Yern Chin ’18 and Asa Quasney Wardat ’25 have been named to the 2025 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars, providing them a year of fully funded postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge starting in the fall. Baron plans to pursue a master’s degree in mathematics at St. John’s College. Chen will begin an M.Phil. in world history at the University of Cambridge. Quasney Wardat ’25 will pursue an M.Phil. in architecture and urban studies at Magdalene College.
The Williams College Office of Fellowships has awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowships to five graduating seniors pursuing careers in the arts:
Maymouna Bah ’25 (dance), Jacob Fanto ’25 (music), Stella Oh ’25 (theater), Annie Scott ’25 (art) and Yeldana Talgatkyzy ’25 (writing). The Hubbard Hutchinson Class of 1917 Memorial Fellowship is a cash award established in 1940 that is granted to a member or members of the graduating class to support their continued work in the creative and performing arts. Prizes of $30,000 are awarded in the categories of writing, art, dance, theater and music.
Emma Nathanson ’25 has been awarded the Class of 1945 Florence Chandler Fellowship, which provides a $30,000 grant to support a year of purposeful, independent study outside the United States.
John Skavlem ’25 has won the Jeffrey Owen Jones 1966 Fellowship in Journalism. The fellowship includes a $20,000 award to support a career in journalism.
Ethan Chestnut-Stein ’26 and Zachary Escobar ’28 have been awarded the Charles Bridgen Lansing, 1829, Fellowship in Latin and Greek. The award supports research and postgraduate work in classics or closely related fields of study.
Shaye Martin ’25 won the Dorothy Donovan and John Edmund Moody Fellowship, supporting her pursuit of a MSc in comparative social policy at the University of Oxford starting in the fall.
Utsav Bahl ’25 received the Allen Martin and Carroll A. Wilson Fellowship and will pursue an M.Phil. in economics at the University of Cambridge this fall.
The following students received Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowships, which support postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge:
- Lauren Bassett ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in politics and International studies
- Nora Brant ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in medical science (oncology)
- Summer Keating ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in biotechnology
- Varya Kluev ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in digital humanities
- Lily Napach ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in world history
- Aracely Watson ’25 will pursue an M. Phil. in biological sciences (plant sciences) by thesis
Published May 19, 2025