April 13, 1998 Contact: Beth Fox (615) 343-3210 beth.fox@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt students awarded

National Science Foundation fellowships

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Seven Vanderbilt University graduate and undergraduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships.

Undergraduates Michael Dorris, Matthew Ryan Dudgeon, Robert Michael Schapiro, Manisha Singh and Robin Ann Smith, and graduate student William Todd Monroe have been awarded a stipend of $15,000 for a 12-month period and an annual cost-of-education allowance of $9,500, paid to the fellow's institution in lieu of tuition and fees. Luis Felipe Gutierrez was awarded the Minority Graduate Fellowship.

The National Science Foundation seeks to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, mathematics and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. Separate competitions are conducted for Graduate Fellowships and Minority Graduate Fellowships. NSF Graduate Fellowships offer recognition and three years of support for advanced study to approximately 1,000 outstanding graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education. Of these, approximately 150 awards are made in the Minority Graduate competition and approximately 850 in the Graduate competition.

Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 professional students. Founded in 1873, the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and science, education and human development.

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Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded in 1873, the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education and human development, engineering and music, and a full range of graduate and professional degrees.

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