It’s no simple feat to find a better way to detect neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, Lauren Fields knows. But with support from a 2026 Schmidt Science Fellowship, Fields will build on the research she conducted and skills she learned as a PhD student at UW–Madison to look for a way to tell when patients have early signs of ALS and other diseases.
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UW–Madison students awarded prestigious graduate research fellowships
Dozens of UW–Madison students are among this year’s recipients of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. UW–Madison graduate students received more GRFP awards in total than all but 20 institutions nationwide and all but seven public institutions.
PhD candidate Xiao receives Newcombe Fellowship
UW–Madison geography PhD candidate Allen Xiao has been awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Xiao’s dissertation explores how residents of Lagos, Nigeria, tell stories of and relate to their life experiences in the largest city in Africa.
PhD candidate Villarroel explores the concept of the feminine through art and history
Art history PhD candidate Fernanda Villarroel has received two national fellowships that support her scholarship exploring the concept of the feminine through historical and contemporary art in Africa.
In times of trouble, Puerto Rican women turn to dance
In her dissertation, anthropology PhD student Sarah Bruno uses bomba as a site and a method for exploring the emotions of Afro-Puerto Rican women on the island of Puerto Rico and throughout its diaspora. She has received a 2020 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for this work.
UW–Madison students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
Twenty-six students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including 18 graduate students, have been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
The NSF fellowship program selects high-potential scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers, providing awardees with support for graduate research training in STEM fields.