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April 21, 2025

Three Eberly graduate students honored with research and excellence awards

Three Eberly graduate students honored with research and excellence awards

Three graduate students in the Penn State Eberly College of Science have been selected by the J. Jeffery and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School to receive awards for their research and excellence. Ish Gupta has been selected along with twelve other graduate students to receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award; Garrett Wendel has been selected along with one other graduate student to receive the Penn State Alumni Association Scholarship; and Nate Carey has been selected along with three other graduate students to receive the Professional Master’s Excellence Award. These awards are among some of the most prestigious awards given to graduate students at Penn State.

The Alumni Association Dissertation Award was made possible through a gift from the Penn State Alumni Association and provides funding and recognition to outstanding full-time doctor of philosophy students whose dissertations will have the greatest impact. These students have also demonstrated outstanding academic and personal potential in the areas of extracurricular and professional activities. The award, comprised of a certificate and a medal, is considered to be among the most prestigious available to Penn State graduate students and recognizes outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas.

The Penn State Alumni Association Scholarship for Penn State Alumni in the Fox Graduate School supports students who have been admitted to the Fox Graduate School at Penn State as candidates for a graduate degree who received their undergraduate degree from the University.

The Professional Master’s Excellence Award recognizes individual student excellence in a professional master’s degree program. These students demonstrate outstanding breadth of experience, performance, and professional projects or work.

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