Academic Honors and FellowshipsEach year, the University of Southern California celebrates undergraduate, graduate, and alumni recipients of competitive national and international fellowships and scholarships. These students are recognized through University publications and social media, Commencement, and/or the Leavey Library Wall of Scholars. USC Leavey Library Wall of Scholars The Wall of Scholars was created in 1994 to honor those USC students who have …
2026 Fellowship Recipients
2026 Astronaut Scholarship The Astronaut Scholarships are awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with the intent to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degree. Jazzie Trotter is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She serves as Propulsion Lead of USC’s Rocket Propulsion …
2025 Fellowship Recipients
2025 Astronaut Scholarship The Astronaut Scholarships are awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with the intent to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degree. Alara Berkmen is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Molecular-Cellular) and a Masters of Stem Cells and Regenerative …
2024 Fellowship Recipients
2024 Boren Scholarship Boren Scholarships provide funding for rigorous language study in exchange for a commitment to work in the federal government for at least one year after graduation. Thomas Martynowicz will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a minor in Social Sciences. Thomas plans to study Quechua in Peru on the Boren Scholarship. 2024 Boren Fellowship …
2023 Fellowship Recipients
2023 Astronaut Scholarship The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established in 1984 as the Mercury Seven Foundation by the six surviving members of America’s original Mercury Seven astronauts. This year ASF has awarded 60 scholarships to students from 44 different universities across the nation. Astronaut Scholarships are awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or …
2022 Fellowship Recipients
2022 Astronaut Scholarship The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established in 1984 as the Mercury Seven Foundation by the six surviving members of America’s original Mercury Seven astronauts. This year ASF has awarded 60 scholarships to students from 44 different universities across the nation. Astronaut Scholarships are awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or …
2021 Fellowship Recipients
2021 Astronaut Scholarship The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established in 1984 as the Mercury Seven Foundation by the six surviving members of America’s original Mercury Seven astronauts. This year ASF has awarded 60 scholarships to students from 44 different universities across the nation. Astronaut Scholarships are awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or …
2020 Fellowship Recipients
2020 Astronaut Scholarship Recipient Zane Durante is a rising senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Applied and Computational Mathematics. Eager to dive into artificial intelligence projects at USC, Zane joined the Center for AI in Society, Student Branch (CAIS++) in the fall of his freshman year. His first completed project used machine …
2020 Commencement Honorees & Fellowship Recipients Video #1
Academic Honors and Fellowships celebrates USC’s 2020 graduating class of outstanding scholars through a video series.
2020 Commencement Honorees & Fellowship Recipients Video #2
Academic Honors and Fellowships celebrates USC’s 2020 graduating class of outstanding scholars through a video series.