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Four 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have been named recipients of the 2019Ìý, which support outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the fields of engineering, mathematics and the natural sciences.

The Goldwater Scholarship, established in 1986 by the U.S. Congress and named for Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona, is granted in either a student’s second or third year and assists in covering tuition and other educational expenses for each student’s remaining period of study.

Institutions can only nominate four students each year, and this is just the third time in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s history, in addition to the years 1998 and 2000, that all four of its nominees have won the award. In total — including this year — 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ has produced 60ÌýGoldwater Scholars.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s 2019 Goldwater Scholars, all of whom are from Pennsylvania and will be seniors in fall 2019, study within the University’sÌýKenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.ÌýThe Ìýsupported all four students throughout the application process. These students are part of a cohort of 496 peers nationwide to earn a Goldwater Scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year.

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s honorees are:

Julia DriscollÌýof 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh. AÌýchemistryÌýmajor, she hopes to pursue a doctoral degree in organic chemistry, conduct research in the total synthesis of natural products and teach at a major research institution. Driscoll works in the lab ofÌý, professor in the Department of Chemistry. She also serves as fundraising chair forÌýThe Imagination Project, a nonprofit organization whose members visit pediatric hospital patients and members of the special needs community while dressed as characters from children’s stories.

Teja PeddadaÌýof Sewickley is majoring inÌýneuroscienceÌýand minoring inÌýmathÌýandÌýstatistics. He plans to obtain an MD/PhD in neuroscience and conduct translational research in psychopharmacology to better understand and find potential treatments for psychiatric disorders in an academic hospital setting. In the 2018-2019 academic year, Peddada studied pharmacology at the University of Cambridge asÌý51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s 2018 Jesus College Cambridge Scholar. He also serves as president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ.

Mariya SavinovÌýof Upper St. Clair is majoring inÌýphysicsÌýand math. She plans to pursue a doctoral degree in applied mathematics, conduct research in dynamical systems with a focus in mathematical biology and teach at the university level. At 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, she works in the lab ofÌý, distinguished university professor in the Department of Mathematics. She is also the founder of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’sÌýTESSA Talks, which are interdisciplinary discussions that explore themes of technology, education, science, society and art. Her older brother, Andrew, also received the Goldwater Scholarship in 2009 while studying at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ.

Swapna SubramanianÌýof Mechanicsburg is majoring inÌýecology and evolutionÌýandÌýanthropologyÌýand minoring in chemistry. After graduation, she plans to pursue a doctoral degree in evolutionary biology, conduct research in evolutionary adaptation to climate change and teach at the university level. At 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, she works in the lab ofÌý, assistant professor of evolutional ecology. She also works in the Section of Herpetology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

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