Twelve Carleton Alumni Receive Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Twelve recent Carleton College graduates have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for 2011, the highest number ever for Carleton alumni. The Program provides three years of support for graduate education of outstanding students who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees in a wide range of scientific fields.

“That so many alumni received NSF Fellowships this year speaks to the extremely high quality of both Carleton students and of the education and training provided by the College’s science and mathematics faculty and staff,” said Dean of the College Beverly Nagel. Elizabeth Ciner, director of student fellowships, added that “Carleton alumni receiving more than their fair share of NSF Fellowships is nothing new. Carls received 10 awards in 2010, and six in both 2009 and 2008.”

This year, Carleton’s dozen fellows include seven women and five men who graduated between 2004 and 2010. While at Carleton, the fellows majored in mathematics (3), biology (3), chemistry (2, both with biology concentrations), sociology/anthropology (2), psychology (1), and geology (1, a double major in environmental studies).