Chaolun Wu has been awarded a dissertation year fellowship
and Rachel Yohay has been selected from UVa this year to be nominated
for the ARCS Foundation. ARCS stands for Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists and only 1 nomination is allowed out of UVa for the $15,000
scholarship for 2011-12. The focus of this fellowship is on the doctoral
student's research that “could feasibly serve as a breakthrough
technology or discovery… of advancing our country’s global technological
competitiveness.”