Two First-Year Students Named Soros Fellows

Diana Rashid ’13 and Homaira Hosseini ’13 have been awarded Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Each year, 30 fellows—all children of immigrants—receive up to $90,000 to help cover two years of tuition and other educational and living expenses at a U.S. graduate school. The program was created in 1997 to recognize the contributions New Americans have made to American life, and in gratitude for the opportunities the U.S. afforded the donors and their family. Fellows are selected on the basis of merit, with an emphasis on creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment in annual national competitions.