Talented CCNY undergrads earn Mellon Mays Fellowships

Five undergraduates, the 27th cohort since The City College of New York joined the exclusive nationwide program, are the latest recipients of Mellon Mays Fellowships. The program’s goal is to help increase diversity in the faculty ranks of higher education by identifying and supporting exceptional undergraduates from traditionally underrepresented groups.

City College’s 2019 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows (MMUF) are:

As Mellon Fellows, the five students are engaged in research programs ultimately aimed at preparing them for doctoral careers. This summer, Butt, Cruz, Parker and Yip are attending the MMUF Summer Research Training Program at the University of Chicago through Aug. 17. It readies Fellows for graduate study and rigorous research.

Lopez attended the CUNY Mellon Mays Fellows Summer Institute at Hunter College, whose highlights included introductions to research methods and to academia as a profession.

Since 2001, support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is credited for guiding more than a dozen talented CCNY graduates to PhDs in the humanities and social sciences. According to Isabel Estrada, program director at CCNY, there are now more than 23 Mellon Mays Fellows from City College in PhD programs.

In its 30th year nationwide, the MMUF program is open to colleges and universities by invitation only.

About The City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its role at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.2% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. More than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight professional schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.

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