Cornell students win competitive fellowships in Spring 2026
This past Spring, many Cornell students and alumni were awarded fellowships, competitive opportunities that fund graduate study, research, service projects and global experiences.
The Office of National Fellowships helps Cornell students and alumni identify opportunities, strengthen their applications, and prepare for every stage of the process.
Brooks School senior heads to Oxford on Keasbey Scholarship
Ariela Asllani, a senior at Cornell University, is graduating in 2026 and heading to University of Oxford as a Keasbey Scholar to study refugee and migration issues. Shaped by a childhood rooted in service and her family’s own asylum experience, she has combined academic excellence with deep community engagement—founding refugee support initiatives in Ithaca and volunteering as a firefighter and EMT. Her goal is to use research and leadership to create more humane, experience-informed policies for displaced people.
A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars
A Cornell student and two alumni have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars for the 2026–27 academic year, joining a prestigious global affairs master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Qiqi (Kiara) Shan ’26, Ruihao (Ray) Lin, J.D. ’24, and Isaac McCurdy ’21 will spend a year studying, traveling, and engaging in cultural immersion, with interests spanning mental health accessibility, international law, and global leadership.