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Student lands prestigious national science fellowship

Mackie O’Hara, a senior Donaghey Scholar at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. A total of 14,000 students from around the United States applied for the fellowship; O’Hara was one of just 2,000 to earn the honor. Only 16 awards were given in Mackie’s category of biological anthropology, most of them to graduate students. 鈥淚 am thrilled to be awarded the NSF fellowship. It is an honor for first-time, undergraduate applicants to receive it,鈥� O鈥橦ara said. The research fellowship award includes a $32,000 annual stipend and $12,000 in tuition support for three years, as well as opportunities to apply for additional travel funding. Dr. Jessica R. Scott, assistant director of the Donaghey Scholars Program, further explained the rigorous competition for the fellowships. 鈥淯ndergraduates, graduate students, and first year doctoral students are all eligible to compete for these awards, so her selection is a real testament to Mackie’s hard work and preparation here at 糖心Vlog传媒LR,鈥� Scott said. 鈥淭he award was very competitive this year. This is an honor for all of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR programs with which Mackie is involved.鈥� O鈥橦ara is majoring in anthropology and minoring in biology and has accepted an offer to pursue a master鈥檚/doctoral degree in biological anthropology at The Ohio State University beginning this fall. 鈥淚 have to thank the Donaghey Scholars Program and the anthropology, biology, and earth sciences faculty because they provided constant support, resources, and ideas,鈥� said O鈥橦ara. For more information about the聽Donaghey Scholars Program, go to聽ualr.edu/donagheyscholars. Go to the聽Department of聽Sociology聽and聽Anthropology聽to learn more about聽Anthropology. Subscribe to E-News聽to see what鈥檚 happening at 鈥樚切腣log传媒LR Now.鈥�