RC Students invited to Phi Beta Kappa

20 Years of the Summer in South Asia Fellowship

As the fellowship marks its 20th anniversary, former fellows are looking back at what they carried home from India, and what they understand differently now.

- Jayeeta Chowdhury-Woodstrup

Tags: LSA; International Institute; Alumni; Students; Center for Southeast Asian Studies

LSA Alumna Awarded MacArthur “Genius” Grant

English department graduate Maaza Mengiste, a fiction writer and professor whose work explores the human toll of political conflict, was named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow, an honor widely known as the “genius grant.”

Tags: LSA; Alumni; Awards; Humanities; English Language and Literature