Nationality Rooms Scholarship Program

We are in awe of Aparna Ramani and her project with The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. In her words, "This summer, I plan to continue my current work at The Carter Center as a Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) Intern, in which I am investigating epidemiological linkages between populations inflicted with Guinea Worm disease in Chad. ...to contextualize patient responses (from Chad) through secondary analysis to aid field researchers in coming one step closer to eradicating Guinea Worm disease.

Her internship earned her the Women's International Club Virtual Scholarship for summer 2021. Congratulations Aparna!

Congratulations to Jess Scott (he/him)!

Recipient of the Ruth Crawford Mitchell Virtual Scholarship

He will be serving as a National Security and Data Analytics Intern with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

In Jess' words:
Working with the Associate Bureau Chief and Chief Data Officer, I will have the opportunity to contribute to the design and development of advanced data acquisition and analysis applications that use predictive algorithms, machine learning, and data science methods on proprietary and open sources of data. Throughout the summer, I will be assigned projects on analysis of open source information to inform the Bureau's national security mission, which include 911 service optimization, emergency alerting performance, networking reliability and security, and emergency response.

Meet our 2021 James W. Knox Scholarship Awardee, Laura Wicker.

Destination: Dublin, Ireland

I am researching the effects of the Republic of Ireland's Direct Provision system on asylum seekers.

Meet our 2021 Summer Global Learning Scholarships awardees. Juan Correa received the scholarship to decode auricular muscle activity for the control of extra limbs. He will conduct his research in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more from our Facebook scholarship page.

More pics from while studying in Denmark. Mark is studying the role of culture in understanding relationships, personality and psychological well being.

It was a challenging year for our 2020 awardees! Many of them had to relinquish their awards. That’s why we are so happy to share these photos from - recipient of the Herbert Lieberkind Scholarship for study in Denmark. More pics to follow!

Congratulations to Juan Correa- Swiss Nationality Room Scholarship

Destination:
Geneva, Switzerland

Summary:
My research project, decoding of auricular muscle activity for the control of extra limbs, looks to use the electrical activity of the ear (auricular) muscles for the control of a supernumerary robotic arm in three dimensions. My role focuses on developing methods to process recorded electrical signals to accurately interpret user intent and therefore successfully control the arm.

I am a research intern at the Translational Neural Engineering Lab of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). My responsibilities include assisting in any data collection, data processing, and helping develop a method to interpret auricular muscle activity for the control of a third arm.

Nneoma Uzoukwu- Stanley Prostrednik Health Sciences Scholarship awardee

Destination: Lagos, Nigeria
Location: Lakeshore Cancer Center

As an intern, I will be working with the Lakeshore’s team to create and promote programs for cervical cancer education awareness, screening, and treatment, especially for the vulnerable and underserved in the Lagos area . I will also assist to collect and analyze epidemiological data on cancer incidence in the Lagos area.

Congratulations to our 2021 Summer Global Learning Scholarship Awardees!

Jenna Doty- Italian Nationality Room Scholarship Awardee

I am beyond excited to say that I will be traveling to Florence, Italy for 6 weeks. I will be taking a cross-cultural psychology course where I will learn to understand people from diverse backgrounds. And a course on Interculture and Migration in Italy where I will learn about the culture present in Italy.

Congratulations to our 2021 Awardees!

Meet Alexis Thomas, our 2021 Nationality Rooms Summer Global Learning Scholarship Awardee

Scholarship: Helen Pool Rush Scholarship

Destination: London, United Kingdom

I am excited to be studying abroad in London to gain more cultural awareness and grow individually and professionally through personal experiences with British people and culture. I will be learning about the various post-war countercultures and subcultures in Britain as well as the development of London, investigating the nature and its global implications in terms of environment and social geography.

We are immensely proud of our 2021 NRIEP Global Learning Scholarship Awardees. It's been a challenging year but we pushed through to offer the scholarships to Pitt students. Meet Nozomi Saito.

Dr. and Mrs. Ryonosuke Shiono Award Scholarship

Destination: Okinawa, Japan

Research Summary: With the support of the Nationality Room scholarship, I wish to uncover women’s agentic, everyday practices in one of the Black communities in Okinawa. I study the aesthetics and representations of Okinawan and Japanese women's repurposing of Black American culture as
a challenge to racialized and gendered structures. Through archival, ethnographic research, and 'yuntaku' (talk-story), I aim to trace the creative practices through which women actively shaped the changing dynamics of race, gender, and sexuality under US occupation.

Koza X Mixtopia internship: Part of this research trip will involve an internship with the Koza X Mixtopia research center under the guidance of Dr. Ariko Ikehara. I will assist with the women and gender series, which explores the intersections of art, archives, and performance in women’s everyday lives in Teruya.

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Enjoy the academic experience of Erin Casey awarded to her by the Irish Room Committee Scholarship, music, music, and more music!
Erin Casey – 2020 Scholar
Erin Casey, the2020 John F. Kennedy/Irish Nationality Room Scholarship Winner, is a Senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Rehabilitation Science with a Certificate in Assistive Technology in Rehabilitation, participated virtually through an internship in King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. She worked in the Neuro-Rehabilitation department on their analysis of their Mind Motion Go project. This was a virtual reality system with motion tracking (similar to an Xbox 360 or Wii system) that has been in the pilot phase for over a year and has been used to help people with brain injuries with their physical therapy treatments.
JIM LAMB – Live at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Irish Pub
VIDEO – “RINGSEND ROSE”
POWERPOINT – LYRICS FOR “RINGSEND ROSE”
VIDEO – “SWEET BABY JAMES”
POWERPOINT – LYRICS FOR “SWEET BABY JAMES”
VIDEO – “THE HUMORS OF WHISKEY”
The Wild Geese:
The Wild Geese is a band based out of the Pittsburgh area. The music they play ranges from traditional Irish drinking tunes to Irish-style originals and upbeat Irish-rock. Please sit back and enjoy a few Irish tunes!
“St. Patrick’s Day Prayer”
Narrated by Margaret Toomey Urzua
CROAGH PATRICK, COUNTY DONEGAL:
Mike Murphy, photographer, presents an aerial view of Croagh Patrick, County Donegal. Enjoy James Galway on the flute as he carries us through with “Danny Boy.”
“One Hundred Thousand Welcomes “
We bid you farewell with a photo montage of the Irish countryside with music. Created by Jennie-Lynn Knox, Vice Chair of the Irish Room Committee, the video showcases her favorite photos from visiting family in Northern Ireland several years ago. Her father, James W. Knox and mother, Valerie Weber Knox, met in Ireland, married in New York, honeymooned in Washington D.C. and lived in Emsworth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until their death. Their ashes were scattered in the meadow at the family farm.
We look forward to a time when we can gather again in the Irish Nationality Room. As the Irish say…we wish you “a safe journey home…”
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