In 2014, Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh launched the Presidential Fellowship and Scholarship program as a financial resource for accomplished undergraduate and graduate students across the university's seven colleges and schools. Funds and commitments of more than $169 million support current and future classes of Presidential Fellows and Scholars through tuition expenses and graduate research stipends.

"This program addresses one of the most pressing challenges for CMU as we compete globally for the best students, as well as attract and retain the faculty who mentor them," President Suresh said.

Twenty-one SCS undergraduate and graduate students are among the fellows and scholars for the 2016-2017 academic year:

Graduate Fellowships

Reuben Aronson
Uber Presidential Fellowship

Aayush Bansal
Uber Presidential Fellowship

James Bern
Uber Presidential Fellowship

Achal Dave
Uber Presidential Fellowship

Nicholas Gisolfi
Uber Presidential Fellowship

Xiang Tan
Uber Presidential Fellowship

Ben Cowley
Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences

Nicole Rafidi
Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences

Seungmoon Song
Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences

Rushil Khurana
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Hemank Lamba
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Gilwoo Lee
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Emmanouil Antonios Platanios
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Sahil Singla
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Diyi Yang
Presidential Fellowship in the School of Computer Science

Undergraduate Scholars

Darshan Chakrabarti
Carnegie Mellon Presidential Scholarship

Edward Goebel
Frank Brunckhorst Presidential Scholarship

Gabriella Han
Sidney M. And Sylvia B. Feldman Presidential Scholarship

Minji Kim
Frank Brunckhorst Presidential Scholarship

Gabriel Schrag
Carnegie Mellon Presidential Scholarship

Mera Tegene
Carnegie Mellon Presidential Scholarship (CMU Leadership Program/Charpie Scholar)