A group of students stands in front of a window featuring the Boston skyline at a reception.

From Left: Ardavan Farahvash, Kathryn Yammine, Charlotte Farquhar, Ruomeng Wan, Wei Lun Toh, Cliff Allington Not Pictured: Yongli Lu

Image: Jennifer Weisman

Chemistry welcomes seven Presidential Graduate Fellows

by Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry |
Categories: Events, Students

The Presidential Fellowship program was established in 1999 in order to recruit the most outstanding students worldwide to pursue graduate studies at MIT.

On September 26, 2018, a reception was held in honor of this year’s Presidential Graduate Fellows. The Department of Chemistry welcomed seven Fellows, six of whom were in attendance at the event.

2018 Chemistry Presidential Fellows

Cliff Allington

Ardavan Farahvash

Charlotte Farquhar

Yongli Lu

Wei Lun Toh

Ruomeng Wan

Kathryn Yammine

MIT established the prestigious Presidential Fellowship program 1999 in order to recruit the most outstanding students worldwide to pursue graduate studies at the Institute. Since then, the program has grown to support over 120 new graduate students annually as Presidential Fellows.

Presidential Fellows are selected by the President and Provost from a pool of candidates nominated by the School deans, as well as the heads of departments and interdisciplinary programs. Each Presidential Fellow receives a special certificate signed by the President of MIT emphasizing the prestigious nature of the award and identifying the benefactor responsible for the award presented at the Presidential Fellowship Reception each fall.