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California State University, Los AngelesCal State LA chemistry major earns prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Read more: Cal State LA chemistry major earns prestigious Barry Goldwater ScholarshipFormer Long Beach City College student and now a Cal State LA chemistry major and 2026 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career studying macromolecular, supramolecular, and nano chemistry.
Every year, hundreds of college sophomores and juniors are named Goldwater Scholars — and their campuses tell those stories best. Scholar Stories collects the profiles, lab visits, and interviews published by the scholars’ own institutions, from first-generation transfer students to future physicians and physicists. Each story links to the original article at the school that published it, and new stories are added as campuses publish them.
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California Lutheran UniversityEsteemed Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awarded to California Lutheran University Student
Read more: Esteemed Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awarded to California Lutheran University StudentCalifornia Lutheran University biochemistry student and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career studying antibiotic resistance at the RNA level, including functional RNAs in bacteria and efflux pumps.
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University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWarhawk earns Goldwater Scholarship for research
Read more: Warhawk earns Goldwater Scholarship for researchFirst-generation UW-Whitewater geography (geology) and physics major and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career in geophysics and rock rheology, advancing numerical models that forecast volcanic eruptions and flank collapse.
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Mercer UniversityGoldwater Scholar wants to research new medicines for brain diseases
Read more: Goldwater Scholar wants to research new medicines for brain diseasesMercer University biomedical engineering major and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a Ph.D. combining biomedical engineering and neuroscience to develop new medicines for diseases that target the brain.
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Prairie View A&M UniversityMaking Herstory: RISE Scholar Anisa Cole Earns Prestigious Barry Goldwater Award
Read more: Making Herstory: RISE Scholar Anisa Cole Earns Prestigious Barry Goldwater AwardPrairie View A&M University biology major, RISE scholar and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and immunology, researching oncogenic viruses and the cancers they cause.
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Prairie View A&M UniversityPVAMU Produces First-Ever Goldwater Scholars: Juniors Cole and Harville
Read more: PVAMU Produces First-Ever Goldwater Scholars: Juniors Cole and HarvillePrairie View A&M University’s first-ever Goldwater Scholars — biology majors Anisa Cole and Keeland Harville, both 2025 recipients — intend to pursue research careers in medicine: Cole studying oncogenic viruses and their associated malignancies, and Harville applying bioinformatics to allergy and immunology.
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University of HoustonUH Biology Student Receives Two of the Nation’s Most Prestigious Academic Awards
Read more: UH Biology Student Receives Two of the Nation’s Most Prestigious Academic AwardsUniversity of Houston biology major and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue an M.D.-Ph.D. and a research career in immuno-oncology, developing personalized cancer vaccines from chimeric RNAs.
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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityHow I found my research: Aditya Kotha is exploring if some medications can be repurposed to treat other ailments
Read more: How I found my research: Aditya Kotha is exploring if some medications can be repurposed to treat other ailmentsVirginia Commonwealth University biology and psychology major and 2024 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career in immunology, testing whether existing FDA-approved drugs such as statins can be repurposed as affordable treatments for allergic and inflammatory disease.
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Texas A&M University‘Buzzing’ with brilliance and dedication — Goldwater Scholar Lisa Rollinson ’25 excels in entomology research
Read more: ‘Buzzing’ with brilliance and dedication — Goldwater Scholar Lisa Rollinson ’25 excels in entomology researchTexas A&M University entomology major, Udall Scholar and 2024 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career studying how insect-based solutions — particularly black soldier fly farming — can address food insecurity and environmental sustainability.