Global Scholars

Scholar Voices Rfat Elected as Missouri Delegate to the National Refugee Congress May 2025 McDonnell Scholar, Mustafa Rfat, has been elected to represent the State of Missouri in the Refugee Congress (RC), a leading organization that champions the rights and well-being of refugees. Refugee Congress is a national, nonpartisan group built and led by former refugees and […]

Scholar Voices Allison Martinez wins second place in the 2023 She LEADS symposium’s 3MT presentation Allison Martinez, a Biomedical Engineering PhD student and McDonnell Academy Global Scholar from Honduras won second place among the five finalists in the 2023 She LEADS Three Minute Thesis presentation competition. This competition showcases the compelling research work of doctoral […]

Scholar Voices McDonnell Scholars attend COP27 WashU Environmental Studies | January 2023 In November, two of our McDonnell Scholars attended the 27th Annual Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Ganesh Chelluboyina (EECE PhD) and Bea Addis (Anthropology PhD) share their insights on the complex nature of the climate crisis from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. Ganesh’s […]