The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 Endowed Fellowship Recipients
Congratulations to the recipients of a Graduate School Endowed Fellowship for this academic year!
HAROLD LEONARD MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN FILM STUDY
The Leonard Memorial Fellowship supports graduate students who conduct study/research in film history, criticism, theory, or aesthetics. The fund was established by the will of Clara Lefkovits in honor of her son, Harold Leonard.
Mohimarnab Biswas
Graduate Program: Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media
Advisor: Dr. Suvadip Sinha
Research: Working the Screen: Mapping traces of precarious cine-labor in India
Shima Sahranavard
Graduate Program: French
Advisor: Dr. Christophe Wall-Romana
Research: The Fluid Image and the Aesthetics of Encounter: Two-Dimensional Visual Arts in Contemporary Francophone Films and novels
Kaixuan Yao
Graduate Program: Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media
Advisor: Dr. Jason McGrath
Research: Spectral Effacement: Queer Feminist (Re)Visions of Chinese Film History
TORSKE KLUBBEN FELLOWSHIP
The Torske Klubben Fellowship supports graduate students who have an interest in or connection to Norway and/or its culture. The Torske Klubben, founded in 1933, is a Minneapolis luncheon club of Norwegian heritage who is deeply interested in Norway and Norwegian-American history and relationships. The overarching goal of the fellowship program is to support future leaders.
Vanessa Czeszynski
Graduate Program: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Hans Christian Wika
Graduate Program: Economics
DR. WARREN & HENRIETTA WARWICK FELLOWSHIP
The Warwick Fellowship supports MD/PhD students in the biomedical sciences. Dr. Warwick was a pioneering pediatrician in the treatment of cystic fibrosis at the University of Minnesota.
Clare Keddy
Graduate Program: Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics (MPaT) PhD/Medicine MD
Advisor: Dr. Carol Lange