P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans

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Sunita Puri: In the Borderlands Between Life & Death

2004 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Sunita Puri's memoir, “That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour" chronicles her life as the child of immigrants and her training and work as a palliative care doctor, Sunita is medical director for palliative care at Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center of the University of Southern California.
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1999 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Nadine Burke-Harris Appointed As First-Ever California Surgeon General

In January of 2019, 1999 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Nadine Burke-Harris was appointed by the governor of California as the state's first surgeon general. Nadine and her family immigrated to the Untied States when she was four.
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The Opportunity You Shouldn't Pass Up: Apply

The 2020 application is open. Are you a New American who is 30 or younger and who will be in graduate school full-time in the 2020-2021 academic year? Check out the full eligibility requirements, learn about the Fellowships and apply by November 1, 2019.
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A Belated Goodbye

Irina Linetskaya (2002 Fellow) tells her immigrant story, which rooted itself in a childhood friendship.
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An interview with Daisy Soros by Aarti Shahani (2010 Fellow)
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04.03.20

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows Take on the COVID-19 Crisis

03.28.20

Nikka Landau

Natalie Guo Starts New Organization, Off Their Plate, to Help Restaurant and Health Care Workers in the Face of COVID-19

In early March of 2020, as the United States was just beginning to understand the impact the coronavirus would have on all parts of society, 2019 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Natalie Guo developed Off Their Plate, an initiative to support both health...

03.18.20

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Vivek Ramaswamy’s Roivant Sciences Develops Clinical Stage Antibody to Prevent and Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Patients with COVID-19

02.03.20

Alexander Chen Launches Harvard Law School’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic

Just five years after 2014 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Alexander Chen graduated from Harvard Law School, he returned as the school’s new LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic’s founding director.

12.19.19

2020: A Preview Of Books By Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows

In 2020, several books by Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows will be published on subjects ranging from immigration and refugees, to loneliness and health, to women's rights and the 19th amendment.

12.09.19

In Review: The 2019 Paul & Daisy Soros Fall Conference

12.03.19

Matthew Nguyen and Sana Raoof Named To Forbes "30 Under 30" List

Matthew Nugyen (2017 Fellow) and Sana Raoof (2014 Fellow) have been named to the 2020 "Forbes 30 Under 30" list.

10.14.19

Senan Ebrahim: Building a Platform for Refugee Health

08.13.19

Samir Mayekar: Chicago's Deputy Mayor of Neighborhood and Economic Development

2011 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Samir Mayekar left the company that he founded to become the deputy mayor of economic and neighborhood development for the City of Chicago. Find out what drew him back to politics and how he is approaching his new...

08.13.19

Q&A: MD/PhD Student Lorenzo Sewanan Looks Back At The Fellowship

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provides two years of funding for outstanding graduate students who are immigrants and children of immigrants. After two years the Fellows join a lifelong community of past Fellows. We asked...

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Sunita Puri: In the Borderlands Between Life & Death

1999 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Nadine Burke-Harris Appointed As First-Ever California Surgeon General

The Opportunity You Shouldn't Pass Up: Apply

A Belated Goodbye