Kenneth (Ken) Buckfire is one of the two new board members of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Like many Fellows, Ken has led an incredibly successful career spanning both the public and private sectors. Currently, he is the co-...
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When I spoke with the Fellowship’s newest board member, Paul Holdengräber, it was clear that he has a rare pleasure of being situated upon an undimmed horizon of the world around him. As director of the New York Public Library’s Public Programming...
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You might have noticed some changes to The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships’ visual design over the past year. Working closely with the Board of Trustees and Isometric Studio, led by Andy Chen (2010), we began to refresh the look and feel of the...
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Throughout her career, Catharine (Kate) Stimpson has excelled in multiple arenas while preparing others to do the same, which is why she has been an important part of the Fellowship’s board since its founding. When Paul and Daisy first asked Kate to...
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Recipients of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, all immigrants and children of immigrants, are all selected based on their potential impact to US society, culture and their respective academic field. It's no surprise that many...
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The 2015 cohort of Fellows is extremely diverse in terms of family heritage, field of study and New American status: -16 are female; 14 are male. -The youngest Fellow is 21; the oldest is 30. The average age is 26. -22 were born abroad; 8 were born...
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The 2015 Fellows come from all over the United States and the world; they represent the diversity and immense promise of New Americans in the country. To paint a more personal picture of the class, we asked each of them a few questions about what...
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The press release for the announcement of the 2015 Fellows.
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Irina Linetskaya (2002 Fellow) tells her immigrant story, which rooted itself in a childhood friendship.
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