Rehoboth Resident Awarded Student Research Fellowship at Providence College

Alexandra Loungo ’18, a biology major from Rehoboth, MA, is one of eleven Providence College students who will have their research experiences funded this summer through the College’s Walsh Student Research Fellowship Program. The Walsh Student Research Fellowships were created by Robert H. Walsh ’39 & ’66 Hon., one of the College’s leading donors, who died in 2011. Mr. Walsh majored in business and chemistry and worked at the DuPont Chemical Corp. for 40 years. His bequest established the Robert H. Walsh Scholarship Fund and the Robert H. Walsh ’39 Academic Fund.

Walsh Fellow applicants must be chemistry, biochemistry, or biology majors or work with professors in those fields. To be eligible for a fellowship, applicants must submit a project proposal and a recommendation from the faculty mentor who would oversee the research. Fellows receive a $4,000 stipend, and their faculty mentors receive a $1,000 stipend and $750 toward lab supplies. Fellows also qualify for a reduced rate for on-campus housing for the summer.