Submitted by Rose Choi on May 1, 2006 - 5:00am
Mathematics undergraduate Nick Reichert has been awarded an Astronaut Scholarship. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, established by the Mercury 7 astronauts, annually awards a fellowship to a student in each of 18 universities, including the University of Washington. Each institution selects two nominees in a university-wide competition, and the Foundation makes the final selection. Increasing Nick's honor is the fact that the Scholarship is seldom awarded to an undergraduate, nor to a student whose department name does not include the prefix "astro!"