Brown U. Senior Okoro Receives Scholarship for Leadership & Community Service
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Brown University undergrad Uzo Okoro has been named a recipient of the 2015 Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship.
Uzo Okoro
Okoro is a senior at Brown University and is majoring in Public Health. Once she graduates, she will attend The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown to continue to pursue her medical degree.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTOkoro was selected by a nonprofit group Advocates for Youth to be a Youth Ambassador for NYHAAD to promote a message of prevention, treatment, care and youth empowerment.
Okoro is one of six people to receive the scholarship
Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship
The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship is named in honor of AIDS educator, activist and reality television pioneer Pedro Zamora, who passed away over 20 years ago from an AIDS-related illness.
The scholarship program began in 2009 and is funded primarily through grants provided by UnitedHealthcare, Wells Fargo and Project Inform.
This year marks the largest distribution of funds from the program with a total of $40,000 awarded to six undergraduate students, two of whom are two year scholarship recipients with $5,000 awarded in 2015 and 2016.
The six recipients will each receive $5,000 to support their educational goals.
Related Articles
- NEW: Satellite Made By Brown U. Students to Launch on NASA Rocket
- Brown University to Host Senator Olympia Snowe
- Brown U. Honored for Employee Work-Life Policies
- Brown University Ranked a Top ROI College in 2014 by Forbes
- Brown University As Seen From A Drone
- NEW: Famed Author Jamaica Kincaid to Read at Brown University
- NEW: Brown University’s “BrainGate” Program Wins $1M Prize
- NEW: Brown University Corporation Elects 12 New Members
- Brown University Awards 2,419 Degrees at Commencement 2013
- NEW: Brown University Grants $50K to Providence Schools
- NEW: Brown University to Host Teach-In and Vigil on Syria
- Brown University Names New Dean of the College
- NEW: Brown University Investigated by Feds in Sexual Assault Case
- GoLocalTV: Brown University Alums in the 2016 Presidential Race
- Brown University Grad Rafael Maia Takes 5th Year at Pitt
- Brown University Math Institute Awarded Renewal of $17.5 Million Grant
- Brown University Rescinds Honorary Degree Bestowed to Bill Cosby ‘85
- Brown U. Set to Host Ivy League Lacrosse Tournament
- Brown University Graduate Student Dies in Fall from Science Library Building
- NEW: Brown University Names Cliatt New VP for Communications
- 30 Brown University Alumni Leading the United States in Business
- Aronson, Founding Dean Of Medicine at Brown University, Dies at 92
- Brown University Admits 2,580 to Class of 2019
- Brown University & RI Hospital Earn Grants to Teach Addiction Screening
