Blackwell is one of six UT Dallas alumni selected for the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. She is creative and inquisitive and will no doubt have a long and successful scientific career.”NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program is the nation’s oldest fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in various STEM fields. “Everything I’ve done at UT Dallas has culminated in making me a better learner, a better researcher and a more empathetic person,” she said. The NSF selected five other UT Dallas alumni as fellows:Erik Chow BS’19 earned his degree in biomedical engineering. Uyen Thy Nguyen BS’18 was a Diversity Scholar and biochemistry major at UT Dallas.