Bridget Andersen has won a 2017 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious undergraduate scholarships in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in America.  Arvind Gupta was given an Honorable Mention.

For a nice UVAToday article see

https://www.news.virginia.edu/content/goldwater-scholarship-propels-uva-students-exploration-universe

For more on the Goldwater Scholarship, see

https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org

For the list of the 2017 Scholars see

https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/2017-scholars/

and for list of the 2017 Honorable Mentions see

https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/2017-honorable-mentions/