University of Pennsylvania senior Theodore Caputi has been selected to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship for graduate studies in Ireland. 

Sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance, the scholarship covers tuition, accommodations, a living-expense stipend and an international travel stipend. 

Mr. Caputi, from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is working toward a bachelor of arts in mathematics from the School of Arts & Sciences and a bachelor of science in economics from the Wharton School. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in health promotion at University College Cork. 

In 2014, Mr. Caputi founded Penn Leadership Training Institute, a nonprofit organization and the largest student-run volunteer service group in Philadelphia. He is a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a Joseph Wharton Scholar and has conducted research on the ramifications of the legalization of marijuana, authored policy briefs regarding the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and had several first- or sole-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Mr. Caputi is a policy fellow at the University of Florida Drug Policy Institute. In addition, he is founding president of Penn Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors and has served on local, state and federal boards addressing substance use, including the Drug Free America Foundation National Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Prevention Alliance Board of Directors and Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission Board of Directors.