Nur graduated summa cum laude from the George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology, where she was a Presidential Scholar for all four years. She also pursued minors in Public Health and French. Nur was awarded the Introductory Chemistry Award in her freshman year and was nominated by GW for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. She was the recipient of the Enosinian Scholars Award for her work on her undergraduate thesis. She also presented at several conferences and won the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality first place prize at the GW Research Showcase. Nur also worked as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for three years while at GW for the biology department.

After graduating from GW, she was awarded a one-year Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship at NIDA/NIH (National Institute for Drug Abuse) in the Behavioral Neuroscience branch. She is currently a research assistant at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) in the Department of Psychiatry of the Uniformed Services University.

Nur plans to pursue a JD/PhD in psychology and a career in research focused on trauma, psychiatric conditions, and women’s health, and has been accepted into several law schools including NYU, Vanderbilt, and William & Mary.