Recent College Graduates and Alumna are Awarded Scholarships

Several recent graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences have received prestigious awards that provide funding for graduate studies on the other side of the pond.

Eileen Moison, a recent graduate from the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, is among 40 U.S. students this year who have been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to spend at least one year studying at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. There, she will work toward a graduate degree in biochemistry, and later plans to pursue doctoral studies in biochemistry and molecular biology.

In addition, several other college alumni have received Thouron Awards, an honor bestowed as part of a graduate exchange program that provides recipients the opportunity to study at prestigious British universities, such as the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.

The following students will pursue studies through their award:

  • Besan Abu-Joudeh, C’12, a statistics and international studies major, plans to study political economics.
  • David Dunning, C’12, an English and mathematics major, will study history, philosophy and sociology of science, technology and medicine.
  • Alison Feder, C’12, also a mathematics major, plans to study statistics.
  • Myles Karp, C’12, an anthropology major, will study cognitive and evolutionary anthropology.
  • Michael Masciandaro, C’12, a history and English major, plans to study British and European history.
  • Eliana Ritts, C’12, majoring in business and public policy, will study anthropology.
  • Katie Wynbrandt, C’12, a political science and English major, plans to study criminology and criminal justice.
  • Ava Childers, who graduated from the College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in classical studies and anthropology, will study archeological heritage and museums.

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