College Alumna Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Jocelyn Perry, C’13, has won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. She is among 40 U.S. recipients of Gates Cambridge Scholarships this year.

Perry will work toward an M.Phil. in international relations and politics, focusing on post-conflict reconstruction and governance arrangements in Africa’s Great Lakes region. She has worked as a disaster responder with the American Red Cross and as a fellow with the New Sector Alliance’s Residency in Social Enterprise program in Chicago. Perry hopes to continue working on the development of inclusive government systems and advocating for displaced and marginalized populations.

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Professor of Biology Philip Rea Wins Neal Award for Scientific Journalism

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