SAS Students, Alumni Receive Thouron Awards to Study in the U.K.

Two SAS students and two alumni have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. 

The recipients are:

  • Jacob Blumenfeld-Gantz, a 2012 College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton graduate in diplomatic history and operations and information management, is applying to the University of Oxford for a Master of Public Policy.
  • Elena Jaya Gooray, a College of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in cognitive science, is applying to the University of Edinburgh for an M.Sc. in cognition in science and technology.
  • Tarub Sayeed Mabud, a College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton senior majoring in statistics, healthcare management, and biology, is applying to the University of Cambridge for an M.Phil. in epidemiology.
  • Allison Mishkin, a 2011 graduate in computer science and society from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Arts and Sciences, is applying to the University of Oxford for an M.Sc. in the social science of the Internet.

The Thouron Award, a graduate exchange program between Penn and British universities, exists to improve relations between the United States and the U.K. Thouron Award winners receive tuition and stipends for one or two years depending on the time required to earn their graduate degrees.


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