Harvard Cambridge Scholarship winners

Four members of the class of 2010 have won special scholarships to study at Cambridge University.

Four members of the class of 2010 have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2010-2011 academic year. Government concentrator Nishchal Basnyat, of Kirkland House and Katmandu, Nepal, will be the Charles Henry Fiske III Scholar at Trinity College; neurology concentrator Laurel Gabard-Durnam, of Eliot House and Ithaca, New York, will be the Lionel de Jersey Scholar at Emmanuel College; philosophy concentrator Laurence Holland, of Eliot House and New York City, will be the John Eliot Scholar at Jesus College; and social studies concentrator Seth Packrone, of Lowell House and Uniontown, Pennsylvania, will be the Governor William Shirley Scholar at Pembroke College.

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