Alumni News | June 8, 2017

Off to the Other Cambridge

Four from the class of 2017 are off to the other Cambridge.

From The July-August 2017 Issue

Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2017-2018 academic year. Halah Ahmad, of Milwaukee and Currier House, a comparative study of religion concentrator, will be the Lionel De Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Ezinne Nwankwo, of Los Angeles and Winthrop House, an applied mathematics concentrator, will be the William Shirley Scholar at Pembroke College; Eesha Khare, of Saratoga, California, and Leverett House, an engineering sciences concentrator, will be the Charles Henry Fiske III Scholar at Trinity College; and Kevin Xiong, of Cambridge and Cabot House, an economics concentrator, will be the John Eliot Scholar at Jesus College.

Published in the July-August 2017 print issue under the headline “Cambridge Scholars,” in the Alumni section.

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