Harvard College | June 7, 2019

The 2019 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Britain-bound

From The July-August 2019 Issue

Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2019-2020 academic year. Madeleine Woods, of Colorado and Winthrop House, an English and folklore and mythology concentrator, will be the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Mahnoor Ali, of California and Adams House, a comparative literature concentrator, will be the William Shirley Scholar at Pembroke College; Elba Alonso Monsalve, of Spain and Currier House, a physics and mathematics concentrator, will be the Charles Henry Fiske III Scholar at Trinity College; and Jared Perlo, of Massachusetts and Dunster House, a history and science concentrator, will be the John Eliot Scholar at Jesus College.

Published in the July-August 2019 print issue under the headline “Cambridge Scholars,” in the Alumni section.

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