Two Cornell students in the College of Arts and Sciences were recently awarded prestigious scholarships for graduate study, according to a University press release.
Two Cornell students in the College of Arts and Sciences were recently awarded prestigious scholarships for graduate study, according to a University press release.
Mallory Matsumoto ’12 was the sole recipient of the Keasbey Memorial Foundation Scholarship, which pays for two years of study at several British universities. Matsumoto plans to pursue two one-year Master of Studies degrees at Oxford — one in historical and comparative philology and linguistics, and one in archaeology with a focus on visual cultures of the ancient world, according to the press release.
Matsumoto, a double major in archaeology and German studies, is a research assistant for the archaeology department. She is also a violinist in the Cornell Orchestra, co-president of the Cornell Orchestra Board and secretary of Phi Beta Kappa.
The Keasbey scholarship is given to a student from one a dozen participating universities, with each school nominating two candidates every three years. This year, students from Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Harvard competed for the scholarship.
Daniel Young ’13 was one of 20 students in the U.S. to receive the Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship, which provides more than $30,000 for graduate studies in the arts, humanities or social sciences to students with “exceptional academic records and a history of need-based financial aid,” according to the press release.
A College Scholar and philosophy major, Young is currently studying abroad in Nepal, where he is researching political ideology and Marxism. He is a backpacking guide for Cornell Outdoor Education’s Outdoor Odyssey. Young is also a member of the Glee Club and a teaching assistant in the Cornell Prison Education Program.
Original Author: David Marten