Seven Of Penn's Best and Brightest Receive Thouron Awards

Every year at Convocation, Madame President calls the freshman class the best and brightest in Penn's history. But yesterday seven especially best and bright Penn students received the prestigious Thouron Award. The award has been given annually since its establishment in 1960 and promotes a relationship between Penn and British universities. Recipients get to pursue graduate at the British university of their choice with up to two years of financial support. Congrats to the lucky seven:

• Besan Abu-Joudeh, statistics and international studies major (School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London)
• Ava Childers, 2010 graduate who majored in classical studies and anthropology (Cambridge)
• David Dunning, English and mathematics major (Cambridge)
• Alison Feder, mathematics major (Oxford)
• Myles Karp, anthropology major (Oxford)
• Michael Masciandaro, history and English major (Cambridge)
• Eliana Ritts, business and public policy and international studies major (Oxford)
• Katie Wynbrandt, political science and English major (Oxford)