New Marshall Scholar
MIT senior Võ Tiến Phong, from York, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to attend a university in the United Kingdom. Established in 1953, the Marshall Scholarship is granted to up to 40 American students each year. The scholarship finances graduate education at a U.K. academic institution and is open to talented students in all fields of study. “I am honored to be given the opportunity to join this distinctive community,” says Võ. “The collective energy of this distinguished group of scholars dedicated to knowledge, justice, and humanity will broaden my perspective of the world and our place within it.” Võ, who is double-majoring in physics and mathematics at MIT, will spend the next year pursuing an MPhil in physics at Cambridge University. He then plans to return to the U.S. to earn a PhD in physics. His ultimate goal is to become a professor of theoretical physics while also transforming...