Recipients of prestigious Marshall Scholarship to study at UCL

Marshall Scholars - Two students named as 2022 Marshall Scholars, in recognition of their academic excellence and potential as future American leaders, will begin postgraduate courses at UCL in September next year. Julia Chaffers of Princeton University, New Jersey, and Ifeyinwa Ojukwu of Syracuse University, New York, are among the 41 winners of the 2022 Marshall Scholarships and were selected following a rigorous and months-long process. Those awarded the prestigious bursary are considered to be some of the top undergraduate university students and recent graduates in the United States, and marked out a future leaders. The accolade finances them to study for a graduate degree at a top academic institution in the UK in any field of study. Julia, who is from Wellesley, Massachusetts, is concentrating in History and will be pursuing a master's degree at UCL in United States Studies: History and Politics, before heading to the University of Manchester the following year to complete a course in British History. She hopes that her studies in the UK will build on her research related to the legacies of slavery and racism in the United States, allowing her to examine the topics within a global context. Julia said: "I want to continue studying history to tell more undiscovered stories and bring communities together around a more complex shared understanding of our past and present." Meanwhile, Ifeyinwa, is a Biology and Psychology graduate at Syracuse University and plans to pursue a master's degree in Precision Medicine at UCL - with the aim of disrupting race-related health inequalities.