Northwestern Announces Churchill Scholars

[Bala]

<p>After collecting 5 Gates-Cambridge scholarships earlier this month, more than any other university this year,
Five</a> Northwestern Students Awarded Gates Scholarships
Northwestern just announced that 2 of the 14 Churchill Scholars would come from its ranks as well. Both already had Goldwater Scholarships on their resumes. Certainly impressive.
Two</a> Northwestern Students Awarded Churchill Scholarships</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>Also, 2 Rhodes, 1 Marshall, and 1 Mitchell couple months ago
[Four</a> Awarded Rhodes, Other Top Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/11/rhodes.html]Four”>http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/11/rhodes.html)</p>

[tenisghs]

<p>OMG the Russian girl is a mega nerd. How do people like her have time to do all of this??</p>

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Yermakova, who has majors in biochemistry, piano, and the history and philosophy of science and logic, is originally from Russia and emigrated to the U.S. at age 11. Since then she has won national awards for piano and French, has done research in chemical engineering and nanotechnology, neuroscience and biomedical engineering. She also has competed in ballroom dancing, salsa and flamenco.</p>

<p>“I feel good, a little shocked, a little confused,” Yermakova said Sunday. “My parents aren’t from the U.S. so I didn’t know this was such a big deal.”</p>

<p>Yermakova said she chose Northwestern because she wanted to go to a university that offered a dual degree program in mathematics and music. She plans to do a doctorate in mathematical biology at Oxford.

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