Three Local Students Named Gates Cambridge Scholars

UNC students Larry Han and Matthew Leming, along with Duke student Catherine Newman, have been named Gates Cambridge Scholars.

The scholarship was established by a donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and pays for 35 U.S. students to attend graduate school at Cambridge.

Catherine Newman (photo courtesy of gatescambridge.org).

“Larry and Matt are those rare students who quietly and without fanfare change the landscape of their professions,” said UNC chancellor Carol Folt. “They have already accomplished so much in their young careers in academia and are outstanding representatives for our campus and their community.”

Han and Lemming are UNC’s fourth and fifth Gates Cambridge Scholars.

Overall 826 U.S. students applied for the scholarship.

“Cat is a gifted scholar with a strong bent toward understanding biology through the eyes of a chemist, who also still manages her time so effectively that she is able to contribute to the local and world community in so many meaningful ways,” said Duke biochemistry chair Richard Brennan.

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