April 13, 2021 at 4:00 pm by Sean Crommelin
Alec Cao, a fourth-year physics major in the College of Creative Studies, has won one of seventeen 2021-2022 Churchill Scholarships.Â
Cao will be traveling to the United Kingdom for one year of masterâs study at Churchill College in the University of Cambridge. The scholarship covers full tuition, a stipend, travel costs and an opportunity to apply for a $2000 special research grant, according to the Churchill Scholarship website. Churchill College is the only college at Cambridge focused on S.T.E.M. subjects.
Courtesy of Alec Cao
Cao will work with Zoran Hadzibabic, a professor of physics in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge studying ultracold quantum gases.Â