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Alumni (Scholar)

Jack Brake

C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Jefferson Scholar
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Degrees:
B.A. University of Virginia (2018)
M.A. Tsinghua University (2019)
Ph.D. University of Cambridge (2022)
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    Eight Jefferson Scholars receive Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards; One Jefferson Scholar receives the Stull Family Research Award

    February 25, 2016

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    Jack Brake, JS '18, shares with UVA Today how he used the 2016 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award

    February 27, 2017

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    Jack Brake, JS '18, wins a Schwarzman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in China

    December 5, 2017

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    Jack Brake, JS '18, awarded Marshall Scholarship to study at University of Cambridge

    December 3, 2018

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