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Foreign Languages & Literatures awards
June 4, 2008
Lufthansa Prize--for excellence in German studies - First prize: Jason Bryslawskyj '09, physics, Park Ridge, N.J. - First prize: William Near '10, electrical engineering and computer science, Moultonborough, N.H. - Second prize: Irida Altman '08, mathematics, Belgrade, Serbia - Second prize: Asilata Bapat '10, mathematics, Pune, India - Third prize: Christopher Barnett '09, music, Wichita Falls, Texas - Third prize: Michael Blaisse '10, chemistry, Harrisburg, Pa. - Third prize: Stacy Figueredo G, mechanical engineering, Port Charlotte, Fla. - Third prize: Gleb Kuznetsov '10, electrical engineering and computer science, Sandy, Utah - Third prize: Victoria Popic '09, electrical engineering and computer science and mathematics, Chisinau, Moldovia - Third prize: Lucia Tian Tian '08, electrical engineering and computer science and economics, Salem, N.H. January Scholars in France--for excellence in the French language - Alona Birjiniuk '09, chemical engineering, Weston, Mass. - Alicia DeFrancesco '08, biology, Milton, Mass. - Lauren McLendon '08, biology, Marietta, Ga. - Carmel Mercado '09, biology, Coral Springs, Fla. - Emilienne Repak '09, biological engineering division, Churchville, Pa. - Lisa Song '08, earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, Chelmsford, Mass. - Serginio Sylvain '08, economics and mathematics, Malden, Mass. - Tess Wise '10, foreign languages and literatures, Salt Lake City, Utah Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages and Literatures--to an undergraduate who achieves proficiency in a foreign language, cultural understanding and enthusiasm for foreign language learning - First place: Lisa Nakano '08, brain and cognitive sciences, Sunnyvale, Calif. - Second place: Vladimir Mirkin '08, chemical engineering, Brookline, Mass. - Second place: Roxana Safipour '09, earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, Saratoga, Calif.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 4, 2008 (download PDF).
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