David Ferreira C’04, from Hamilton, Bermuda, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, which will fund two to three years of study at Oxford University in England. Ferreira, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, plans to pursue a Bachelor of Laws degree in his first two years at Oxford, followed by a Master of Jurisprudence in his final year.
He is the first Penn student to be awarded a non-U.S. Rhodes Scholarship and the University’s 17th Rhodes Scholar overall. Approximately 95 students are selected each year to receive the prestigious award; Bermuda selects only one scholar annually.
A decorated athlete in Bermuda, Ferreira has played on Penn’s varsity men’s squash team and numerous club teams(“Student Spotlight,” Current, Feb. 13, 2003). He is also a member of the PPE program’s Undergraduate Assembly Board and the vice-president and philanthropy chair of the Owl Society of Philadelphia.
Upon graduation from Oxford, Ferreira plans to return to Bermuda to practice law.
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
