Senior receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Senior Ryan Lash was one of 29 American students recently awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, enabling him to pursue a master’s degree next year at the Univ-ersity of Cambridge.Lash, a medieval studies and anthropology major, is the first Notre Dame student selected for this honor since the program was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000.More than 800 U.S. students applied for the highly competitive scholarship in 2009. According to the program’s Web site, scholarships are awarded to students “on the basis of a person’s intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.”These scholars must also have exceptional research skills and knowledge of how their research can be applied to global challenges.Lash said he is excited about the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic.“The interdisciplinary program gives me the opportunity to continue studying what I am interested in without having to pick only one particular aspect of my interests,” Lash said. “I will study the language, history and archeology of medieval Britain and Scandinavia.”Lash was encouraged to apply for the highly selective scholarship by several faculty members because of his impressive research skills and academic success.“Ryan has blended his broad interests in the medieval world with specific interests in literature and material culture in sophisticated ways that belie his age and experience,” said Thomas Noble, professor and chair of the History Department and former director of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute, in a press release. “He combines intelligence, a taste for hard work and a disinterested love of learning and grace.”According to the press release, Lash has fully utilized Notre Dame’s resources that support undergraduate research, field and international study. His projects include archaeological fieldwork at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, travel in Great Britain and Ireland for a research paper on medieval castle architecture in elite identity formation, study of medieval history, literature and archeology in Notre Dame’s Oxford program, as well as an upcoming research project at Bective Abbey in Ireland. As a result of these projects, he has also co-presented research papers at academic conferences in several countries.Lash is quick to credit University advisors for their assistance in the application process.“My faculty advisors were very helpful in encouraging me to think about what I really wanted to do,” he said. “They supported me and dissuaded me from thinking the scholarship was out of reach.”Lash is looking forward to utilizing the many resources of the renowned University of Cambridge and hopes his work will contribute to a better appreciation of the relevance and influence of representations of history.“I admit that medieval studies can’t help humanity in the same way that medical or scientific research might,” he said. “But my work has relevancy and will, I hope, contribute by allowing us to better appreciate the challenges, complexities and consequences of public representations of the past.”
Mumbai: Star Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has time and again underlined the need to stay home even if becomes hard during a prolonged period of COVID-19 lockdown. But the nature lover inside Rohit does crave the outdoor and sun-kissed mornings.“Oh outdoors and sunlight, I miss ya!”Rohit said in an Instagram post on Thursday with a photo of the sun brushing his face and leaving an afterglow. In normal circumstance, Rohit would have been currently leading the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League had coronavirus not reared its ugly head.The IPL has since been postponed indefinitely with almost no sport taking place across the globe. Rohit had said on Wednesday one needs to engage in some activity or the other at home which can be frustrating, as it is for our own good.“It can get frustrating. Which is what through my social media I have been trying to send across this message that even while sitting at home you can entertain yourself. By enjoying the little things,” Rohit said at India Today’s E-Conclave Corona Series.“Whether it’s spending time with your family or cleaning your house or doing some activity to keep your body fit. “Watching TV, watching all these exciting shows that are coming up. There are a lot of things which we can do. I know it’s frustrating but it’s for our own good and for our own future. “If we don’t take care of ourselves now, it’s going to be a big problem in the future,” he added. IANSAlso Read: Australia will be a different ball game with Smith, Warner: Rohit Sharma Also Watch: War against COVID-19: Assam Health Department signs 22 MoUs with private hospitals in Silchar
Aigbogun insisted that focus would be on scoring the goals that would earn Nigeria a FIFA Under-20 World Cup ticket.“This is our most important match of the tournament so far. There would be no looking back. We are playing the host team but our minds are made up to go all out. Only a win can guarantee us a place in Poland.“Of course, we noticed a few things in the first two matches we played. The corrections we have made would help us greatly in Friday’s match,” Aigbogun told NFF’s media at the tournament venue in Niamey.The Flying Eagles have to be at their very best against a home team that requires an outright victory as well to be in with a chance of qualification, as they trail Nigeria by two points and are level with South Africa.Needing the minimum win possible to snatch a World Cup ticket early when they took on South Africa on Tuesday, Aigbogun’s wards made hard work of it, with the match ending 0-0, rather handing the Amajita a chance to remain in the tournament if they overpower Burundi in Maradi today.Thursday’s training session was high on ball work and diligence.Goalkeeper Olawale Oremade is likely to keep his place between the sticks, as defenders Mike Zaruma, Ikouwem Utin, Igoh Ogbu and Valentine Ozornwafor.Their alliance is still unbreached in the championship. Jamil Muhammad and Afeez Aremu could remain in the midfield with Alhassan Adamu in front of them, though Aigbogun may tinker with the strike force, with Ibrahim Abubakar, Aliyu Ibrahim, Nazifi Yahaya, Effiom Maxwell, Adeshina Gata and Sweden-based Onyekachi Paschal all in good shape.The Group A is delicately poised and goes to the wire. With four points, Nigeria top the pool ahead of Niger and South Africa, with two points each, while Burundi has only one point.A draw against the Junior Mena would see the Flying Eagles through to the semi finals and a spot at the FIFA U20 World Cup in pocket, and in this case victory for South Africa over Burundi would also see the Amajita through. Yet, victory for the host nation over Nigeria, and victory for South Africa against Burundi, would eliminate the seven-time champions.Also, if Burundi secures a high-margin win over South Africa, and the Junior Mena overpower the Flying Eagles, Niger Republic and Burundi would go through to the last four and to Poland.First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Seyi Akinwunmi, who is at the tournament as a Member of the CAF Committee on Youth Competitions, visited the Flying Eagles at training yesterday.He charged them to go all out as it is never wise for any team to play for a draw.Coach Aigbogun and assistants have the benefit of having played the Nigeriens previously. Both teams fought to a scoreless statement at the WAFU Cup Tournament in Lome, Togo in December 2018. And on Tuesday, following their 0-0 draw with South Africa, Nigeria’s technical team stayed behind at the Stade Seyni Kountche to watch Burundi come from 1-3 behind to draw with the Junior Mena.The Flying Eagles have an extra motivation to put on their best on Friday, as officials confirmed to thenff.com that Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr would arrive in Niamey in time to watch the clash with Niger. Rohr has promised to include one or two of the Flying Eagles in the senior team’s squad for the 2019 AFCON qualifier against Seychelles and the prestige friendly against Egypt, both coming up next month.As it is, all four of Africa’s flagbearers at this summer’s FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland would be known today.Senegal, who play Burkina Faso in Maradi on Saturday, have already picked a ticket while the Burkina are eliminated after two losses in as many matches.Nigeria square up against Niger Republic at the same time as South Africa would be battling Burundi in Maradi. The Nigeria/Niger Republic encounter would give way to the Group B clash between Ghana and Mali. Both have three points each. These three matches will produce the remaining three tickets to Poland.NPFL MATCH-DAY 7RESULTSWikki 2-1 EnyimbaTornadoes 1-0 SunshineNasarawa 2-1 Plateau UtdYobe Stars 0-1 Akwa UtdTODAYKatsina Utd v InsuranceShare this:FacebookRedditTwitterPrintPinterestEmailWhatsAppSkypeLinkedInTumblrPocketTelegram Super Eagles AFRICAN U-20 TOURNAMENTHead Coach of Nigeria’s Under-20 team, Paul Aigbogun, has said that his squad will go for nothing less than outright victory when they confront tournament host Niger Republic in their final group phase at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations today.Aigbogun, alongside assistants Abdu Maikaba, Hassan Abdallah and Suleiman Shuaibu, took the seven-time African champions through their last training session before the game Thursday evening, at the National Technical Centre, Niamey.