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By Eric Matthews–
A new international scholarship may be coming to U of L. Director of the the Darwin Centre Trust, Patrick Pietroni, visited campus Jan. 17 to speak about the scholarship.
The Darwin Scholarship will be available in 2018 and funds postgraduate research on the importance of compassion, cooperation and altruism in a scholar’s chosen field of study for up to four years.
Darwin Scholars gather at the Darwin Centre’s headquarters in Shrewsbury, UK each summer to share their findings and discuss how to implement them.