The University of Cambridge has awarded prizes to 11 students and recent graduates of St John’s for their excellent academic performances.
Edie Carter, Daniel Gonda, Emily Harrison, Daniela Jerez Cubillo, Imaan Kashim, Joey Katz, Myra Koh, Timur Pryadilin, Harry Scott-Burt and Yu Wang all achieved top results in their essays, dissertations and exams, and PhD student Gemma King won an award for a postgraduate talk.
History undergraduate Edie Carter wins the Cambridge Historical Society Prize for an outstanding performance in her research project long essay (Part IB) during her second year.
Daniel Gonda, who graduated this summer after completing his BA degree in Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS), is awarded the Polity Prize by the Department of Sociology for the best overall mark in sociology (Part IIB).
Master’s graduate Emily Harrison has been awarded the Manuel López-Rey Graduate Prize by the Criminology Faculty for the best academic performance on the MPhil programme. She achieved a Distinction in every module, and in her dissertation, and was ranked first in the year across both the MPhil in Criminology and MPhil in Criminological Research programmes.
HSPS graduate Daniela Jerez Cubillo receives the Sue Benson Prize from the Department of Social Anthropology for the best undergraduate dissertation in anthropology (Part IIB).
Music graduate Imaan Kashim, who is now studying for an MPhil in Music at St John’s, is centrally awarded the University's Winifred Georgina Holgate-Pollard Memorial Prize for gaining the highest marks in her cohort in the Music Tripos (Part II). The prize is given to students in the final year of their undergraduate degrees who have excelled in the Cambridge Tripos and is one of the most prestigious academic accolades awarded by the University.
Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion undergraduate Joey Katz is awarded The Hebrew Prize for the best performance in Hebrew equipped with distinction in the Hebrew language Tripos papers (parts IIA and IIB) at the end of his second year.
PhD Stem Cell Biology student Gemma King won a prize at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Annual Retreat and Symposium 2025 in June for her postgraduate ‘flash talk’.
Newly graduated Myra Koh receives a William Vaughan Lewis Prize from the Department of Geography for her first-class dissertation (Part III).
Timur Pryadilin, who also graduated this summer, has earned the Mayhew Prize for showing the greatest undergraduate distinction in Applied Mathematics.
Last year Timur was named as the ‘Senior Wrangler’ in the Mathematical Studies Tripos Part II – a position described as ‘the greatest intellectual achievement attainable in Britain’ – after achieving the highest overall mark among the Wranglers, the students at Cambridge who gain first-class marks in Mathematics.
Medieval and Modern Languages undergraduate Harry Scott-Burthas been awarded the Kurt Hahn Prize for his distinguished performance in German (Part IB) during his second year.
Yu Wang, who has recently graduated with a degree in Natural Sciences (Biological), has received two prizes: the Alkis Seraphim Prize for the most distinguished Part III project and dissertation in biochemistry, and the Richard Perham First Prize for the best overall grade in the Natural Sciences Tripos (Part III).
