Princeton seniors Maya Butani and Daniel Yu win Marshall Scholarships

Class of 2026 members Maya Butani and Daniel Yu have been named Marshall Scholars to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

The Marshall Scholarship allows “intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s future leaders” to study at the U.K. institution of their choice, according to the Marshall Scholarships organization. Butani and Yu are among the 43 winners of the 2026 scholarships, selected from more than 1,000 applicants from colleges and universities across the United States.

Butani, of Moorestown, New Jersey, is a molecular biology major pursuing minors in engineering biology and global health and health policy. For her first year of graduate study, she plans to earn an MSc in the immunology of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, followed by a second year pursuing an MPhil in chemical engineering and biotechnology at Cambridge University.

Daniel Yu, of New York City, is majoring in African American studies and pursuing minors in English and in gender and sexuality studies. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and previously won the University’s Freshman First Honor Prize and Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence. 

Read the full announcement on the University's homepage.