Sachs Scholarship awarded to two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student

Princeton seniors Noah James and Ethan Sample and University of Oxford student Farzana Salik have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards.

James, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, plans to earn two master’s degrees while at Oxford, one in criminology and criminal justice and one in global governance and diplomacy. He also hopes to broaden his international scholarship by working with Oxford’s Transitional Justice Research network and Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, as well as its Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.

“In a world increasingly shaped by globalization and mass migration, and where the paths toward justice for grave international crimes traverse political boundaries, I aim to develop expertise in border criminology and victim-centered atrocity accountability,” he wrote in his essay for the Sachs Scholarship.

At Princeton, he is majoring in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and minoring in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and history and the practice of diplomacy.

“More than anything, the scholarship is a reflection of the tremendous community that has supported me throughout my time at Princeton,” he said. “I’m so grateful to the professors who have become mentors and the friends who have become family for always looking out for me and making opportunities like this possible.”