Marcus Allen of Plainsboro honored at URI's 17th annual Black Scholar Awards

2014 Apr 21

Nine graduating University of Rhode Island seniors were recently honored for their academic excellence and achievements during the 17th annual Black Scholar Awards ceremony on April 7 in the Ryan Auditorium at the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences.

Marcus Allen, a(n) Mechanical Engineering major from Plainsboro, N.J., received the Saint Clair Drake Award for Outstanding Scholarly Research.

Donald Cunnigen, professor of sociology and anthropology at URI and a member of the URI Black Faculty Association, established the awards program in 1998 to recognize and honor outstanding African-American seniors.