National Finalists! A team of our students this past summer defeated teams from Princeton, Penn, Carnegie-Mellon, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn State, and other major universities in the Social Security Challenge competition sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and other major foundations. Pictured from left to right are Diana Skarnaite (International Studies), John Cook (Political Science and the team leader), Max Mykhaylenko (International Studies), Michael Everts (Political Science), John Synoraski (Political Science), and Holly Conoway (Political Science). Each team member was awarded $1,000
