13-Year-Old UConn Student Wins Udall Award

According to courant.com, 13-year-old UConn student, Colin J. Carlson is one of the 80 college sophomores or juniors across the U.S. to become Udall Scholars. Carlson is the youngest student to recieve this honor, according to Mia Ibarra, of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. This program is directed at students, who pursue careers related to the environment, Native American health care, or tribal public policy. Carlson's major at UConn is ecology and evolutionary biology. Winners of the Udall Scholar award will receive a scholarship, up to five thousand dollars.