An Auburn University senior and a recent graduate were named finalists for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship to possibly pursue post-graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

Senior Mina Narayanan and 2017 graduate Josiah Brown were two of 90 students nationwide — out of an applicant pool of nearly 1,000 — invited to interview.

Narayanan is a software engineering major from Auburn who is also minoring in political science. Her research seeks to develop automated systems that can identify malicious authors hiding behind multiple social media accounts. Brown, from Ashland City, Tennessee, graduated in 2017 and is an AmeriCorps architectural fellow in Lakeside, Montana, where he is part of a team assisting in the design and overseeing construction of a community center.