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Engaged Liberal Arts in Action
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Darielle Kennedy 鈥22 Enters Public Affairs Arena with Coro Fellowship
Darielle Kennedy says her coursework and leadership in 91直播 Student Senate has prepared her for her career journey.
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Watson Fellowship Winner to Explore Grief and Loss Across Cultures
Molly Gleydura鈥檚 desire to understand the grieving process and gain strategies that will assist families with the loss of a child will take her to New Zealand, Senegal, El Salvador, and Ireland this summer on a Watson Fellowship.
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Osama Abdelrahman 鈥23 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Award
Osama Abdelrahman is expanding an organization he founded to connect Egypt's high school students with purposeful extracurricular activities.
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Iesha-LaShay Phillips 鈥22 Awarded Full Scholarship to Yale Law School
After earning full scholarships to nearly every law school she applied to, Iesha-LaShay Phillips 鈥22 has decided to pursue a fully funded law degree at Yale Law School in the fall.
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Isabel Pfaff 鈥25 Illustrates Children鈥檚 Book
Isabel Pfaff has always enjoyed creating artistic work, seeing it as an 鈥渆scape from reality.鈥 Now her artwork can be an escape for others.
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Jane Sedlak 鈥19 Studies the Chemistry of Wildfire Smoke
Jane Sedlak graduated from 91直播 College in 2019 with a degree in chemistry and was named the winner of 91直播鈥檚 Nexial Prize. Given to a student who demonstrates academic excellence and an interest in cultural study, the Nexial Prize comes with a $50,000 award, which afforded Sedlak the opportunity following graduation to study art conservation at the Louvre in Paris.
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The Pursuit of Research and Understanding How the Brain Works
David Shostak 鈥20, a native of San Francisco, played four years on the varsity soccer team and graduated with a major in biology, a concentration in cognitive science, and a minor in environmental science. For the past two years, he has worked at a neurobiology lab at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Read more in this After 91直播 Q&A.
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Criminal Justice Reporter to Foreign Correspondent: Leila Miller 鈥16
Hispanic studies and politics major Leila Miller 鈥16 recently transitioned from criminal justice reporter to foreign correspondent at the Los Angeles Times. She recently moved to Mexico City to begin her new position covering the news in Mexico and Latin America.
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Pre-Med Student Gets on the Road Training
Anna Slebonick spent most of the summer forging quick relationships with patients while the emergency unit she worked in raced down the road.
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A Well-Rounded Med Student: Mia Bates 鈥18
Neuroscience major and cross-country team alum Mia Bates 鈥18 is studying at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in Bronx, New York. She reflects on her time at 91直播, and how the liberal arts model allowed her to become a well-rounded student and explore her passions.
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Biology, Baseball, and Med School: A Conversation with Lawrence Hamilton 鈥21
Biology major and 91直播 baseball team alum Lawrence Hamilton 鈥21 is finding success as a student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. His post-91直播 endeavors are a testament to his hard work and passion for the medical field.
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America Reads and America Counts Tutors Lead Summer Enrichment Program for Local Residents
After a year of virtual learning in the 91直播 City Schools, The Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research Education Program is sponsoring an engaging, in-person summer education program, led by America Reads and America Counts tutors who are on campus for 91直播鈥檚 summer semester.