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Shanata uses sociology and math skills to predict crime patterns
As a doctoral student in statistics at UCLA, Brandi Shanata combines her two Cornell majors: mathematics and sociology. Her research involves developing a predictive model for crime movements based on data from the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Trauger featured in USA Today article
MOUNT VERNON — Aleta Grillow Trauger ’68 was quoted in a USA Today (click link for full article) article on prescription drug mistakes made at pharmacies.
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Mullin completes master’s of divinity at University of Chicago
As a master’s student at The University of Chicago Divinity School, Matt Mullin found himself well-prepared by his Cornell undergraduate studies.
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Lively leaves $1.3 million gift to Cornell endowment
MOUNT VERNON — A $1.3 million living trust from an Iowa native will establish a Cornell College endowed scholarship fund for students who attended high school in and around Marshall County, Iowa.
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Krouse Recieves Spencer Award
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell biology lecturer and lab instructor Laura Krouse will receive the 2007 Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture at the annual meeting of Practical Farmers of Iowa Jan. 11-12 in Des Moines.
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Carrie Helmold
Carrie Helmold ’01 balances a Boston legal career, an advanced law degree program, and weekly rehearsals in a community band — a routine similar to her Cornell experience. While on the Hilltop, she triple-majored in French, Russian, and music, with many music performance roles.
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Jim Thompson ’04
When Jim Thompson ’04 handed opera legend Simon Estes a tape of his senior recital during a benefit concert in Monticello, Iowa, he was simply seeking singing advice.
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Go Yamamoto ’02
Go Yamamoto ’02 is a doctoral student in baroque violin at the Indiana University Early Music Institute, where he studies with master teacher and violinist Stanley Ritchie.
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Amber Swenson ’05
For Amber Swenson ’05, dual majors in theatre and vocal music education provided the platform for both a successful acting career and a teaching job she loves just as much.
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Theresa Chappell
Theresa Chappell is working towards a career in actuarial science through graduate coursework at the University of Iowa. She also works at AEGON USA in their annuities division and is working to pass the exams needed to qualify for work as an actuary in annuities or possibly health insurance.
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Carrie Temm ’04
Carrie Temm ’04 completed law school at the University of Kansas in 2007. At Cornell she double-majored in mathematics and politics, and she says it wasn’t just the politics courses that prepared her for a legal future.
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Jake Allred
Jake Allred works as a biostatistician in cancer research at the Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s leading medical institutions.
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Nicole Chilla ’03
In 2004, Nicole Chilla ’03 won Washington D.C.’s Outstanding First Year Teacher Award. An English teacher at a diverse, inner-city high school, Chilla was also nominated twice for “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.”
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Katie Preston ’02
As a first-year, second grade teacher at a bilingual elementary school in Buckeye, AZ, Katie Preston says she relied heavily on materials and lessons from Cornell education courses to suggest changes almost immediately.
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Darius Ballard ’07
Just weeks into his career as a biology and environmental studies teacher at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Darius Ballard ’07 reported two major highlights.