cornell fellows
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Fellowship leads to publication, opportunities after graduation
David Yamaguchi co-authored a paper published in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences after a summer Cornell Fellowship at the University of Iowa’s department of biochemistry.
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Fellowship leads Howard to a career in public health
Hayden Howard ’14 is committed to public health policy with a job offer from an occupational healthcare company, an application to a Master’s of Public Health program, and interviews for positions that would deal directly with public health issues.
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Alumna’s Cornell Fellowship leads to publication
Abby Schultz ’11, a former Cornell Fellow at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo., was recently published as a contributor to the scholarly article, “Radiographic parameters improve lower extremity prosthetic alignment,” in the peer reviewed Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics.
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Prestel explores theatre management along with acting roles
Kayla Prestel enjoyed plenty of roles in the spotlight at Cornell. But her degree in theatrical entrepreneurship also gave her many experiences behind the scenes of theatre management.
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Internships in D.C. and China inspire education reform career
Three significant internships–combined with majors in international relations, women’s studies, and politics–led Lisa Chen to a career in educational policy, beginning with teaching in one of the country’s most challenging schools.
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Davis aims to bring statistical approach to city planning
Liz Davis is a numbers person with a math major and physics minor. She is also an ideas person who discovered a passion for urban planning, thanks to key politics courses (her second major) and a Cornell Fellowship with an energy policy firm.
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Cornell College senior earns Fulbright scholarship
Will Dinneen ’12 won a Fulbright scholarship to teach English in Turkey. Dinneen was active in both academic and co-curricular groups while on campus, and served as president of Student Senate, a member of the Sigma Kappa Psi fraternity, the Mock Trial team and Cornell’s Concert Choir.
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Target Corp. fellowship leads to business analyst position
Chase Nowak secured a job as a business analyst at Target Corp. headquarters in Minneapolis prior to his senior year, thanks to a summer-long Cornell Fellowship with the firm. Nowak also earned multiple all-conference honors at Cornell as a distance runner in cross country and track.
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Solak finds multiple creative writing and volunteer outlets
English and Ethnic Studies major Claire Solak explains why she’s so glad she chose Cornell.
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Kinn completes “dream” internship with Dallas Cowboys
Andrew Kinn experienced a “dream job” with the Dallas Cowboys while still a student, thanks to his two-month Cornell Fellowship with the team. The experience helped launch his career in sports management after college.
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Students working on summer research
Cornell has a tradition of involving students in research over the summer, both on campus and off. Here is a look at some of the research students are performing this year.
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See-yin So explores forensic pathology through research internships
Eager to explore her interest in forensic pathology, See-yin So found the perfect outlet: a summer internship in New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner sponsored by the Dimensions program. She earned a Cornell Fellowship the following summer to conduct biotech research in Baltimore, and she hopes to enter medical school after graduating […]
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Zarifkar adds genetics research and EMT service to pre-med training
As a pre-med student aiming to become an emergency room doctor, Mehrdad Zarifkar ’09 benefited from many opportunities at Cornell, including a two-block Cornell Fellowship at Translational Genomics (TGen) in Phoenix, dedicated MCAT preparation, and reading groups with President Garner.
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Schmeling discovers passion for history research during fellowships
In the midst of her junior year, history major Stephanie Schmeling ’09 was confronted with the question that haunts most upper-class students: what next? She knew only that she liked American History, even though the coursework had never come easy for her.
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Gione explores early modern texts at Newberry Library
Hitting the library is a habit most first-year students adopt. But Ellie Gione took this notion much deeper than most, digging into primary sources more than 450 years old at one of the world’s premier research libraries.