Caption: A diverse array of speakers including a panel of students, faculty, and staff discussed Outreach and Opportunities in STEM (left to right and top to bottom): Laura Schulz, Eboney Hearn, Junyi Chu, Kailande Cassamajor, Hector De Jesus Cortes, Tyler Bonnen, and Liora Jones. Credits: Image courtesy of the Picower Institute.
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A powerful series of speakers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory’s biennial Spring Symposium, Early Life Stress and Mental Health, blended personal stories and rigorous research to demonstrate that while remedying the lifelong toxic stress and disadvantage many people incur during childhood can be difficult, it is by no means intractable.
Six graduating seniors in Cal State Fullerton’s National Institutes of Health-funded Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program are heading to graduate programs in the fall. Six graduating seniors in Cal State Fullerton’s National Institutes of Health-funded Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program are heading to graduate programs in the fall.
Marland Chang, Student Leadership Award recipient. URI photo by Michael Nolfe,
KINGSTON, R.I. May 17, 2021 The University of Rhode Island recently honored three undergraduate student leaders and one student organization as part of its 33rd annual A. Robert Rainville Student Leadership Awards ceremonies. The award is named in memory of A. Robert Rainville ’64, vice president for Student Affairs 1980-86, who was a friend and mentor to students.
This year’s recipients are Marland Chang of Cranston, Student Leadership Award; James Cocozza of Cranston, Employee Excellence Award, and Naomi Pajarillo of Providence, Robert L. Carothers Servant Leadership award. Members of University of Rhode Island’s Diversity Dialogues were awarded The Team Excellence Award.
by Sharon Campbell Knox
May 11, 2021
Two University of California, Davis, juniors are among the winners of the nation’s premier undergraduate award of its type in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Maya Mysore of Rocklin, California, and Keely Ji of Sunnyvale, California, have been named Goldwater Scholars. The scholarship, which provides up to $7,500 for college expenses, honors the late U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater and is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. It was awarded to only 410 of 1,256 applicants nationwide for the 2020-21 academic year.
Both Mysore, a biomedical engineering major, and Ji, majoring in cell biology, aim to earn M.D./Ph.D. degrees. While their research areas are different, the two scholars share similar goals to inform their research with clinical practice. Both students have participated in multiple research projects at UC Davis and have their sights s
With sleek black hair, finely arched eyebrows, and deep brown eyes that sparkle, my feisty, 5-foot-tall
Abuelita (grandmother) is my last link to my ancestors, who spoke a unique dialect of New Mexican Spanish. As the last generation of a disappearing New Mexican lineage, whose
güerita (light-skinned) appearance belies my heritage, I feel a responsibility to carry on the stories and traditions of my family; yet I feel ill-equipped to do them justice. Every life decision I make carries the weight of the unspoken question: How do I move forward and remember who I am when my family roots are being erased?