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Lancelot Zhang Qilin ’21: Language is the Silk that Weaves Community Together
When he was three years old Lancelot Zhang Qilin ’21 was confident he could...
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Sydney Fontalvo '21: Transforming Exploration into Real Change
"You can't just look at things through one lens, one field... to get the wider...
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Kong Xiaoyan '21: Set on Making a Difference
“There are people who have the privilege to come to universities, and there are...
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Ling Mei MA TESOL ’21: Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia
A TESOL graduate finds her value in overcoming cultural differences in language...
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Bruce Ma Jiaji '21: Running the Research Marathon
"I had come so far. I knew I had to reach the finish line, even if I had to...
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Shumpei Haginoya: From Police Station to Ivory Tower
How a postdoc found his way from the precinct to Century Avenue.
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Jessica Seobyn Ryu: Becoming Miss Korea
Jessica was crowned “Miss Korea Sun” in the 2020 Miss Korea pageant, signing a...
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Professor and Students Work Together to Build an Intelligent Parking App
The app not only won first prize in a research competition, but also laid a...
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From India to China, Tansen Sen’s Journey between Two Nations
In many ways, Sen was born to build a career between China and India.
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Katie Chen Mengzhu '18: Connecting Engineering and Empathy
Lessons both in and outside of the classroom have carried Chen from Microsoft...
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Setting a Standard: Mark West '17 Builds Equity in the Arts
“I realized that there was such a need for someone that looked like me to...
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Lena Scheen: Understanding China Through Its Fiction
Since the COVID-19 outbreak last winter, Scheen has been staying with her...