May 20, 2019 Emily Dalton is a master of public health student from Austin, Texas. After earning her bachelor’s degree in environmental science and policy from St. Edward’s University, she chose to pursue interdisciplinary work at Cornell. What is your area of research?   My ongoing research, titled “The Centrifuge of Tech & Textile Recycling”,…

May 13, 2019 Christian Posbergh is a doctoral student in animal science from Branchburg, New Jersey. After attending Cornell University as an undergraduate, he chose to continue his studies at Cornell due to its program flexibility and research opportunities.  What is your area of research and why is it important? I study animal genetics and…

May 6, 2019 Eldora L. Ellison is an alumna of the biochemistry, molecular and cell biology program at Cornell, from which she holds a Ph.D. Prior to attending Cornell, she earned her bachelor’s degree at Haverford College. She now serves as director and executive committee member at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC. What fueled…

April 29, 2019 Hirokazu Togo is a master of public health student from Tokyo, Japan. After attending the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Japan, he chose to pursue an MPH at Cornell with a concentration in food systems for health. What is your area of research and why is it important? While…

April 22, 2019 Kelsie Doty is a doctoral candidate in fiber science and apparel design from Burns, Kansas. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in apparel design from Kansas State University, she chose to further her studies by attending Cornell. What is your area of research and why is it important? For my dissertation, I’m…

April 15, 2019 Michał Matejczuk is a M.P.S. candidate from Ogrodniczki, Poland. After attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he chose to pursue a master of professional studies program in international agriculture and rural development as a way to tie together his culinary knowledge with his work in the Peace…

April 8, 2019 Ekarina Winarto is a doctoral candidate in linguistics originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, who has also lived in Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, and the U.S. After earning a bachelor’s degree at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga. and a master’s at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., she chose to attend Cornell due…

April 1, 2019 Tinyi Chu is a doctoral student in computational biology from Hong Kong. After studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he chose to pursue a Ph.D. at Cornell in part due to the interdisciplinary approach to graduate study and collaborative environment. What is your area of research and why is it…

March 25, 2019 Pichaya (Mint) Damrongpiwat is a doctoral student in English from Bangkok, Thailand. After attending Yale University as an undergraduate, she chose to pursue a Ph.D. at Cornell because of the English program’s rigor and flexibility. What is your area of research and why is it important? I study the depth and impact…

March 18, 2019 John Wyatt Greenlee is a doctoral student in medieval studies from Salt Lake City, Utah. After attending Hamilton College as an undergraduate and East Tennessee State University for his masters, he chose to attend Cornell to study cartographic and spatial history. What is your area of research and why is it important?…