Late one night while on deployment for the Army, William LaRose stumbled across the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs online and knew immediately it was the right fit for him. After serving for four years, LaRose applied with help from Service to School, a veteran-run non-profit that provides application preparation to veterans. He is now…
“I saw that research was a powerful microphone to project voice and knowledge far beyond my reach as a tactics instructor. I began to see research as a means of communicating important ideas,” said Wayne Johnson, a Cornell University doctoral student and Army veteran. His path to graduate school began while by leading a counter-bomb…
November 5, 2019 Taylor Brown is a M.S./Ph.D. student in natural resources from Napoleon, Ohio. After earning her undergraduate degrees at Northwest State Community College and The Ohio State University, she chose to attend Cornell for the ability to work on projects that closely align with her research interests. What is your area of research…
November 4, 2019 Nizeet Aguilar is an alumna of the biomedical engineering program at Cornell from which she holds a Ph.D. Prior to attending Cornell, she earned her undergraduate degrees from the Community College of Baltimore County and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Now, she is an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Directorate…
October 28, 2019 Breanne Kisselstein is a doctoral student in plant pathology from Syracuse, New York. After studying molecular bioscience and biotechnology as an undergraduate at Rochester Institute of Technology, she interned at the Cornell AgriTech campus where she solidified her passion for plant disease research. What is your area of research and why is…
October 21, 2019 Liang Cheng is a doctoral student in horticulture from Henan, China. After earning his undergraduate degree from Sichuan Agricultural University, he chose to attend Cornell due to the research being undertaken in his advisor’s lab. What is your area of research and why is it important? Similar to how human intestine microbiomes…
October 11, 2019 Tibra Wheeler is a doctoral student in biomedical engineering from Bluffton, South Carolina. After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina, she chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to its supportive and collaborative environment. What is your area of research and why is it important? Describe your…
October 7, 2019 Michael Dunaway is a doctoral student in natural resources. After earning his undergraduate degree at Haskell Indian Nations University, he chose to attend Cornell due to the alignment of his academic goals with those of his adviser. What is your area of research and why is it important? I find ways for…
September 30, 2019 Lina Bagepalli is a doctoral student in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology from Niskayuna, New York. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she chose to attend Cornell due to the variety of research opportunities available to graduate students. What is your area of research and why is it important?…
September 19, 2019 Lin Yao is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2019. Lin Yao is from Xinhuang, China and earned his degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. At Cornell, he conducts research in the field of electrical and computer engineering. He participated in the 2018-2019 NextGen Professors Program. What is…
