September 8, 2020 Jenna Hershberger is a doctoral candidate in plant breeding from Madison, Wisconsin. As a 2020 Borlaug Scholar, she is connecting with other scientists in her field and…

July 17, 2020 Lara Fresko Madra is a doctoral candidate in history of art, archaeology, and visual studies from Istanbul, Turkey. After earning a bachelor’s degree in cultural studies and…

July 17, 2020 Jason Chang is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering from Plano, Texas. After earning his B.S. in biomedical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, he…

July 17, 2020 Emily Donald is a doctoral student in history from Brisbane, Australia studying modern southeast Asian history; feminist, gender, and sexuality studies; and queer history. After attending the…

July 17, 2020 Patrick Cummins is a doctoral student in Asian literature, religion, and culture from the Credit River area, Mississauga, Canada. After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from…

July 13, 2020 Yagna Nag Chowdhuri, Ph.D. ’20, is a recent alumna of the Asian literature, religion, and culture program at Cornell from which she holds a Ph.D. Now, she…

July 13, 2020 Valeria Dani, Ph.D. ’19, is an alumna of the romance studies program at Cornell from which she holds a Ph.D. Now, she will be starting a new…

July 6, 2020 Victoria Ortega is a doctoral student in biomedical and biological sciences with a concentration in immunology and infectious disease from Thornton, California. After attending California State University,…

July 6, 2020 — Updated April 12, 2022 Drea Darby is a doctoral student in entomology from Las Vegas, Nevada. After earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las…

July 6, 2020 — Updated Updated April 10, 2023 Macy Castaneda is a doctoral student in mechanical engineering from Chico, California. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of California,…