Archives: Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Emily Donald

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…
Student Spotlight: Patrick Cummins

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…
Alumna Spotlight: Yagna Nag Chowdhuri, Ph.D. ’20

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…
Alumna Spotlight: Valeria Dani, Ph.D. ’19

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…
Student Spotlight: Victoria Ortega

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,…
Student Spotlight: Drea Darby

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…
Student Spotlight: Macy Castaneda

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,…
Student Spotlight: Johana Uribe

June 29, 2020 Johana Uribe is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering from Medellin, Colombia. She chose to pursue a doctorate at Cornell due to its welcoming environment, the students…
Student Spotlight: John McMullen

June 29, 2020 John McMullen is a doctoral candidate in entomology from Phoenix, Arizona. After earning a bachelor’s degree at the University of Arizona, he chose to pursue further study…
Student Spotlight: Manisha Munasinghe

June 29, 2020 Manisha Munasinghe is a doctoral candidate in computational biology from Troy, Michigan. After earning a bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University, she chose to pursue further study…