Congratulations to the following McNair Fellows and Alumni for their stellar accomplishments.
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Brionna Fearon-Colson '22 Congratulations to Brionna Fearon-Colson for participating in the 24th Annual MKN McNair Heartland Research Conference on September 25-26, 2020. Brionna's presentation was titled "Spatial Dissimilarities in Food Sources in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: A Study of Foodscapes in Three Maryland Communities."
James Dottin '13 Congratulations to James W. Dottin III '13 for earning his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Maryland after successfully defending his dissertation on Friday, April 3 2020, entitled, "Sulfur Isotope Characterization Of Mantle Reservoirs Sampled By Ocean Island Basalts." |
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Rachel Marino '20 and Gil Garcia '20 Congratulations to Rachel Marino '20 and Gil Garcia '20 for presenting at the 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Honolulu, Hawai'i!
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Crys Wright '16 Congratulations to Crys Wright '16 on receiving first place for her talk at the Ecological Integration Symposium at Texas A&M University on April 5-6 2019, entiltled “Fecundity Compensation: Possible in the Sugarcane Aphid?” To learn more about her achievements, click here.
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Liz Atalig '21 and Ekram Towsif '21 Congratulations to Liz Atalig '21 and Ekram Towsif '21 for presenting at the 2019 SACNAS - The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Honolulu, Hawai'i and for receiving the award for best presenters in their disciplines! The Fellows were also featured on News @ Wesleyan for their achievements at the conference. To read the article and learn more, click here!
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Rachel Marino '20 and Gil Garcia '20 Congratulations to Rachel Marino '20 and Gil Garcia '20 for presenting at the Keck North East Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) 2019 Symposium!
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LaNell Williams '15 Congratulations to LaNell Williams '15 on being featured in the The Harvard Gazette for her achievements and pursuit of encouraging women of color in science. She also co-founded the Women+ of Color Project at Wesleyan with fellow McNair alumna, Lavontria Aaron '14. To read more about her achievements, click here.
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Congratulations to the following McNair alumni for earning their Ph.D. in 2019! Andrea DePetris '10 in Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Chinh Duong '13 in Chemistry at Yale University. Stephanie Huezo '13 in History at Indiana University. Pushpa Neupane '09 in Education at Northwestern University. |
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Congratulations to the following McNair alumni for earning their Ph.D. in 2018! Shipra Kanjlia '12 in Psychology at John Hopkins University. Guy Marcus '13 in Physics at John Hopkins University. Matthew Motta '13 in Political Science at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Amanda Herrera '10 in Psychology at Northwestern University. |
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Congratulations to the following McNair alumnus for earning their Ph.D. in 2017! Christian Hoyos '11 in Cognitive Psychology at Northwestern University. Holly Wood '08 in Sociology at Harvard University. |
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We have had a successful 2nd Annual P.I.E. Conference “Navigating Your Journey Through Research” this past Saturday, March 30, 2019. We are honored to have Dr. Steven Townsend from Vanderbilt University to speak to us about Human Milk Oligonucleotides and Ms. Daphne Kwong at our panel. High school and college students from WesMaSS, Mellon Mays, Posse, and Upward Bound actively participated in the workshops featuring a few McNair panelists: Christian Hoyos ‘17, and Hanna Hernandez ‘18, Diana Morales Dominguez ‘18, and Michael Henderson ‘19. Students learned about how to get involved in research and the career path from undergraduate/graduate researchers and faculty across multiple disciplines.
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Taylar Clark '19 McNair fellow Taylar Clark presented at the 2019 Society for Research in Child Development. She had a wonderful experience at the conference learning about works in her field. |
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Congratulations to the Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment (SPA) Lab and
Visit these websites to learn more: http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/…/tavernier-students-…/ |
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Michael Henderson '19 Congratulations to Michael for presenting at the 233rd American Astronomical Society Meeting in Settle, WA, Jan 6-10!
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Eduardo Centeno '19 Congratulations to Eduardo for presenting at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. Dec 10-14!
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Hely Rodriguez '19 We are excited to announce that Hely will be attending the 25th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA, Oct. 25-28.
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Kaila Scott-Charles '19 Congratulations to Kaila on her acceptance to the University of Pittsburgh |
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Jordan Legaspi '19 Congratulations to Jordan on his acceptance to the Diversity in Psychology Program at the University of Minnesota held during Oct 10-12, 2018. |
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Lupita Sanchez '20 & Ivy Lam '20 We are excited to announce that Lupita and Ivy will be presenting their posters at the University of New Mexico McNair Scholars Research Conference on Oct 4 & 5, 2018.
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Mukshud Ahmed '19 Congratulations to Mukshud for presenting at the 2018 Wesleyan MB&B Annual Retreat.
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Michael Henderson '19 Congratulations to Michael for a great poster presentation at the 2018 KNAC (Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium) Student Research Symposium held at Middlebury College. |
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Eduardo Centeno '19 Congratulations to Eduardo for receiving the “best student talk” award at the 6th Polar Marine Diatom Workshop (PMDW), held Aug. 6–10 at Iowa State University. To read more about his accomplishment, click here.
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Lucy De Souza '16
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Guy Marcus '13 Congratulations to Guy for being named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science! At Wesleyan, Guy pursued his B.A in Physics major and is currently is a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University. His work is centered on developing a further understanding of quantum magnetism.
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