by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 25, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Like many undergraduates, it took some time for Vivian to find her bearings. Fortunately, once she discovered her passion, she didn’t look back. “I thought about marine biology and my dad wanted me to be a doctor, but when I took an ethnic studies class, things...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 18, 2016 | Student Spotlights
“This has been a transformative experience. I’m falling in love with research, this school, and this community. I’m excited with these opportunities and I want to move forward with them in a constructive way.” With a background steeped in hard sciences, David is...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 2, 2016 | Student Spotlights
After finishing her undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Scripps College, Katie worked in a neuroscience lab at Stanford for a few years. She recalls, “I developed my own ideas of what I wanted to do. I knew as I entered graduate school I needed faculty who would...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 28, 2016 | Student Spotlights
From her first foray in programming with a “Learn Visual Basic in 21 Days” tutorial that she and her twin sister completed during one summer vacation while in elementary school, Elaine has been around computers from an early age. Inspired by her father, a faculty...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 18, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Sarah was older than the average graduate student when she applied to U-M. With an M.S.W. already in hand, she had been working as a program evaluator for a homeless program in Louisville that housed individuals with severe mental illness or substance abuse issues....
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 11, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Charity never imagined that she would end up in graduate school at the University of Michigan. Although she was born in western Michigan, she grew up in Japan and New York City; Michigan was simply the place she would come back to once a year to visit grandparents and...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 5, 2016 | Student Spotlights
“Public transit access is an important issue to me. I’ve been transit-dependent for years, so I have had the opportunity to see the limitations in our transportation system firsthand,” David says. He illustrates the impact of gaps in our transit system by mentioning a...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 27, 2016 | Student Spotlights
“Public health is an incredible tool to support those who are marginalized and stigmatized in our communities. It’s a tool for intervention, of course, but more importantly, it provides a systematic way to listen and support community-defined health and well-being.”...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 13, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Attending a conference can be a transformative experience for graduate students. That is the case for Yasmin Cole-Lewis, on many levels. While a conference she attended last year provided great research and networking opportunities, it was a casual conversation with...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 8, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Since he was a high school student, Brandon has continued to be involved in organizations that support first generation and minority students in science. Now, he’s working with students in the same capacity and focusing on retention, tutoring, and mentoring. “I would...
