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March 1, 2013 Comments OffTwo recent grads see BCS research published in two academic journals
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Spotlight on Social Sciences Alumni: Stephanie Huston
Name: Stephanie Huston Age: 23 Major while at UR: B.A. in Linguistics, University of Rochester, 2010 Occupation: Senior Linguistic Analyst Current city/state of residence: Philadelphia, PA Community activities: Crisis counselor for a suicide prevention hotline, hiking When and how did you choose your major? I actually chose my major before entering college—I believe I was [...]
Spotlight on Social Sciences Alumni: Carol Faden
Name: Carol Faden Occupation: Attorney Education (UR and additional): B.A. in Linguistics, University of Rochester, 2006; Brooklyn Law School 2011, Juris Doctor Current city/state of residence: New York, NY What did you do immediately after graduation? How did you decide to take that path? For about six months after graduation I was waiting tables. Wait, [...]
Spotlight on Social Sciences Alumni: Rebecca Baier
Name: Rebecca Baier Age: 29 Occupation: Electrical Engineering student at the University of Maryland Major while at UR: Linguistics Current city/state of residence: Greenbelt, MD Community activities: Tutoring and mentoring What activities were you involved in as a student and what did you gain from them? I was a part of InterVarsity Christian fellowship, fencing [...]
Spotlight on Social Sciences Alumni:Elisabeth Ginsburg
Name: Elisabeth Ginsburg Age: 25 Occupation: Student Major while at UR: Linguistics Current city/state of residence: Madison, Wisconsin Community activities: Volunteer for Humane Society (I play with cats and do laundry); Volunteer for world languages day Why did you choose to attend the University of Rochester? I loved the idea that I could study whatever [...]
Spotlight on Social Sciences Alumni: Jill Thorson
Name: Jill Thorson (BA ’05, MA ’07) Age: 28 Occupation: Doctoral Student at Brown Major while at UR: Linguistics Current city: Providence, RI When and how did you choose your major? I took “People and their Language” on a whim during my freshmen year at UR after the President of the College gave us a [...]
Nine Rochester Students Awarded Fellowships for Graduate Research
Nine University of Rochester students and six alumni have been named recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Rochester Student Named Astronaut Scholar
Skylab astronaut and Rochester alumnus Ed Gibson ’59 presented senior Darcey Riley with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
