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Meet eight University of Rochester graduate students as they tackle new challenges to research and scholarship.<\/div>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for all students at the University of Rochester,<\/a> including more than 4,700 graduate students who are studying, working, and researching remotely this semester from the University\u2019s seven schools: the Eastman School of Music,<\/a> the Hajim School of Engineering,<\/a> the School of Arts & Sciences,<\/a> Simon Business School,<\/a> the School of Medicine and Dentistry,<\/a> the School of Nursing,<\/a> and the Warner School of Education.<\/a><\/p>\n

They come from 97 countries, all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Most are in doctoral or master\u2019s programs, while 280 will receive graduate certificates. They\u2019re tomorrow\u2019s musicians, engineers, doctors and nurses, scientists, humanists, entrepreneurs, and teachers.<\/p>\n

We first reached out to a group of eight graduate students earlier this year, with the idea of highlighting their lives as scholars and members of the University community. We caught up with them this month to see how their work and lives had been affected by remote learning and working guidelines put in place this spring.<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 28:<\/strong> Doctoral student Zekai Chen is photographed in the lab of his advisor, physics professor Nicholas Bigelow.
(University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zekai Chen<\/strong><\/h3>\n

School of Arts & Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 21:<\/strong> Zekai Chen at his home in Rochester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zekai Chen arrived at the University in 2015 after receiving a bachelor\u2019s degree in electronics and information science from Peking University in his hometown of Beijing, China. He hopes to earn his doctorate in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here a long time and learned a lot,\u201d Chen says. \u201cI\u2019ve learned how to perform research and have been given maximum freedom and independence to study problems I\u2019m interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n

That independence has come in handy since the University went to distance learning in March. Chen is normally based in the Bausch & Lomb Hall lab of Nicholas Bigelow, the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics. Chen works with ultracold atomic gases such as Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC), and his current research focus is using multiple lasers to create the artificial gauge potential and study the behavior of BEC in those potentials.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I\u2019m currently doing theoretical calculations, I can work from home,\u201d says Chen, who has remained in Rochester. His career goal is \u201cteaching and performing research at a University like Rochester.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 28:<\/strong> Gabrielle Cornish, a musicology PhD student at Eastman School of Music, is photographed in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Rush Rhees Library. (University of Rocheseter photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gabrielle Cornish \u201913E, \u201916# (MA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eastman School of Music<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 17:<\/strong> Gabrielle Cornish at her Rochester apartment with her balalaika.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Elmira, New York, native is a doctoral student in musicology, on track to receive her degree in May. Her research broadly considers music, sound, and everyday life in the Soviet Union from 1956 to 1975, tracing the intersections between music, technology, and the politics of social modernity after Stalinism.<\/p>\n

During her time away from the Eastman campus, she has defended her dissertation via Zoom, was hired as an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Miami\u2019s Frost School of Music (she starts this fall) and has supported friends who are teaching remotely. The classically trained percussionist also spends hours in her Rochester apartment playing guitar, as well as balalaika\u2014a lute-like stringed instrument native to late 18th-and early 19th-entury Russia\u2014and theremin\u2014one of the earliest electronic instruments, invented in Russia in 1919. \u201cAnd like many other anxious millennials these days,\u201d she adds, \u201cI\u2019ve started stress-baking bread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cornish majored in both music and Russian studies as an undergraduate in the College, completed a Fulbright US Student Grant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began her doctoral studies at Eastman in 2014.<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 27:<\/strong> Daniela Figoli, an MBA student at Simon Business School, is photographed during assistant professor Takeaki Sunada\u2019s class in Gleason Hall.
(University of Rochester \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daniela Figoli<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Simon Business School<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 17:<\/strong> Daniela Figoli in her apartment in Rochester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will graduate in May with an MBA in strategy and pricing. Her classes\u2014and her job at Simon\u2019s Career Management Center\u2014are conducted through Zoom. In her job, she advises fellow graduate students on their job search, networking and interview skills, and resume writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur professors have really adjusted to this new environment,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s been a learning experience. But even though I prefer presentational classes, I feel I\u2019m getting the same benefits regarding my learning experience, and Simon has done a very good job transitioning into a virtual world. We still have happy hours, coffee hours, and other activities. I\u2019m even giving volunteer yoga Zoom classes!\u201d<\/p>\n

Figoli received her undergraduate degree in industrial pharmacy at the University of Buenos Aires, two miles from home. She chose Simon\u20145,500 miles from home\u2014to improve her analytical skills, acquire business acumen, and pursue her MBA. She hopes to leverage her understanding of customers\u2019 needs to develop market-driven solutions that improve people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

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MARCH 3:<\/strong> Visual and Cultural Studies PhD student Jamey Keeton photographed in the Humanities Center in Rush Rhees Library.
(University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jamey Keeton<\/strong><\/h3>\n

School of Arts & Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 21:<\/strong> Jamey Keeton at his home in Rochester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first-year doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies program is focused on comics studies, with research interests that include film, television, animation, and popular culture.<\/p>\n

The San Diego State graduate has long enjoyed comic books (his favorite era is the 1980s and \u201890s) and cohosted a podcast on the subject a few years ago.<\/p>\n

Keeton remains in Rochester but finds remote learning a challenge. \u201cI don\u2019t enjoy working at home because I become distracted very easily,\u201d the San Diego native says. \u201cI had a job lined up this summer but it evaporated (when businesses in New York closed).” He has tried to make the best of this new life, \u201ccooking a lot, reading, playing video games, and watching all sorts of things on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Marines infantryman who toured the world from 2007 to 2011, Keeton is taking classes through Zoom. His career goal is to work as a tenured professor at a university.<\/p>\n

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MARCH 3:<\/strong> David Lent, School of Nursing doctoral student, is photographed at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
(University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Lent<\/strong><\/h3>\n

School of Nursing<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 17:<\/strong> David Lent, at work at the University of Rochester Medical Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lent, who is from Penn Yan, New York, will earn his doctor of nursing practice degree in May and is outcomes manager for adult critical care nursing at the Medical Center. His ultimate goal is to lead a nurse innovations lab and work with nurses to develop more efficient strategies to assist patents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic has presented the ideal opportunity for me to apply every bit of my academic, clinical, and systems thinking to prepare our ICU response,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s literally the culmination of all my training coming to a head.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since defending his doctoral project in March, Lent has worked 60 to 70 hours per week alongside nursing, physician, and hospital leadership to prepare for the predicted surge in cases. \u201cEveryone is stepping up their game, and we are working together like never before,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is truly the year of the nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lent entered the School of Nursing in 2010. He earned a master of science degree in health care systems management and leadership (2012), a bachelor of science degree in nursing (2014), and a post-masters certificate as a clinical nurse leader (2017).<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 18: <\/strong> Alexander Milliken, a third-year graduate student pursuing a doctorate in pharmacology from the School of Medicine & Dentistry, is photographed in the lab of his principal investigator, Paul Brookes. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alex Milliken<\/strong><\/h3>\n

School of Medicine and Dentistry<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 17:<\/strong> Alex Milliken, at home with his new puppy, Sophie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Milliken is a third-year pharmacology student from Hilton, a suburb of Rochester. Since research is on pause at the University, he has kept busy by preparing a manuscript for publication, analyzing data, and writing a grant for a predoctoral fellowship. He also added a golden retriever puppy named Sophie to his home. \u201cThis is perfect timing to take care of her, being home so much,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

After receiving undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology at Wells College in Aurora, New York, Milliken came home to explore his passions\u2014mitochondria and metabolism. \u201cThe University has a very strong mitochondria research group,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Losing his grandfather and a close friend to cardiac-related deaths sparked his passion for understanding the role of mitochondria in cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a member of principal investigator Paul Brookes\u2019 lab, which focuses on the underlying molecular and metabolic mechanisms of heart attacks. His research focuses on how an acidic pH can minimize cardiac tissue damage after a heart attack.<\/p>\n

Milliken hopes for a career \u201cfully immersed\u201d in research dealing with mitochondria biology, metabolism, and exercise.<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 25:<\/strong> Tara Pe\u00f1a, a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is pictured in the lab of assistant professor Stephen Wu in the Computer Studies Building. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tara Pe\u00f1a<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

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APRIL 20:<\/strong> Tara Pe\u00f1a at home with her cat, Izzy,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A third-year doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pe\u00f1a works with professor Stephen Wu in the areas of nanoelectronics, spintronics, and quantum electronics. The first-generation student from Queens, New York, was awarded a Provost\u2019s Fellowship<\/a> by the University.<\/p>\n

Since the campus shut down in March, the lab has moved entirely to data analysis and literature review, and members use Zoom for regular meetings. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s siblings have moved in with her due to the severity of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City.<\/p>\n

She received her undergraduate degree in physics from Adelphi University on Long Island and came to Rochester in 2017. \u201cI chose Rochester because of its strong collaboration between its electrical and computer engineering and physics departments\u2014and for the chance to work with Professor Wu,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pe\u00f1a\u2019s research focus is in “developing strain-based nanoelectronics with transition metal dichalcogenides”. Her career goal is to facilitate her own research group.<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 20:<\/strong> Warner School of Education graduate student Michael Skyer leads a class at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, where he is a senior lecturer. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michael Skyer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Warner School of Education<\/em><\/p>\n

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Michael Skyer raises chickens and rabbits at his home outside Rochester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Skyer is a PhD candidate in the Teaching, Curriculum, and Change discipline at Warner, where he has studied since 2012. His work aims to resolve structural problems in deaf education and focuses on the value systems surrounding visual and multimodal pedagogies used in teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing students.<\/p>\n

The Rochester native majored in studio arts at Rochester Institute of Technology, then trained to be a deaf educator at RIT\u2019s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. In the MSSE program, he earned a master\u2019s degree in secondary education for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. After several years teaching in K-12 deaf education, he\u00a0joined NTID’s faculty in\u00a02011\u2014rising from adjunct to senior lecturer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of my full-time duties, I\u2019m in the half-time plan at Warner,\u201d Skyer says.<\/p>\n

Skyer brought home a supply of textbooks, papers, and dissertation data, which he is analyzing with qualitative coding procedures to find patterns in and across data sources such as interviews, teaching documents, and stimulated recall. His NTID classes are now taught remotely, and he created a document called the \u201cPost-COVID-19 Syllabus Amendment,\u201d which streamlines ways in which his graduate students earn participation credit with digital media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile teaching with digital tools is fascinating, I miss face-to-face interactions with students and colleagues,\u201d says Skyer, who hopes to earn his doctorate in 2021.<\/p>\n

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Graduate students by the numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are 4,768 students in graduate programs at the University of Rochester\u2019s seven schools.<\/p>\n

280<\/strong> are pursuing graduate certificates<\/p>\n

1,947<\/strong> are in doctoral programs<\/p>\n

2,541<\/strong> are pursuing master\u2019s degrees<\/p>\n

They come from 97<\/strong> countries (led by China with 1,284<\/strong>) and all 50<\/strong> states (led by New York with 1,687<\/strong>), plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n

The leading master\u2019s field by enrollment is finance, with 341 <\/strong>students. The top doctoral programs are performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music (108<\/strong>), optics (98<\/strong>), and physics (97<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Age has no boundary among graduate students: 3,022<\/strong> are 29 and under, and 29<\/strong> students are between 60 and 74.<\/p>\n

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