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Record Number Receive Awards Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fourteen Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity students and alumni have been named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of U.S. Student Fulbright recipients that Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity…
Maxwell to Honor Alumni, Celebrate 100th Anniversary at Centennial Celebration in DC
Five exceptional alumni and a milestone anniversary will be celebrated during an upcoming event in the heart of the nation. The Maxwell School centennial celebration will be held Friday, May 31, at 6 p.m. in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait…
Real Estate Developer, Entrepreneur Oliver Fernandez ’08 to Be the ECS Convocation Keynote Speaker
Oliver Fernandez ’08 graduated with a civil engineering degree and played for the Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity football team. He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife, Leah, and their two children. Fernandez owns McKenzie, a construction company that has successfully…
CNN Anchor Boris Sanchez ’09 Named 2024 A&S | Maxwell Convocation Speaker
Boris Sanchez ’09, an award-winning journalist and nationally recognized cable news anchor, will deliver the alumni keynote address at the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Undergraduate Convocation at 8:30 a.m….
Undergraduate Spearheads Study Using Physics to Understand How Cells Self-Sort
Erin McCarthy ’23, physics summa cum laude, is a rarity among young scientists. As an undergraduate researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, she guided a study that appeared in March 2024 in Physical Review Letters….
Need a Better Headshot? iSchool Alumnus Has New AI Tool to Help
When Keegan Slattery ’13 looks at LinkedIn and other networking sites, he sees a recurring theme—a lot of people have bad photos that don’t represent themselves or their companies well. Recruiters often use those sites to find and screen job…
Members of the University Community to Be Honored for Excellence at One University Awards Ceremony on April 19
The One University Awards Ceremony, an annual event to honor members of the Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity community who are making a difference through academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service, will be held Friday, April 19, from 4 to 5:30 p.m….
School of Education Welcomes Cisco’s Raphael T. Richard G’12 as Convocation Speaker
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s School of Education is pleased to announce that Advisory Board Member Raphael T. Richard G’12 will address graduates at the 2024 Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 4:30 p.m., in the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. Richard…
Virtual Reality Pioneer Mary Spio ’98 Helping to Revolutionize the Industry
None of it made sense. Whenever Mary Spio ’98 wore a virtual reality (VR) headset, she would feel nauseous and get sick. She wasn’t alone. Other women who tried on a VR headset told Spio they felt the same way….
Alumni Awards Set for Next Week; Meet the 2024 Honorees, Including 2 New Awards
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity will honor eight distinguished members of the Orange community during the 2024 Alumni Awards Celebration, which are being held from 4:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024. The celebration, which is free to attend, will occur in the…