Appointment for Wellness
When Sarah Henrickson ’01 talks about achieving a healthy work-life balance, she speaks from experience. A seventh-year MD/PhD candidate, she defended her immunology thesis this past summer and will continue her studies at the Medical School this coming May.
New Graduate School Dean Brings University-Wide Perspective
Allan Brandt, the new dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has seen the University in a way that many of his colleagues have not. A history of science scholar, Brandt holds appointments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and at the Medical School.
Approaching Enlightenment
Before graduate school, Jason Clower spent nearly five years in China—as an English teacher, a “failed” business consultant, a karaoke lounge host, and, finally, as a TV news producer for CNN Beijing.
Mentoring One-on-One
One student sticks out in Kelly Heffner’s memory of her first semester as a teaching fellow: sophomore Katie Fifer ’08 seemed particularly pessimistic about “Introduction to Computer Science.” “She seemed upset about having to take the class and exacting about what she was learning,” Heffner, now a third-year doctoral student, recalls.
Challenging Assumptions: Doctoral Candidate Questions Mixed-Income Housing Policy
By the 1990s, most Americans were aware that there were profound problems with government-subsidized housing. Social science research had documented the unforeseen negative outcomes of these low-income housing developments, and, in 1993, the government responded by passing legislation known as HOPE-VI that enabled private developers to receive government funding to revitalize distressed public housing.
Many Languages, Single Purpose—International Graduate Student Helps Unravel Mysteries of Economic Reform
In 1990, when Magnus Feldmann G6 visited his father’s native Estonia as a teenager, his “fairy-tale” vision of the country collided with the reality of empty shops, food shortages, and political tensions during the country’s struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
