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Preethi Periyakoil

BS ’18 | Computer Science “I have always been passionate about finding novel ways to provide support and counseling to stressed students. I am grateful to Caltech for giving me an opportunity to make my dream a reality.”Preethi Periyakoil earned her BS in Computer...

Nicole Tetreault, PhD

PhD '13 | Biology “It is a dream to create Beyond the Cell, healing scars of prison and building new paths.” PROJECT   Beyond the Cell Nicole Tetreault is a neuroscientist, researcher, author, meditation teacher, and national speaker. While Tetreault has...

Angelica Zhou

BS ’20 | Planetary Science “The Chang Prize gives me the opportunity to explore in-depth the social ramifications of a problem that extends far beyond science. My goal is to bring equity to the forefront of the climate change debate” For Angelica, the Chang Prize...

Pauline Ku

BS ’12 | Biology “The Chang Prize will help me focus my energy on decreasing stigma and offer legitimacy to my efforts in mental health advocacy”Pauline says she will use her expertise as a writer to improve the welfare of those with mental illness in the country and...

Kenneth Suslick

BS '74Kenneth Suslick (BS ’74), the Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at the University of Illinois...

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Eugene Myers

BS '75Eugene Myers (BS ’75), director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany,...

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Karen Maples, MD

BSS '76Karen Maples, MD (BS ’76), who served as an obstetrician and gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente for 38 years, is...

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Write Your Health

Write Your Health

There’s an introspection that occurs when you write and discover things about your past that start to combine into a complex tapestry of trauma, pain, but also humor and light. This is not what I set out to do initially when I began the MFA in Bilingual Creative Writing at UTEP, but it’s something that has emerged through my first two years in the program. I have more insight into my thought process, and the memories that are welling up don’t plague me as much.

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