Rwan Ibrahim
Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2022
Rwan Ibrahim, from San Antonio, Texas, will receive a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from Northwestern in 2022. A first-generation Sudanese-American, Rwan has excelled at Northwestern academically and in her extracurricular activities. She has served in undergraduate leadership positions in Weinberg College (Student Advisory Board), Associated Student Government, and the Muslim-Cultural Students Association. She has been involved with research projects in neurobiology and global health studies, which led to an interest in women’s health advocacy. She is currently working with Menstrual Equity Activists to extend free 2 menstrual products to all on-campus dorms. In addition, Rwan has been a volunteer Peer Health Educator for marginalized student communities in Chicago. An aspiring future hospital administrator, her goal is to advocate for structural policy that will lead to more equitable healthcare for patients disproportionately affected in medicine. She will pursue a Master’s in Public Health at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Julia Odden
Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2022
Julia Odden, from Scottsdale, Arizona, will receive her Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Northwestern in 2022. For the last two summers she has been a Command and Control Systems Engineering Intern at NASA, working at the Kennedy Space Center. At NASA, Julia quickly made significant contributions to teams working on computer networks. She took this experience back to Northwestern where she served as an undergraduate teaching assistant in computer science courses and developed a keen interest in cybersecurity. She served as captain of the university’s competitive hacking team, and even started a blog about digital forensics for laypeople. She will pursue a Master’s in Computer Science at Northwestern, with a goal of using digital forensics to solve real-world problems.
Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology receives The Alumnae of Northwestern University's 2022 Alumnae Award
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31 October, 2022 03:40 PM
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology, is the recipient of The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s 2022 Alumnae Award. As a biologist and amateur musician, she thinks about sound and brain health. Kraus is a role model for women in science and technology. Through her diverse partnerships, her work on the effects of music experience on the nervous system has targeted African American and Latino children living in low-income areas.
Nina Kraus 2022 Alumnae Award Recipient with Ann Bradlow and E. Patrick Johnson
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31 October, 2022 09:38 AM
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology, is the recipient of The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s 2022 Alumnae Award. As a biologist and amateur musician, she thinks about sound and brain health. Kraus is a role model for women in science and technology. Through her diverse partnerships, her work on the effects of music experience on the nervous system has targeted African American and Latino children living in low-income areas.
Taylor Reyes
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2017
Taylor Reyes, McC, biomedical engineering. Taylor is from Woodstock, Illinois, and aspires to pursue a career in genetic engineering. She has always had a passion for science and wants to make a difference in people’s lives by developing engineering solutions to currently incurable physiological illnesses. She has already done original research and is praised for her outstanding academic performance, congenial manner, and contribution to the creation of a productive classroom dynamic.
Marissa Mullen
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2017
Marissa Mullen, WCAS, pre-medicine; religion, health, and medicine. Marissa is from River Forest, Illinois, and is preparing for medical school after she graduates. She wants to practice medicine and also do research, and is interested in participating in global humanitarian relief efforts to bring quality healthcare to people in under-served areas of the world. She is an accomplished medical researcher and a warm and supportive mentor to others.
Kelsey Pukelis
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2014
Kelsey Pukelis, from Aurora, Ill., is majoring in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Kelsey looks forward to a career in economic development and is considering non-profit work, economic consulting, research or teaching. The summer after her high school junior year, she had an internship at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. This past summer Kelsey went to Bolivia through the Northwestern Global Engagement Studies Institute study abroad program.
Kelly Marie Powderly
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2014
Kelly Marie Powderly, from St. Louis, Mo, is majoring in integrated science in the Weinberg College of
Arts and Sciences. Kelly plans to attend graduate school and perform her own research in a field of
science as a career. In high school, Kelly received awards for her science fair project on the effect of road
Sherry Chiu
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2014
Sherry Chiu , from Hsinchu, Taiwan, is majoring in cognitive science in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She is driven to study cognitive science by her compelling curiosity of the human mind and to assist research by conducting her own experiments in the future. She also hopes to apply her knowledge of the cognitive sciences in situations outside the lab.