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Laine Goudy 鈥�18 Explores CRISPR Technology to Tackle the Coronavirus
We know a few things for sure about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19: It had likely been hiding in animals for decades prior to the current human pandemic, the course of the disease and the prognosis vary widely among individuals, and it鈥檚 incredibly difficult to destroy.
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Katherine Lawrence 鈥�05 Focuses on Women and Families during Pandemic
Katherine Lawrence 鈥�05 is a lawyer at North Shore Law in Vancouver, British Columbia, focusing on estate and family law. Amid shelter-in-place orders that span the North American continent, she shares how in her practice of family law, specifically issues of domestic violence within family law, she has adapted to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.
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Fighting COVID-19 from Within: Cameron Statton 鈥�16 Studies the Body鈥檚 Immune Response to the Coronavirus
As the coronavirus continues to spread in many US states, scientists the world over are feverishly searching for new ways to test, track, and treat patients with COVID-19. Cameron Statton 鈥�16 is among those at the vanguard of these developing technologies, serving as the program manager for the Antigen Map Project within Microsoft Health聽NExT.
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Camille Frazier ’09 Wins Clarkson University’s Outstanding New Teacher Award
Camille Frazier ’09 received the 2020 Outstanding New Teacher Award from Clarkson University, where she joined the faculty as an assistant professor of anthropology in 2018. The award recognizes excellence in curricular development, student engagement, and classroom creativity within a faculty member’s first four years at the university.
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Medical Student Amira Athanasios 鈥�15 Focuses on Health of Body and Mind Amid COVID-19
The preservation of physical health has been at the forefront of news coverage and public health organization advisories. However, these discussions can often overlook a vital component of wellness: a concern for mental health, especially among healthcare workers.
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Stephanie Jimenez ’12 Reads at Long Island City Reading Series, Featured on LitHub
Stephanie Jimenez ’12 was featured on LitHub for her participation in February’s Long Island City Reading Series, which highlighted writers from Queens, New York. Jimenez’s debut novel, They Could Have Named Her Anything, was published in 2019.
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Commitment to Community: Priscilla Wang 鈥�17鈥檚 Campaign to Keep Medical Workers and Patients Safe
Just as so many things do these days, it began with a post on social media. Priscilla Wang 鈥�17鈥檚 former 91吃瓜 roommate had posted a link to GoFundMe, the online fundraising tool, for an organization called PPE 2 NYC.
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College Theses Inspire Alumna鈥檚 Future Career
Ever since her time at 91吃瓜, filmmaker Alle Hsu 鈥�11 has been fascinated with intergenerational relationships in Chinese culture. For her Asian studies senior thesis, she drew from her great-grandfather鈥檚 Columbia University鈥檚 master鈥檚 thesis to compare the status of women in China in the 1920s to the status of modern Chinese women.
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In the Media: Pae White 鈥�85 Installs Large-Scale Artwork at Beverly Center, Los Angeles Times Reports
If you鈥檝e enjoyed the eye-catching new artwork decorating the Beverly Center鈥檚 escalators, thank Pae White 鈥�85. The Los Angeles Times reported that 鈥淢oonsets for a Sunrise鈥� and 鈥淒ay for Night for Day鈥� have been installed on the escalators鈥� walls.
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Melanie Nakaue 鈥�01 Exhibits 鈥淔reakebana鈥� Artwork at Chico Art Gallery
Assistant Visiting Professor of Art Melanie Nakaue 鈥�01 is displaying her digital art at 1078 Gallery as part of the exhibition Iterations, which will run through January 26. Her work is based on a concept called 鈥渇reakebana,鈥� a spinoff of the Japanese flower-arranging art of ikebana.
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