Announcements

The next generation
In September, twenty new scientist-hopefuls will fill the gap left by this year’s graduates. Of an initial pool of 590 applicants, 12.5 percent were accepted, a number whittled down over the winter months by a screening committee overseen by the Dean’s Office and including Sean Brady, Hironori Funabiki, Charles Gilbert, Magda Konarska, James Krueger, Christian Münz, Eric Siggia, Erec Stebbins and Leslie Vosshall.

“We’ve chosen students in whom a certain quality really stands out: an intense scientific curiosity, an enthusiasm that results in a high level of commitment to research,” says Emily Harms, assistant dean.

Next year’s new students include 10 women and 10 men, from 10 countries: Argentina, Canada, Germany, Italy, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their alma maters include: Barnard College, Columbia University, Harvey Mudd College, Indiana University, Princeton University, Rhodes College, the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), San Raffaele University, the Technical University of Munich, the University of Bologna, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Cambridge, the University of Chicago, the University of Maryland, the University of Miami, the University of Oxford, the University of Pisa, the University of Tübingen, the University of Victoria and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.