This Fall 2025, the Milken Scholars Program continued its tradition of visiting current Scholars in-person at their different college campuses throughout the country.
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This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to be a Global Intern at CJ Cultural Foundation in South Korea. My research was on the unique work that could be done by a corporate foundation, defined by the Council on Foundations as “philanthropic organizations that are created and financially supported by a corporation…Companies establish corporate foundations and give programs to have a positive impact on society.”
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In a recent conversation with Nick Mosca, MS ’02, we asked him to share what a day in the life of an Ivy League college admissions consultant looks like. Nick, a Harvard graduate, former Georgetown Alumni Admissions Representative, 20-year college admissions consulting veteran and mindfulness educator is able to bring together his passions, personal and professional experiences together to his current work.
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On an August morning on the patio of an Italian deli, two retired scientists met with me to talk of the past. Domingo Madulid, a historical botanist of the Philippines, and Hermes Gutierrez, expert on the Philippine Dipterocarpaceae family, have been colleagues since the 1960s. Over hot black coffee, the two detailed their experiences collecting plant specimens, their collaborations with foreign scientists, and their musings on the current state of genetic mapping and systematics.
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After more than a decade in the making, the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream (MCAAD) opened its doors to the public on September 20, 2025. MCAAD, a part of the Milken Institute, is a cultural institution dedicated to sharing stories and illuminating pathways to opportunity for all.
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This summer, I had the chance to travel to Ghana, a place that felt both familiar and new. With West African parents, I grew up hearing stories and watching movies about the markets and cultures within various communities.
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In early July of 2025, my grandmother, mother, and I traveled to visit my mother’s friend in Barga, a small medieval town tucked into the hilly folds of Tuscany and an hour outside of Pisa. After over an hour of jolting twists and turns up a mountain, my family and I trekked further up sleek stone slabs, passing through narrow streets and towering sunset color buildings to make it to our home for the next week.
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This summer, four talented Milken Scholars were invited to intern with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing prostate cancer research. The group included Charlry Kamara, MS ‘24, Jun Woo Shin, MS ‘23, Camilla Martinez, MS ‘22, and Katelyn Sulett, MS ‘20. Their activities included analyzing funding applications and developing patient care materials, as they learned how the work of nonprofits impacts medicine, broadening their perspectives on what their future careers in healthcare could entail.
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When I first proposed studying malaria in Eritrea, my goal was to better understand how a country at the northernmost limit of malaria transmission in East Africa could sustain and build upon its progress toward elimination.
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The street of Buenos Aires are littered with a multimodal canopy of pedestrian, cyclist, bus, and vehicular infrastructure. On the widest street in the city, the 18 lane “Avenida 9 de Julio” street, a center-running bus rapid transit system occupies two lanes in each direction. Although the city maintains a car-dominated landscape, one can feasibly connect neighborhood to neighborhood, suburb to city center, and throughout the entire city without owning or renting a vehicle. Such green urban infrastructure investments support environmental sustainability, improved public health, and inclusive mobility throughout the Buenos Aires metro area.
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Nepal is a country rich in cultural and medicinal traditions, marked by deep intersectionality across ways of life, religious practices, and geographical settings. Renowned for its spiritual and cultural depth, Nepal offers a compelling backdrop to examine the intersection of traditional and modern healthcare systems. Among its most enduring medical traditions is Ayurveda, a holistic healing system with roots in the Indian subcontinent that has been deeply embedded in Nepalese healthcare for centuries.
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Since the Milken Scholars Program’s inception in 1989, Mike and Lori Milken have supported nearly 600 young people, who throughout the years, have risen to the top of their fields toward a flourishing future. What started with 16 Scholars in Harlem, has now grown to encompass a community that represents over 80 countries and more than 200 high schools from Los Angeles County, New York City and Washington, D.C. As of 2014, the Milken Scholars Program became a joint initiative of the Milken Family Foundation and the Milken Institute.
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