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Written by Torres, Evelyn | 08/19/2020
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Dr. Leticia Alvarado ’00: Intertwining Education and the Arts
Published 07/16/2020 in Alumni Features
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07/16/2020
Leticia serves as the Director of Undergraduate studies for the Ethnic Studies concentration (major) at Brown University. She shares the story of her career path here with Evelyn Torres.
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Eleven Accomplished Los Angeles Students Receive Milken Scholars Award
Published 07/13/2020 in Program Updates
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07/13/2020
Scholarship Provides a $10,000 Cash Prize Plus a Lifetime of Mentoring and Resources
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Contact Tracing with Maryama Diaw, MS '12
Published 07/10/2020 in Alumni Features
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07/10/2020
Maryama Diaw, a graduate of Dartmouth and M.P.H. student at Columbia, takes us through her work as a contact tracer in Harlem.
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Three Washington, D.C. High School Stars Receive Milken Scholars Award
Published 07/06/2020 in Program Updates
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07/06/2020
Scholarship Provides a $10,000 Cash Prize Plus a Lifetime of Mentoring and Resources
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Five Extraordinary New York High School Seniors Join Milken Scholars Class of 2020
Published 07/06/2020 in Program Updates
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07/06/2020
Scholarship Provides a $10,000 Cash Prize Plus a Lifetime of Mentoring and Resources
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Organizing on Campus: An interview with Amira Chowdhury
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06/26/2020
Amira Chowdhury is a 2018 Milken Scholar and student at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Urban Studies and Political Science and minoring in Urban Education.
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Francis Poon: Career Pathways in TV Media
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06/19/2020
Francis Poon, MS '09, is a producer with Lisa Ling's "This is Life," which generally airs in the fall on CNN. The first six seasons are now streaming on HBO Max, and are available on iTunes.
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Community Organizing: An Interview with Dennis Ojogho, MS ‘12
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06/11/2020
"The key to getting involved with issues you care about is to engage with people who are most affected by that issue."
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30 Years in the Making: Lifelong Leadership for a Better World
Published 06/09/2020 in Program Updates
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06/09/2020
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From NASA to IBM
Published 01/24/2020 in Alumni Features
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01/24/2020
We visited Kristle McCracken MS ’03 at IBM in San Jose, California to hear about her path to fulfilling her childhood dream of working at NASA, and her life after that dream job.
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American English Teachers as Cultural Ambassadors in Russia
Published 11/07/2022 in Scholar Travel Stipend
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by Benjamin Sorkin |
11/07/2022
My decision to focus on the experiences of Americans came as a result of heightened awareness and attention to U.S – Russia relations, yet there was little scholarship on how education programs in the modern era can act as a tool of soft diplomacy for fostering cross cultural awareness and understanding. My research specifically hoped to answer: How do American English teachers in Russia balance their dual roles as classroom teachers and cultural ambassadors?
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