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Hello, Class of 2024! Please enjoy these postgrad updates from our classmates!
In July, Victoria Dozer joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a Baccalaureate Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) operated by IDA. Sam Anderson has been working as a project assistant for a lab at USC, using novel machine-learning models to identify risk factors for Alzheimer’s via a combination of neuroimaging (MRI and CT) and genetic data.
Rachel Wachman is working as a journalist at the Concord Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire, where she moved in August. Rachel says, “Missing my Wes friends but enjoying the mountains!”
After graduation, Luka Netzel began working in professional theater. Luka says, “A few weeks after graduation, I got a last-minute company management gig at a small theater in Lincoln, New Hampshire, for their summer stock season. After this, I headed south to Sarasota, Florida, where I am currently working as the company management apprentice at the Asolo Repertory Theater.”
In other professional news, Lucas Hughes got a job as a clinical research coordinator at MHM research in the Hudson Valley, Rebecca Drucker moved to Bethesda, Maryland, to begin a teaching fellowship, and Savannah Ryan got a job as a biochemist at a biopharmaceutical company and a new car!
Naomi Whitlock spent her summer after graduation working in Yellowstone National Park and recently moved to Colorado to work as a dogsled musher and guide. Naomi says, “In other news, the manuscript I wrote about my genomic research in Barry Chernoff’s lab was published in Scientific Reports in December!”
Other Cardinals continued their education postgrad. In the spring, Emma Dhanda will be graduating with an MA in psychology through Wesleyan’s BA/MA Program. Sara Beth Bouchard is in the PhD program in chemistry at UConn, in a lab that studies proteins as polymers. Sara Beth says, “I never saw myself joining a synthetic polymer lab . . . so I will have plenty to learn! I am hoping to kick-start my research project this spring. Missing the Wesleyan sailing team and looking forward to the Parent Alumni Regatta!”
As for travel, Max Fan, Chris Noh,and Oliver Wang took a road trip across the U.S., while Naya Jorgensen moved overseas. Naya says, “Hello, fellow Wes alumni! Thanks to the support of the Wesleyan French department, I’m currently living in Paris and teaching English at a university, which gives me a new appreciation for what our professors went through with us! I hope to cross paths with some continental Cardinals as time goes on. Hope everyone is having a great start to 2025!”
Happy New Year, everyone!
MILES ALLEN | mallen01@wesleyan.edu