“I arrived in Baltimore as a wayward double-degree-er at Hopkins (BA/MA, history) and Peabody (BMus, cello), and I decamped four years later – admittedly, no less wayward – with a hunger to set sail for Europe to learn Western art music in its natural habitat. Based on the northern edge…
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“’Really, Elise? Headphones?’ We’re practicing for Romeo and Juliet. My cast of 12 students has a tall order before them: learn lines that are not only in English, but arcane Shakespearean dialect. Normally, they’re up to the task, giving their free time after school and on weekends to work their…
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“My Fulbright experience was perhaps the most influential experience of my life, as it provided me a unique opportunity to grow both professionally and personally. The lessons that I learned from my year in India are ones that I will carry with me as I advance in my medical career and…
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“During my Whitaker Fellowship, I pursued a Master of Research in Biomedicine degree at University College London. There I worked with some of the top researchers in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy field to explore aspects of exon skipping therapies for Duchenne and ways to enhance stem cell therapies for muscle…
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“I honestly had no idea what I was doing when I arrived in South Korea for my Fulbright English Teaching Assistant scholarship. Not only did I not speak Korean, but I had also never taught a class in my life. I stepped into orientation wondering if it was too late…
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I’m a second-year MD/PhD student in San Francisco, at UCSF, and this summer I’ll choose a thesis lab. Throughout, my decision-making process has been framed by what I learned during my Churchill year in Cambridge. I was attracted to an international fellowship because I had a craving for context –…
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“I initially attended Trinity College Dublin through the Mitchell Scholarship to be immersed in Ireland’s capital during a time when the country (and the rest of the world) was recovering from the global financial crisis. Ireland had received life support from the IMF just before I began my academic year…
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