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(AE/M.Eng. MAE 3rd Year)

As a student with a passion for STEM, Levin Rosete has further refined his interests to engineering and technology. “At ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ I was between mechanical and aerospace for the first two years of...

(M.B.A. ’15)

As someone with a lifelong interest in environmental issues, Savitha Chelladurai decided a few years ago to pursue a career path in which she could make a larger contribution to improving the...

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(BA/M.S. FIN '19)

Ahsan Lodhika’s interest in business was sparked in high school, first when he took an accounting class and then as he dove into finance through activities with the school’s business club. When it...

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(Social and Economic Development Policy 3rd Year)

Sometimes an unconventional path is just the right fit. Such was the case for Ursula Hersh, who took two years off between high school and college to work full-time. Hersh had heard about Illinois...

(CECD ’18)

Since graduating with a degree in social and economic development policy, Brian Gomez has become finance and operations manager of Sunrise Movement, a nonprofit organization mobilizing young activists...

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(BA/M.S. FIN ’19)

On the first day of the first finance course she took at ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳, Aiman Moizuddin learned a lesson that has stuck with her ever since. Stuart School of Business Clinical Professor John Twombly...

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(BA/M.S. FIN ’18)

As an ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ student, Oscar Cazalez had the opportunity to get involved in many student programs, including Latinos Involved in Further Education, Undocumented Students and Allies, men’s...

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(ME ’15)

Dane Christianson is an inventor at heart. He designed—and then constructed—a three-dimensional twisty-puzzle called the X-Cube in ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳’s Idea Shop using a 3D printer. “The Idea Shop is just...

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