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Thousands of family members, friends, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate 660 graduating MA candidates and 340 graduating PhD candidates on Sunday, May 19.

GSAS master’s students showcased their thesis research at the fourth annual Master’s SynThesis Competition, held on May 9, 2019.

I enjoy being a member of an international, multicultural community of cutting-edge thinkers, doers and “be-ers.” Fact-based discussion grounded in rigorous academic and creative fervor allows for a one-of-a-kind experience without ever having to leave the most cosmopolitan, diverse, multicultural, international metropolis in the world—which the indigenous Lenni Lenape of Lenapehoking called Mannahatta.

Growing up, I had never met women scientists, so I didn't think women belonged in the natural sciences. It wasn't until I took intro physics and chemistry classes in college that I began to change my mind—and the more I learned about the underlying principles of our daily life, the more interested I became in further pursuing these studies. In particular, I was always drawn to mathematical representations in chemistry, and eventually I found my way to the field of physical chemistry.