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Madeline Woker

Madeline Woker, PhD Candidate in History

“I really appreciate the great intellectual stimulation that Columbia offers through the events organized on campus, as well as brilliant faculty and colleagues. I am particularly impressed with their passion and political acumen.”

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Alumni Profile
Katherine Chen

Katherine L. Chen (’61PhD, Chemistry)

“The time you spend in graduate school is only a small part of your adult life. You should keep learning and expanding your mind, and looking for new areas to work or think in.”

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Madeline Woker
Student Spotlight

Madeline Woker, PhD Candidate in History

“I really appreciate the great intellectual stimulation that Columbia offers through the events organized on campus, as well as brilliant faculty and colleagues. I am particularly impressed with their passion and political acumen.”

Marlow Davis
Student Spotlight

Marlow Davis, PhD Candidate in Slavic Languages

“I was drawn to Slavic studies by the psychological depth of the great nineteenth-century Russian novels, the Cold War-era processes of cultural ‘othering’ engaged in by both the USA and the USSR, the mystique of the Cyrillic alphabet, and my hopefulness for the future of post-Soviet states.”